Turkish Prospects

[Toruko]

Derin Can Ustun finished the U18 tournament being one year younger with a near triple double.

The good: he has a very reliable mid range shot and can pull up from anywhere, he is a very reliable catch and shoot guy and his pull ups look very solid. Derin is a willing defender who has some issues with lateral movements and strength but he is also a very solid rebounder and has good instincts. Looks like a combo guard.

The bad: he must learn to finish with his weak hand. His creations at the rim look solid but he often fails to finish because of this hand and because of the contact. He must increase his strength and his stamina but this is not a big problem. His ball control has some flaws and needs work.

The ugly: If there is something that limits him, it is his lack of explosiveness and athleticism.

He is not at the level I expected him to be but the final conclusion will be in the next years U18

[Camoka]

Wow, I like this team.

All players come here to play unlike u18 team and almost all of them have more or less some upsides.

Ziyaettin looks like Dragic and he is one of my favorite players. He has shooting, ball handling, defence except his height. I really like him.

For me, Koyun is the best big in this team at least offensive end. There is lack of playing time and responsibility for him. Guys do not pass to ball him a lot. But there is a problem in defensive end. He loses his focus and looks like slow foot. He looks like a smart guy.

On the other side, Alyanak does not look smart for high level. He has some physical tools but I do not like his decisions.

Of course, they are still young and things may change though time.

[Toruko]

What a summer. When we get good guard prospects everything else lacks. This team needed one center, our 1 vs 1 defense looked horrible. No forward can score in this team. We needed to play Koyun for 40 minutes.

[Toruko]

Ziyaettin was on fire. 35 points of a guard. His defense is bad though but he has a natural born shooting ability and can additionally put the ball on the floor. Omer Kutluay took in the third quarter over. He looked very solid being one year younger.

[Ibo]

There's no way omer kutluay is 6'4 right? (He's listed as 193cm by fiba)

[Toruko]

There's no way omer kutluay is 6'4 right? (He's listed as 193cm by fiba)

He looks 6'4 actually and hell end up 6'7 I suppose.

[Camoka]

I think there is no way he is 6'4. He seems like he is shorter than 185 cm.

[Toruko]

You guys must have issues with your eyes.

[Toruko]

Maybe he is not 6'4 but he is way taller than 1,85cm

[Toruko]

I asked somebody who met Omer one week ago and he said that Omer is around 1,88-1,90 tall.

[TurkfromGermany]

Misha Atakan is here because of the good connections of his father. He has zero future, zero. He is a bit useful here but zero potential, zero future therefore no place for him.

Man what will you tell me about Erkin Kas? I read positive comments about him and tried to watch Besiktas games but cant focus on him because he has simple zero talent. I you kidding me? what is this for a feel for following interesting prospects?

Kerem Andic has made a good jump for his situation but he must make huge jumps and this will not happen.

Alex Koyun is not bad but the problem is he has zero chances to be interesting. He is almost born in 2009 but sometimes you reached your potential in a very young age and exactly this happened to Alex Koyun. Totally mature physicallity wise and gamewise and therefore not interesting for us.

Atilla Gulecyildiz(PF, Besiktas) is injured therefore not here. Berk Catalay(PF/C, Efes) couldnt help here but he is interesting and could be at a total different level in 2 years for example.

https://x.com/TrendBasket/status/1799071936796045778

Ibrahim Kutluay 197-8, Omer Kutluay under 190 and Alperen Sengun 205. This is the reality. With 15 Furkan Korkmaz was real 193, not on paper. Omer Kutluay has still enough time but next year he should add 5-6 cm to relise his potential.

Yes what Toruko now wrote is correct. He must slowly start adding several cm.

[Ibo]

Sadly he probably will be around 6'5 when he's 19-20. Too short for the nba.... if he was like 6'7 or 6'8 he could have been a top 5 nba prospect he's really that talented

[Toruko]

His father was 6'6 and I think he wont be shorter than him after being full-fledged. 6'7 would be great but it is something you cant influence.

[Ibo]

However bogdan bogdanovic is like 6'6 and I feel like omer can become a similar type of player so let's see

[Toruko]

However bogdan bogdanovic is like 6'6 and I feel like omer can become a similar type of player so let's see

6'7 would be perfect though. He is truly talented.