Mirsad Türkcan

Mirsad Türkcan
Mirsad Türkcan
Мирсад Туркџан
Position Power forward
Height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Weight 250 lb (110 kg)
League Beko Basketbol Ligi
Euroleague
Team Fenerbahçe Ülker
Number 6
Born June 7, 1976 (1976-06-07) (age 35)
Novi Pazar, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Turkish (by citizenship)
Draft 18th, 1998
Houston Rockets
Pro career 1993–present
Career history Efes Pilsen (1993-99)
New York Knicks (1999-00)
Milwaukee Bucks (2000)
Paris Basket Racing (2000-01)
CSKA Moscow (2001-02)
Montepaschi Siena (2002-03)
CSKA Moscow (2003-04)
Dynamo Moscow (2004-05)
Ülkerspor (2005-06)
Awards Euroleague Regular Season MVP 2002
Euroleague Top 16 MVP 2003
All-Euroleague First Team 2004
2x All-Euroleague Second Team 2002, 2003
Medal record
Competitor for  Turkey
FIBA European Championship
Silver 2001 Turkey National team

Mirsad Türkcan (in Serbian: Мирсад Туркџан, Mirsad Turkdžan) (born June 7, 1976) is a basketball player who represents Turkey in international competition. At 2.06 m (6'9") in height, Türkcan plays the power forward position.

Born Mirsad Jahović (Мирсад Јаховић) in Novi Pazar, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, he changed his family name to Türkcan when he moved to play basketball in Turkey. At the same time, he also obtained Turkish citizenship and started playing international basketball for Turkey.

Türkcan played in 2004–2005 for the Russian team Dynamo Moscow. In summer 2006, he signed a contract with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe Ülker. He is the all time best rebounder of the Euroleague.[1]

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Personal life

On December 18, 2005, Mirsad married 18-year-old Dina Džanković, his girlfriend of five months and 2005 Miss Serbia and Montenegro.[2] They have three children together; two girls, Naba and Karia, and a boy, Nusret.[3]

His sister Emina Jahović (known as Emina Türkcan in Turkey) is a famous pop singer in former Yugoslavia and wife of a famous Turkish singer Mustafa Sandal. Türkcan is known to have financially helped jump start her recording career.

He is a fan of Fenerbahçe. He became, in 1999, the first Turkish basketball player to play in the NBA. He is also the first basketball player to pull down 1000 rebounds in Euroleague history.[4]

Career

Personal honours

  • Best Turkish Junior Player 1994
  • Best Rebounder during European Junior Championship in Israel 1994
  • Best Turkish Player Under-22 1995
  • Best Rebounder during European Championship Under-22 in Turkey 1996
  • Best Rebounder during European Championship in Spain 1997
  • MVP Turkish Playoff 1997
  • Best Rebounder Turkish League 1998
  • EuroLeague Regular Season MVP 2001-02
  • Best Rebounder in EuroLeague 2001-02
  • MVP Zepter Tournament Belgrade 2002
  • Best Rebounder in World Championship 2002
  • Second-team in World Championship 2002
  • EuroLeague Top 16 MVP 2002-03
  • Best Rebounder in EuroLeague 2002-03
  • Best Rebounder in Italian League in 2002-03
  • Best Rebounder in Russian League in 2004-05

NBA career

Selected by the Houston Rockets in the 1998 NBA Draft, his rights were traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in January 1999 and the New York Knicks in March, with whom he eventually signed and debuted in 1999-00 (7 games). Waived on February 2000, he finished his NBA adventure playing 10 games for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1999–00 New York 7 0 3.6 .200 .000 .000 1.4 .1 .3 .0 .6
1999–00 Milwaukee 10 0 6.5 .429 .000 .625 2.3 .4 .4 .1 2.9
Career 17 0 5.3 .368 .000 .625 1.9 .3 .2 .0 1.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1999–00 Milwaukee 2 0 5.0 .200 .000 1.000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 2.0
Career 2 0 5.0 .200 .000 1.000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 2.0

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