cenk akyol

[sph]

hi guys,

I know you are not interested in him YET but he will be a decent player in 3-4 years. he is playing for our U18 national team in European U18 championship. They played the first game against croatia today and he was the MVP of the game with 29 pts.

http://www.epu18belgrade.com/

[hotboyj]

It was in 2004 in the U18 European Championships.

His team Turkey is playing against Nemanja Aleskandrov and Serbia Montenegro.

Cenk had 17 pts, 7 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl

Nemanja had 16 pts, 9 reb, 1 ast, 3 stl

there are two links for each half based on your internet speed

Cenk is #7(in red)

Nemanja is #12(in white)

http://www2.esperia.com/fiba/2004_07/Serbi...rsthalf_low.wmx

http://www2.esperia.com/fiba/2004_07/Serbi...sthalf_high.wmx

http://www2.esperia.com/fiba/2004_07/Serbi...sechalf_low.wmx

http://www2.esperia.com/fiba/2004_07/Serbi...echalf_high.wmx

I guess BK may have found I diamond in the rough

[Lascar78]

LMAO at #12 wearing one white shoe, one black one

[Spiral]

Welcome to the board and thanks for sharing.

[DominiqueWilkins]

Thanks for sharing, but don't be a stranger.

[thesheedera]

What position(s) does he play for this team?

Thanks for the info.

Also, anyone know of a realistic time frame within which we should expect to see him in the US?

[sph]

hi again. cenk is the only under 18 turkish player that has serious pt in our national team. he played with okur, turkoglu and some other grown-ups last year. I do not think he will be fully ready before 2007-2008 season but he is improving fast. he is playing for turkey's top team(efes pilsen) which is also memo's and hedo's former team.

he has a great attitude. he plays sf and sg in here. he is not the fastest guy, he is not the most athletic guy but he is the smartest guy. i always think that if hedo had his attutude, he would be an all star in kings now.

this is his last tournament in the U18 team. he plays for all national teams. I think, he should have wait 1-2 years before entering the draft.

our national team coach tanjevic said that he has the best bb fundamental in our team. (this team has memo okur, turkoglu and some other good players)

[thesheedera]

sounds like a steal for where we drafted him - best of luck to him, hope he continues to develop and gets over to the hawks as soon as he's ready

[DominiqueWilkins]

I would expect him to be involved with the minor league program that will start, but he might not even join that for about 3 years.

[Lascar78]

BK made it clear on the radio that he'd be staying in Europe at least for a year or two

[Inside_Man]

I like that he went 12 for 12 from the line in that game.

[twentythree]

In the first game of quarter finals Cenk Akyol did a perfect job!

Turkish Junior National Team won 61 - 54 against France and Cenk was in action for 34 minutes and here are the numbers.

7/11 2PTFG - 2/9 3PTFG - 2/2 FT - 2off 4def 6 TOT.REB.- 3 ASS - 6 STL - 3TO - 3PF - 22PTS

Cenk will continue to develop, I'm sure.

One more note; he was selected for the Turkish National Team among with Memo Okur and Hedo Turkoglu for the European Championships...

[twentythree]

Yesterday Turkey beat Latvia 71-66 in quarter finals group. Cenk was in the game for 39 minutes out of 40!

28 PTS - 6/9 2PTFG - 3/12 3PTFG - 7/8 FT - 4 REB - 3 AS - 2 STL - 1 TO

He scored 15 points in last 5 minutes of the game and gave the match to Turkey!

Today Turkish team is playing with Italy, who also won two games in the group.

[Gray Mule]

Give this kid another ice cream season or two and the

Hawks may have a real jewel. Wouldn't that put the

frosting on the cake !!

Makes his team a winner ! Scores a lot of points late

in the game. Pressure points, apparently.

Now, I understand, this competition he is playing against

is not quiet the NBA talent he will face later, but I'll

bet the ball is the same size, the goal is the same size

and height and that his shots were going in. That means

this kid can shoot, regardless of where he plays!

Doesn't help any right now, but the future certainly

looks much better after reading about Cenk.

Thanks for the report. Keep us informed.

[Inside_Man]

Quote:

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this competition he is playing against

is not

quiet

the NBA talent he will face later

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It's not 'allowed' the NBA talent, either.

[Sage11]

I agree, I hope the kid can keep it going.

[twentythree]

I mean apart from the stat sheet, he got the leadership of the team and Cenk showed us he could play in the crunch time. His 3PT percentage is really low, but he loves shooting and improving.

This year Cenk will get more minutes in "Euroleague" which is the top competition in Europe. His team Efes Pilsen are serious contenders with their new transfers. Hope Cenk would be a part of a Final Four team.

[OGRat]

I'd like to see how he would perform in the d-league.