Furkan Korkmaz

Furkan Korkmaz (born July 24, 1997) is a Turkish professional basketball player who currently plays for Banvit of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). At a height of 2.02 m (6 ft 7.5 in), he mainly plays the shooting guard position.

Korkmaz was born in Bakırköy, Istanbul. He started playing basketball with the school team when he was nine. In 2012, he moved to Anadolu Efes, from Efes' junior team, Yeşilyurt Spor Kulübü, for $250,000, at the age of 15.

Anadolu Efes

In his first year in the Efes club infrastructure, Korkmaz played for the junior and youth teams of Efes. He was loaned for the 2013–14 season to the Turkish 2nd-tier level TB2L team Pertevniyal, which was at the time the farm club of Anadolu Efes. In the summer of 2014, Korkmaz moved to the senior men's Anadolu Efes first team.

Banvit

In December 2016, Korkmaz was loaned by Efes to Banvit.

NBA draft

On June 13, 2016, Korkmaz was one of 13 different international underclassmen to enter the 2016 NBA Draft. Furthermore, because of his declaration earlier in May of that same year, that he'd only enter the draft if he were guaranteed to be drafted somewhere in the middle of the draft, it was suggested that Korkmaz would be drafted either late in the lottery, or somewhere else in the middle of the first round. However, he was eventually selected 26th in the first round, by the Philadelphia 76ers. After being drafted, Korkmaz decided to return to Anadolu Efes, for at least another season.

Korkmaz played with the senior men's Turkish national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2015 and at the 2016 Manila FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Club honours

Senior club honours

• Turkish Cup Winner: (2015)
• Turkish Supercup Winner: (2015)

National team

• 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship: 01 ! Gold
• 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship: 02 ! Silver
• 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship: 03 ! Bronze

Individual

• 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship: All Tournament Team
• 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship: All Tournament Team

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague