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Engin Atsür
	Atsür with NC State.
Position	Point Guard
Height	6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
League	TBL
Team	Beşiktaş Cola Turka
Born	April 2, 1984 (age 25); İstanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkey
High school	Saint-Benoît French High School, İstanbul
College	NC State
Draft	Undrafted, 2007
Pro career	2007–present
Former teams	Benetton Treviso (2007-08); Efes Pilsen S.K. (2008-09)

Engin Atsür (born April 2, 1984 in İstanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball player and a member of the senior Turkish national basketball team. He is 6 feet 4 ½ inches tall and weighs 200 pounds and he plays at the point guard position. Atsür played college basketball in the United States with North Carolina State University from 2003-07.

[edit] Early years

Atsür attended high school at Saint-Benoit French High School in Istanbul.^[1] He started playing basketball in the youth teams of the successful Turkish club Efes Pilsen S.K.

After one year in the Turkish Second League, Atsür moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. to study business administration at NC State on an athletic scholarship and he graduated in 2007. Atsür was a starting point guard for NC State all four years. He was named to the Collegeinsider.com Defensive All-America Team for his junior season.^[2]

[edit] Pro career

Atsür signed his first professional contract with the Italian League club Benetton Treviso on June 30, 2007. After spending one season in Italy, he signed a deal with the Turkish League club Efes Pilsen.^[3] For the 2009-10 season, Atsür joined Beşiktaş Cola Turka.

[edit] Turkish national team

At the 2002 European Championship for Junior Men at Germany, Atsür averaged 22.3 PPG and he was selected to the All-Tournament First Team as the best shooting guard of the competition.^[4]

Atsür is also a member of the senior Turkish national team, and figured in Turkey's squad that finished sixth in the 2006 FIBA World Championship held in Japan.^[5]

[edit] College statistics

Year	GP-GS	Min	Avg	FG-FGA	Pct	3FG-FGA	Pct	FT-FTA	Pct	Off-Def	REb-Avg	PF-FO	Asst	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg
2003-04	28-24	822	29.4	79-179	0.441	46-1200	0.383	33-50	0.66	24-55	79-2.8	75-5	69	45	1	27	237	8.5
2004-05	35-35	1141	32.6	110-271	0.406	67-175	0.383	43-56	0.768	21-71	92-2.6	92-3	86	43	5	57	330	9.4
2005-06	32-31	1065	33.3	110-248	0.444	67-167	0.401	57-73	0.781	15-87	102-3.2	74-3	109	65	4	54	344	10.8
2006-07	24-24	810	33.8	91-195	0.467	43-116	0.371	45-57	0.789	14-55	69-2.9	50-0	101	57	5	26	270	11.3
Totals	119-114	3838	32.3	390-893	0.437	223-578	0.39	178-236	0.754	74-268	342-2.9	291-11	365	210	15	164	1181	9.9

[edit] Milestones

At North Carolina State:

33rd player in North Carolina State University history to score over 1,000 points; scored 1181 points in his career.
2nd best three-point shooter in school history
4th best in minutes played in school history (3,838 min- 119 games- 32,3 mpg)
Averaged 9.9 PPG over his career ^[6]^[7]

[edit] References

^ Draft Express: Engin Atsur
^ DEFENSIVE ALL-AMERICA TEAM Retrieved December 18, 2006
^ Engin Atsür Efes Pilsen'de Retrieved July 12, 2008
^ Eurobasket.com
^ Turkey Senior Basketball Team FIBA World Championships 2006 Retrieved February 18, 2007
^ Gopack.com Retrieved July 27, 2008
^ Gopack.com

[edit] See also

Brandon Costner

[edit] External links

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[DRAFT-0] Draft Express: Engin Atsur

[1] DEFENSIVE ALL-AMERICA TEAM Retrieved December 18, 2006

[2] Engin Atsür Efes Pilsen'de Retrieved July 12, 2008

[3] Eurobasket.com

[4] Turkey Senior Basketball Team FIBA World Championships 2006 Retrieved February 18, 2007

[5] Gopack.com Retrieved July 27, 2008

[6] Gopack.com

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