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Even Tarik Biberovic doesnt know if he has a licence to play in the turkish league.
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As you may know there was beef between Dacka and Dynamic Belgrade/Agent of Mert Akay because Fiba allowed the transfer of Akay to Dynamic for 15 thousand Euros. From the Dacka side it was said that Akay was persuaded by greedy Agents. He wrote a letter where he explained his reasons to choose Serbia as his next station. He is a very smart guy...
Akay made his first game for Dynamic in the serbian league i suppose and had in 27 minutes 8 points (0/5 from the three), 3 rebounds and 6 assists. I hope he reaches his goal to be the main point guard in an euroleague team. We desperately need one.
As you know, my transfer process to KK Dynamic Beograd was concluded a few days ago. FIBA decided that I can continue my basketball career in Serbia if the training compensation is paid to Darüşşafaka.
First of all, I should state that this decision made me really happy and I am excited to start a new adventure for my individual development. As a 19-year-old player, I think that there are some matters that I should tell and you should know about.
I had received offers from several US universities before and I had not signed a contract with Darüşşafaka because going to NCAA was an option for me. At the end of the season I had three different alternatives:
1) Staying in Turkey and contiune to play with Darüşşafaka.
2) Going to US and joining an NCAA team.
3) Playing in Europe.
Since basketball was my priority on my career plans, I eliminated the US and NCAA option, which was previously on my agenda. After a long process of researching and thinking, I decided play in Serbia.
My decision was expressed by my family in a few meetings with the club but it was not accepted by the club executives. They said that I could leave only by paying training compensation, otherwise they wouldn’t let me leave. So, they knew that I was leaving before I went to Serbia. I even made a phone call to coach Selçuk Ernak a few days before I left and thanked him for everything he had done for me. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the members of the Darüşşafaka family for everything once more.
As I’ve stated above it was Darüşşafaka executives’ choice to carry this topic to FIBA since the very beginning. If my permit was issued by the club maybe I would’ve come back to Turkey one or two years later and play in Darüşşafaka as a better player. However, I guess this wasn’t an option for the club so they wanted to cut ties with me by receiving the compensation.
There is an important thing that I want everybody to understand: Money was never my priority. In the process, I never asked Darüşşafaka about how much I would earn nor did I get any feedback from them. As a 19-year-old player I have nothing to do with any kind of funny business.
I didn’t choose to earn more money by playing for Darüşşafaka and staying in Istanbul with my family. Instead, I chose to live alone and away from my family, earn less money to play more basketball. I wanted to be a part of a struggle, do something different and maybe be a pioneer. If my priority was to earn more money rather than improving myself first, I would’ve chosen the easier way.
I want to explain my reasons in detail for joining KK Dynamic Belgrade so that everyone can understand what I’m trying to be a pioneer for. I’m a foreign player of a team with many young players like me. Also the team is in a foreign country for me.
The competition level is very high and I will be the main point guard of a team like this and play 25-30 minutes per game. This idea is really exciting for me. I see the days that I’ll spend here as steps to my dream to be a main point guard of a EuroLeague team. I aim to be a real EuroLeague player rather than someone who is just a part of the rotation and plays only for few minutes.
In addition to the individual development process in game, I also wanted to improve myself as a person. One of the underlying reasons of my choice was my desire to challenge myself to grow mature and truly experience life. As you know one of the main factors of being a good basketball player is being a mature person in your personal life and reflect this maturity to your game as much as possible. I believe that this experience will take my game and my individual development process even further.
KK Dynamic Belgrade is an amazing club. Their approach towards me, the roster they have, the importance they give to basketball player development and their perspective on basketball meet my every expectation out of a basketball club. One of the reasons for this decision was to work with Coach Miro Alilovic, who made a significant contribution to the European basketball and NBA basketball with many great players he raised. I also have to say that I could also choose to join a team that plays in ABA and be on the court for 10-15 minutes, just like what I had in Darüşşafaka. However, If I did that I would be in a contradiction with my decision. I need to say that this choice has never been on my agenda since I aimed to play more basketball and to be the main point guard since the very beginning.
KK Dynamic Belgrade is also in the Serbian Basketball League. Today, players such as Vasilije Micic and Stefan Jovic, who are among the most important guards of the EuroLeague, played in the Serbian Basketball League early in their career. These players, who got meaningful minutes and had important roles on the court, continued their individual development and made themselves ready for the next stage. I really want to go this way to become a EuroLeague player.
I am very happy to embark on a brand-new adventure that has caused significant changes in my life. I am also aware of the possible risks and challenges ahead. However, I thought that I had to act more realistically today so I can achieve my future dreams. Nowadays, I am excited to continue my game development by playing basketball and to have important life experiences as an individual.
Despite the things that happened during the process, I still see Darüşşafaka as my home. I would like to thank all my coaches who have worked with me in the junior teams. I will continue to try contributing Turkish basketball as I have done since the beginning of my basketball career. I hope that this decision will be a pioneering act for all the young players after me who really want to play basketball.
