Gaziantep Basketbol

Royal Halı Gaziantep
Royal Halı Gaziantep logo
Leagues	Turkish Super League, FIBA Europe Cup
Founded	2007
History	Gaziantep BB (2007–2013) Gaziantep Basketbol (2013–present)
Arena	Karataş Şahinbey Sport Hall Kamil Ocak Sport Hall
Arena Capacity	6,400 2,500
Location	Gaziantep, Turkey
Team colors	Gold, Purple
President	Metin Uzer
Head coach	Stefanos Dedas
Website	gaziantepbasketbol.com
Uniforms
Home Away

Gaziantep Basketbol, also known as Royal Halı Gaziantep for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in the city of Gaziantep in Turkey that plays in the Turkish Basketball Super League and FIBA Europe Cup. The team was founded in 2007. Their home arena is the Karataş Şahinbey Sport Hall with a capacity of 6,400 seats.

The team sponsored by Royal Halı. It is a Turkish carpet producer.

Honours

• EuroChallenge:
  • Third (1): 2013–14

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Turkish Cup	European competitions
2009–10	3	EBBL	1	Promoted	–	–
2010–11	2	TB2L	4	Final stage3rd	–	–
2011–12	2	TB2L	2	Promoted2nd	–	–
2012–13	1	TBL	9	–	Group stage	–
2013–14	1	TBL	10	–	Group stage	3 EuroChallenge – Third place
2014–15	1	TBL	10	–	Quarterfinalist	–
2015–16	1	BSL				3 FIBA Europe Cup

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Royal Halı Gaziantep roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 2 Rautins, Andy 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) – (1986-11-02)2 November 1986 G/F 5 Sönmez, Görkem 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) – (1990-02-28)28 February 1990 F/C 6 King, Anthony 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) – (1985-01-22)22 January 1985 G/F 9 Erol, Altan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) – (1983-05-28)28 May 1983 PG 11 Calloway, Earl 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 78 kg (172 lb) – (1983-09-30)30 September 1983 F/C 13 Ružić, Tomislav (DC) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb) – (1979-07-02)2 July 1979 C 14 Tekin, Ramazan 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) – (1993-07-27)27 July 1993 PF 15 Balažič, Jure 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) – (1980-09-12)12 September 1980 SG 21 Stone, Julyan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1988-12-07)7 December 1988 PG 27 Eryüz, Erden (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) – (1980-03-01)1 March 1980 PF 31 Williams, Jawad 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 99 kg (218 lb) – (1983-02-19)19 February 1983 PF 34 Şirin, Gökhan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1990-09-18)18 September 1990 PG 44 Öğüt, Can Uğur 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) – (1992-01-23)23 January 1992 G/F - Lorbek, Domen 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) – (1985-03-06)6 March 1985	Head coach Stefanos Dedas Assistant coach(es) Sinan Çambel Team manager Boray Dai Legend (C) Team captain (DC) Dual citizenship Injured Roster Updated: 25 September, 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Anthony King	Tomislav Ružić	Ramazan Tekin
PF	Jawad Williams	Jure Balažič	Gökhan Şirin
SF	Julyan Stone	Altan Erol	Domen Lorbek
SG	Andy Rautins	Gorkem Sonmez
PG	Earl Calloway	Can Uğur Öğüt	Erden Eryüz

Notable players

• Serkan Erdoğan
• Barış Ermiş
• Jaka Lakovič
• Domen Lorbek
• Dejan Borovnjak
• Oliver Stević
• Tomislav Ružić

• Joey Dorsey
• / Earl Calloway
• / J.R. Bremer
• Dylan Page
• Cory Higgins
• Isaiah Swann
• Terrico White

External links

• Official Website (Turkish)
• Eurobasket.com Profile
• Official Facebook Page
• Official Twitter Page
• Official Instagram Account
• TBLstat.net Profile
• 2015-16 FIBA Europe Cup Profile
• 2013-14 FIBA EuroChallenge Profile