very little known fact: Yurtseven's great grandfather lived in a village with many yurts, and his was the seventh from the river, hence the last name. This is why we have an internet.
Add in NC State's Yurtseven who is either going pro or transfer. There's a thread about his decision. GoDuke!
very little known fact: Yurtseven's great grandfather lived in a village with many yurts, and his was the seventh from the river, hence the last name. This is why we have an internet.
He could be the go to guy at Pitt.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Young tall athletic guy from Europe thinks Raleigh, North Carolina isn't the apotheosis of living? That's weird.
So, Yurt's-leavin' and Deandre Ayt'n stayin.
A few updates so I wanted to put out a complete list at the moment:
Gone, w/agent:
DeAndre Ayton, AZ
Trae Young, OU
Mo Bamba, TX
De'Anthony Melton, USC (So Cal)
Going, wo/agent:
Allonzo Trier, AZ
Jalen McDaniels, SDSU
Tyler Cook, IA
Josh Okogie, GT
Jon Davis, Charlotte
Chris Silva, USC (South Cackalacky)
Deng Adel, Louisville
Ray Spalding, Louisville
Lindell Wigginton, Iowa State
Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra
Omer Yurtseven, NCSU
Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
Is there any hope Cam Johnson goes pro? I really don’t want to lose to UNC twice again next year :/
Sure, there's a chance. A bunch of prospects each year will test the waters (i.e. declare without an agent) to work out and play in front of NBA personnel and receive hands-on feedback, and I'd be surprised if he weren't one of them. Hopefully he shines.
As for matching up with UNC next season, from what I can tell, Roy seems likely to go back to a two-big offense. And Duke has a chance to be more perimeter-based and play our more usual 4-out-1-in type offense, so the matchup advantage should swing back to Duke. This was maybe a one year blip where Duke played more like UNC typically does and UNC played more like Duke typically does.
According to my UNC friends there's a chance he goes. He's already graduated and has been in college for four years. If he stays another year there's some things he could improve, but it probably won't make a huge difference in terms of his draft stock. If he leaves it might be for the NBA, Europe, or whatever else he wants to do with his life.
Honestly, I do not think very highly of Yurtseven. He was playing in Turkey for Fenerbahce who was investing in him a lot, a team I follow very well and they were European Champions. The coach being one of the legends of the world, Obradovic - he is basically the coach K of European basketball, a legend.
When Yurtseven left Fenerbahce, he did it under circumstances that really upset Obradovic, leaving the team when there were lots of injuries, and when the team was investing in him, in the middle of the seaon and when the team really needed him. Obradovic was really working on him, giving him minutes and paying special attention, in the best team in Europe at that time. He really hurt and upset Obradovic who is normally a very gentlemanly guy. He left without a warning, knowing the team was at a very critical junction and needed players with so many injuries. So to me, that speaks volumes of his character. As Obradovic says, Omer only thinks of himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSMt...ature=youtu.be
4:58
"He only thinks of himself, for him team does not exist"
To hear that from a legend... Ouch.
Yup, Enes is a supporter of Fethullah Gulen who used to run things behind the scenes in Turkey (boxes and boxes of money were found in one government ministers house for example) with Erdogan but then they had a falling out. So now, anybody Turkish government does not like (seculars, anti-Erdogan, Gulen supporters) etc are being accused of being of the FETO organization (short for Fethullah) and put in jail with no trial. That is why Enes was almost detained in Romania. I am not a fan of Enes either, but he was a crazy good player. Also from Fenerbahce. He left despite a contract and Fenerbahce got mad and sent in the paymetn stubs to NCAA so he got penalized.