Best Balıkesir B.K.

Best Balıkesir
Best Balıkesir
Leagues	TBL
Founded	2004; 20 years ago
History	Potanın Yıldızları; (2004–2009); Best Balıkesir; (2009–present)
Arena	Kurtdereli Sports Hall
Capacity	2,000
Location	Balıkesir, Turkey
Team colors	Orange, blue;
President	Yusuf Gafur Çoymak
Head coach	Hakan Ataş
Website	bestbasketbol.com
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Best Balıkesir Basketbol Kulübü, more commonly known as Best Balıkesir is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Balıkesir which plays Turkish Basketball First League (TBL). The team was founded as Potanın Yıldızları Basketbol Kulübü in 2004. Their home arena is Kurtdereli Sports Hall with a capacity of 2,000 seats. The team sponsored by Best A.Ş. of Yırcalı Group which is an energy company in Turkey.

Logos edit

Best Balıkesir logo used until the 2015–16 season

Season by season edit

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	W–L
2010–11	3	TB3L
2011–12	2	TB2L	10th
2012–13	2	TB2L	8th
2013–14	2	TB2L	10th
2014–15	2	TB2L	3rd
2015–16	2	TBL	2nd	25–18
2016–17	1	BSL	15th	7–23

Players edit

Current roster edit

Best Balıkesir Basketbol roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PG	1	Kelley, Tre	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	39 – (1985-01-23)23 January 1985
PG	4	Pomakoğlu, Hakan			28 – (1996-01-04)4 January 1996
G/F	7	Nichols, Austin	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	42 – (1982-04-08)8 April 1982
SG	10	Akçay, Yunus	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)		35 – (1989-01-21)21 January 1989
PF	11	Sonkol, Ümit	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	40 – (1983-06-23)23 June 1983
PG	12	Andrews, Andrew	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	30 – (1993-05-25)25 May 1993
C	13	Hortum, Uğur	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)		30 – (1993-08-28)28 August 1993
SG	15	Solkol, Mertcan	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	28 – (1996-02-05)5 February 1996
SF	17	Pastal, Valentin	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	39 – (1984-06-09)9 June 1984
PF	18	Yurteri, Ahmet Barış	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		27 – (1996-05-27)27 May 1996
PF	20	Ofoegbu, Ike	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	39 – (1984-10-30)30 October 1984