| Beşiktaş Milangaz | ||||
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| Nickname | The Black Eagles | |||
| Leagues | Turkish Basketball League EuroChallenge |
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| Founded | 1933 | |||
| History | Beşiktaş (1933–2005) Beşiktaş Cola Turka (2005-2011) Beşiktaş Milangaz (2011–present) |
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| Arena | BJK Akatlar Arena (capacity: 3,200) |
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| Location | İstanbul, Turkey | |||
| Team colors | Black and White |
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| President | Yıldırım Demirören | |||
| Head coach | Ergin Ataman | |||
| Championships | Turkish Championships (1) | |||
| Website | besiktasjk.com.tr | |||
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Beşiktaş Milangaz is a professional basketball team of Beşiktaş J.K., which is a sports club from İstanbul, Turkey. Their home arena is the Sinan Erdem Dome with a capacity of 16,000 seats. The club competes in the Turkish Basketball League and EuroChallenge.
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The club's basketball section started out in the year 1933, before being halted in 1936, and then resuming once again in 1940. Since then, Beşiktaş has played in the first Turkish Basketball League, in every season, except in the 1988-89 season, due to their relegation to the Turkish Second League after the 1987-88 season. The club won the Turkish Basketball League management by Cavit Altunay in 1974-75 season.
In October 2010, Beşiktaş announced the biggest transfer in the history of the club's basketball department, with the signing of the former NBA MVP Allen Iverson.[1] Iverson signed a 2 year $4 million net income contract.
In July 2011, NBA All-Star Deron Williams of the New Jersey Nets announced he would play for Beşiktaş, due to the 2011 NBA lockout. His $5 million net income contract includes a clause that would enable him to return to the NBA during the regular season if an agreement is made between the owners and players association.[2]
Beşiktaş played for several years at the 3,200 capacity BJK Akatlar Arena and 16,000 capacity Sinan Erdem Dome.
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| C | Erwin Dudley | Adem Ören | ||||
| PF | Pops Mensah-Bonsu | Zoran Erceg | Barış Hersek | |||
| SF | David Hawkins | Serhat Çetin | ||||
| SG | Marcelus Kemp | Can Akın | Mehmet Yatağan | |||
| PG | Carlos Arroyo | Mehmet Yağmur | Kartal Özmızrak | style="height:40px; background:white" |
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