- Ersan İlyasova
Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Ersan İlyasova
league = ACB
nickname =
position = Power forward
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 10
weight_lbs = 235
team = Regal FC Barcelona
nationality = Turkish
birth_date = birth date and age|1987|5|15
birth_place =Eskişehir ,Turkey
highschool =
college =
draft = 2nd round, 36th overall
draft_year = 2005
draft_team =Milwaukee Bucks
career_start = 2004
career_end =
former_teams =Ülkerspor (2004-2005)Tulsa 66ers (2005-2006)Milwaukee Bucks (2006-2007)
awards = 2006FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship MVPErsan İlyasova (born
May 15 1987 inEskişehir ,Turkey ) is a Turkish professionalbasketball player currently with the Spanish ACB's Regal FC Barcelona, based inBarcelona . He is 2.08 m (6'10") in height [ [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=BDP Spanish League player profile 2.08 m or 6'10"] ] .Basketball career
İlyasova played professionally in
Turkey forÜlkerspor before he was chosen to play for the Turkish national team. OnJuly 23 ,2006 , he was named theMVP of theFIBA Europe Under-20 Championship after leading his team to a silver medal inİzmir . [ [http://www.draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=1452 A Look Back At The U-20 European Championships (Part Two)] RetrievedFebruary 18 ,2007 ]NBA
He was selected by the
Milwaukee Bucks in the second round (36th overall) of the2005 NBA Draft and signed a two-year contract with them onAugust 23 2005 . İlyasova did not play in anNBA game during the 2005-06 season. He was instead assigned to the Bucks' affiliatedD-League team, theTulsa 66ers , [ [http://www.insidehoops.com/ilyasova-d-league-111405.shtml Milwaukee Bucks send Ersan Ilyasova to D-League] RetrievedFebruary 18 ,2007 ] where he played 46 games and averaged 12.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/ersan_ilyasova/bio.html Ersan Ilyasova Biography at NBA.com] RetrievedFebruary 18 ,2007 ]Prior to being drafted, rumors circulated that İlyasova was actually born in 1984. This was the result of a complaint filed to
FIBA by the Uzbek Basketball Federation. They alleged that İlyasova was really an Uzbek named Arsen Ilyasov who was born in 1984 and entered Turkey under false pretenses in 2002. However, FIBA ruled in favor of Turkey and İlyasova continues to play under the restrictions of a 1987 birth date. [ [http://www.draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=82 Ersan Ilyasova, the Turkish pearl] RetrievedFebruary 18 ,2007 ]When he made his NBA debut on
November 1 , 2006, İlyasova became the second player ever (Los Angeles Lakers centerAndrew Bynum was the first) who was born afterMay 7 ,1987 , to play in the NBA.Return to Europe
On
June 16 , 2007 he accepted a two-year contract with Barça that would pay him $5 million in net salary per year plus bonuses.Notes
External links
*NBA-profile|ersan_ilyasova
*basketball-reference|name=Ersan Ilyasova
* [http://www.draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=82 DraftExpress.com - Ersan İlyasova, the Turkish Pearl]
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?gamecode=216&pcode=JKP Euroleague.net Profile]
* [http://www.turksports.net/detay_basket.asp?tablo=162&kat=52 TurkSports.Net Profile]
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