By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The Europe and Asia teams of the Turkish BSL All Star Game were announced today. The teams were divided according to which continent the clubs are based and Europe is represented by players of Beşiktaş, Galatasaray, Anadolu Efes, Darüşşafaka Doğuş, Demir Insaat Büyükçekmece and Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi.
All of those clubs are based on the European side of Istanbul. Of course the dunk contest is expected to be more than interesting with Furkan “Darth Vader” Korkmaz trying to defend his title and Tyler Honeycutt, Jan Vesely and Osiris Eldridge being his main competition.
The game will be played on the 15th of January in Ulker Sport Arena and Fenerbahce, Anadolu Efes and Dogus Darussafaka are the clubs which will have 3 All Stars each.
Asia team
Coach: Orhun Ene (Tofas)
Starting Five
Jordan Theodore (Banvit)
Kostas Sloukas (Fenerbahce)
Bogdan Bogdanovic (Fenerbahce)
DaJuan Summers (Pinar Karsiyaka)
Ekpe Udoh (Fenerbahce)
Barış Ermiş (Tofas)
Furkan Korkmaz (Banvit)
Mateusz Ponitka (Pınar Karsiyaka)
Okben Uubay (Yesilgiresun Belediyespor)
Shaq McKissic (Muratbey Usak)
Davon Jefferson (Gaziantep Basketbol)
Julian Wright (Trabzonspor Medical Park)
Europe team
Coach: Velimir Perasovic (Anadolu Efes)
Starting Five
Thomas Heurtel (Anadolu Efes)
Sinan Guler (Galatasaray Odeabank)
Cedi Osman (Anadolu Efes)
Will Clyburn (Darussafaka Dogus)
Vladimir Stimac (Besiktas Sompo Japan)
Brad Wanamaker (Darussafaka Dogus)
Earl Clark (Besiktas Sompo Japan)
Bryant Dunston (Anadolu Efes)
Kenny Hayes (Demir İnsaat Buyukcekmece)
Jaka Klobucar (Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor)
Semih Erden (Darussafaka Dogus)
Austin Daye (Galatasaray Odebank)
3-Points contest
Birkan Batuk (Darussafaka Dogus)
Michael Thompson (Besiktas Sompo Japan)
Melih Mahmutoğlu (Fenerbahce)
Sean Armand (Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi)
Marcus Denmon (Gaziantep Basketbol)
Vasilije Micic (Tofas)
Slam Dunk contest
Tyler Honeycutt (Anadolu Efes)
Furkan Korkmaz (Banvit)
Josh Owens (Pinar Karsiyaka)
Stefan Moody (Trabzonspor Medical Park)
Osiris Eldridge (Demir Insaat Buyukcekmece)
Jan Vesely (Fenerbahce)
Skills Challenge:
Kenan Sipahi (Besiktas Sompo Japan)
Berk Uğurlu (Fenerbahce)
Alp Karahan (Pinar Karsiyaka)
Can Korkmaz (Galatasaray Odeabank)
Yiğit Arslan (Tofas)
Doğuş Özdemiroğlu (Yesilgiresun Belediyespor)