Notable Turkish prospects from born in 2002 to 2005 #4

I’m Kuzey, 19. I’ve been writing about basketball since I was 9. I have been working in Eurosport Turkey for the last 1,5 years. I have written on various sites and magazines before. I’ve been working as a freelance scout for three years. I worked as a consultant. I have interviewed dozens of prospects such as Theo Maledon, Deni Avdija, Henri Drell, Aleksej Pokusevski, Arturs Kurucs, Yves Pons and dozens of notable basketball people such as Luis Scola, Xavi Pascual, Jonathan Givony, Dimitris Itoudis, Sasa Obradovic, Joan Plaza, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Derrick Williams. I write an article every day. I live in Turkey, I go to all the Euroleague and Youth League games. My main areas are all of age group on Africa and from U12 to U20 European and NCAA. MY BIGGEST GOAL IS SCOUTING! Anyway, don’t forget to follow me on Twitter and feel free to DM!

I started a new series. I will write about two or three interesting Turkish prospects until October 5. These are not very detailed reports, just a preview, detailed with background, coming in December.

Tibet Görener — Arizona Wildcats — Small Forward — 2002

I think Tibet Görener possesses good size for an 18 years-old small forward standing 6-foot-8 to go along with strong upper body, long arms, average shoulders, and lack of strength but quick lower body. Creating his own shot generally out of isolation and pick-and-roll situations, hunting in transitions, catch-and-shooter on the off-ball situations, and has fearlessness to rise and fire in spot-ups, Tibet Deniz Görener is one of the best shooters in his class. With average high release, good set point, quick footwork, good BBIQ, questionable vertical pop. Tibet can shoot as a CnS player or movement player. He hasn’t a good-consistent mid-range shooting, but around the painted area, Tibet does good job as a cutter. Lack of elite athlectisim and finishing ability around the rim hurt his efficiency on the offensive end, but his BBIQ, shooting threat, cutter tricks (burst, body-eye fakes, soft-touch after take the ball, creating spacing for himself with using the screens) are good in my opinion. I think the Turkish prospect is a reliable handler, showed some flashes on momentum ballhandler, but not a good passer, not at all. Has a lot of room on that in my opinion. On the defensive end, he bringing energy and instincts to the table. I think that Görener is a pesky off the ball defender who shows the ability to sees things early and reacts well with good body coordination, eye-hand harmony, lateral movement, and team awareness. Covering a lot of ground and making some dazzling hustle plays, Görener is not a defensive playmaker or rim protector but not bad on the defensive end in my opinion. I think he has to improve on switches, on the ball activeness, and pick-and-roll situations. One summary thing before my detailed report, Tibet showed some flashes as a critical moment guy on the offensive end.

Furkan Haltalı — Beşiktaş — Power Forward — 2002

Standing 6-foot-10 with a near 7-foot-1 wingspan and well-developed frame, Furkan Haltali is a traditional post-up player. Offensively, he makes for a difficult match up thanks to his ability of play back-to-the-basket games well. As a mobile player, Furkan has good catch-and-finishing potential. As a post-up and catch-and-finishing scorer, Haltalı’s jump hook from both hands, lateral movement, game reading, vertical pop, lob target gravity, footwork tricks, ability to using the rim for giving momentum to the ball, and physical game help him here. He can finish around the basket through contact and draws fouls. He is not a stretch guy, lack of shooting, and elite athlectisim hurt his stock here. But more important, he hasn’t any aggressiveness or killer-painted-area-scorer things. So, it creates a huge question mark in my mind about his projection on the offensive end: Can he play consistently? Good, very good handler and passer for his size. Just a read and reacts passer but it’s enough for a 6-foot-10 big in my opinion. As a handler, he showed some flashes on open court dribble, trailer games, and downhill dribble. Defensively, Haltalı shows good things success as an area rebounder and shot blocker. Not a great rim protector or amazing shot blocker, just classical. His instincts, physicality, and intensity helps him control the ground and air against PFs and Cs. Not switchable, read off the ball well and reacts good but sometimes makes wrong moves, needs to learn perimeter defense, and has to learn on his athlectisim on the defensive end in my opinion.