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admin
02-07-2006, 04:20 PM
Hakan Demirel, PG
19 years old 6'4" 190 lbs.
Fenerbahce, International

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Jonathan
02-07-2006, 06:21 PM
Automatically eligible since he committed to Western Carolina and practiced with them for some time before deciding to leave. The NCAA gave him a year and a half suspension because of the fact that he played in Europe for money I guess. They really dont want international players playing here as much as before.
Genjuro
02-07-2006, 07:00 PM
Automatically eligible since he committed to Western Carolina and practiced with them for some time before deciding to leave. The NCAA gave him a year and a half suspension because of the fact that he played in Europe for money I guess. They really dont want international players playing here as much as before.
It's a complete mistery why Demirel went to the NCAA. Everybody knew that he had played in Tofas Bursa and that he wouldn't be allowed to play college for a while. Besides, as shocking was to see him choosing such a small college as Western Carolina (it is a small program, isn't it?).
Jonathan
02-09-2006, 02:36 AM
Very small. But they had a Turkish assistant coach there, which is why he chose it. I believe there is another Turkish player there too. It was either there or NC State to play next to Atsur, but I guess he wanted a lot of playing time.

The fact that Kevin Martin (Sacramento Kings) from that same school just got drafted that year in the 1st round helped I am sure.
Jonathan
02-09-2006, 03:42 AM
annoying problem of empty threads has been officialy fixed for now. bumping all old threads to the top now.
Genjuro
02-09-2006, 12:44 PM
Very small. But they had a Turkish assistant coach there, which is why he chose it. I believe there is another Turkish player there too. It was either there or NC State to play next to Atsur, but I guess he wanted a lot of playing time.

The fact that Kevin Martin (Sacramento Kings) from that same school just got drafted that year in the 1st round helped I am sure.
Ok, now I see some logic there.