Yours sincerely…
Mert AKAYComment
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Good news for the turkish bb and Fenerbahce fans. Biberovic may play in the turkish youth league from now on. He is above that level but having some minutes is always goodComment
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Akay has some positive court vision, but horrible AS/TO ratio of 5.3 to 5.7 in second ABA league. We all need some time to see what will happen, he is 19 years old and I think it's the first time where he has that much responsibility in his hands. He lacks some fundamentels but I like his height and physical potential. He is in a new country and needs time as everything is different in Serbian and Turkish basketball. I'm quite close to Dynamic basketball club and the one thing that is sure is that he will get his time to adapt. Dynamic this year has surely no ambitions in reaching/advancing to ABA so there is no imperative of results existing which is always important to young players. The PG rotation of Dynamic this year is excellent and Akay has two of the biggest Serbian point guard hopes on his side with Vulikic and especially Trifunovic. They will all take benefit from playing with each other. On the other hand Dynamic turned out as a little graveyard of talents in the last years.Comment
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Yeah I have been following his stats since the start of the season. Turks normally dont play out of the country and need some more time to adapt than lets say Serbs. Thats of course not an excuse for his excessive turnovers but i am glad to see him taking so much responsibility even though he sucked some games now. He is not used to handle so much pressure and yeah we will see.Originally posted by Katastroika View Post
Do you know if or where i can watch aba druga games?Comment
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By the way... today Biberovic played his first youth league game in turkey and made 22 points by a modest fgp of 8/18. Decision making as I said is his biggest problems, he doesnt know how to pass in the right time and tries difficult finishes which he cant finish. He will need some games to find his shooting rhythm and youth games are perfect for him to do it.
positive is his ball handling skills for his size are great and he can run pick and rolls. Really roof is something better between two Bogdanovics Bojan and Bogdan.Comment
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Ony Arena Sport covers ABA2 and they usually bring just the top game of the round. Usually Arena 4 or 5 covers it. Local TV stations bring of course the game of their cities' teams but, hell please don't ask me about the local TV stations of Tuzla, Siroki Brijeg, Cacak or Split. I wouldn't know if my life depends on it.Comment
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Watched the game of georgtown with Ömer Yurtseven. First the first what was obvious. He lost weight, much weight and looks really ready. Finished the game with 20 points with a 7/9 fgp and 12 Rebounds (5 Offensive).
It seems he solved his ft weakness too. His shots from the line looked very solid. He definitely plays much more better defence than two years ago. He is way more aggressive under the rim and not that slow leged kid anymore. OK dont get me wrong he is not Hakeem the dream but he is much more mobile.Comment
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Hello!
I am looking for statistics of the match Fenerbahce - UNICS Kazan December 15, 2004 (FIBA Europe League
or EuroChallenge). No statistics on the tournament website.
Can anyone help here?Comment
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I didn't watch the game but Akay played statwise an interesting game in Montenegro today in Dynamic's defeat against Lovcen. I'm no fan of +/- as it literally says nothing but it has to be mentioned that he was just one of two players which had overall positive stats in this column.
1/5 from the field, 2 points, 7 assists, 4 TO in 20min. Hard season for Dynamic, but as always in such circumstances for young players ideal for improvement. Trifunovic went to Partizan's first team and trains with them since this week so Akay'll split minutes with Vulikic. Next Tuesday I think I'll go to their game against Sloboda so I can see for myself how improvement's going on. ABA2 is a very hard and dirty defense league, many ellbows, many blocks into your back, a lot of broken dreams on the woods so the negative energy is quite huge
Again, I consider such circumstances very good for building character. Cheers.
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Omer Yurt7 made his third double double in the first three games. As expected Ewing made him much more aggressive and hard. He is also much more defined and more mobile even though he is still slow leged. I am positively surprised. He also protects the rim much better, everything what i have criticized two years ago is now much better.
Really happy about his development
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Very good for Akay to adapt to a certain dirtyness. He is very big for a pg and has a solid wingspan so he shouldnt struggle defensively he made 8 assists in his last game and his Assist/TO ratio is getting better.Originally posted by Katastroika View PostI didn't watch the game but Akay played statwise an interesting game in Montenegro today in Dynamic's defeat against Lovcen. I'm no fan of +/- as it literally says nothing but it has to be mentioned that he was just one of two players which had overall positive stats in this column.
1/5 from the field, 2 points, 7 assists, 4 TO in 20min. Hard season for Dynamic, but as always in such circumstances for young players ideal for improvement. Trifunovic went to Partizan's first team and trains with them since this week so Akay'll split minutes with Vulikic. Next Tuesday I think I'll go to their game against Sloboda so I can see for myself how improvement's going on. ABA2 is a very hard and dirty defense league, many ellbows, many blocks into your back, a lot of broken dreams on the woods so the negative energy is quite huge Again, I consider such circumstances very good for building character. Cheers.Comment
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