Ersan İlyasova (born May 15, 1987 in Eskişehir, Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball player currently on the roster of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. He is 6'10" (2.08 m) in height.[1][2]
[edit] Pro career
[edit] Turkey
İlyasova played professionally in the Turkish League with Ülkerspor during the 2004-05 season.
İlyasova was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round (36th overall) of the 2005 NBA Draft and signed a two-year contract with them on August 23, 2005. İlyasova did not play in an NBA game during the 2005-06 season. He was instead assigned to the Bucks' affiliated D-League team, the Tulsa 66ers,[3] where he played 46 games and averaged 12.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.[4]
When he made his NBA debut on November 1, 2006, İlyasova played for the Bucks. He left the Bucks after the 2006-07 season to play in the Euroleague. In July 2009, he returned to the Bucks after signing a three-year $7 million contract.[5][6]
On June 16, 2007, he accepted a two-year contract with the Spanish League club FC Barcelona.[7] He was the first Turkish player in team history.[8]
[edit] Turkish national team
Before İlyasova was chosen to play for the senior Turkish national team, he was named the MVP of the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, after leading Turkey's junior national team to a silver medal in İzmir.[9]
[edit] NBA career statistics
[edit] Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2006–07 | Milwaukee | 66 | 14 | 14.7 | .383 | .365 | .787 | 2.9 | .7 | .4 | .3 | 6.1 |
| 2009–10 | Milwaukee | 64 | 31 | 22.8 | .443 | .347 | .721 | 6.3 | 1.1 | .7 | .2 | 10.4 |
| Career | | 130 | 45 | 18.7 | .420 | .355 | .748 | 4.6 | .9 | .6 | .2 | 8.2 |
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