Semih Erden

Retired • Retired in February 2025 • C • 2 years of NBA experience

Height6'11
Weight240 lbs
Born28th July 1986 (age 40)
Nationality🇹🇷Turkey
Pre-draft teamFenerbahce (Turkey)
HandRight
Agentn/a
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Representative Teams
FIBA World Cup 2019 roster
Turkey
NBA Summer League - Orlando 2010 roster
Boston Celtics

Stats
Year League Team GMPGPTS/GFGFGAFG% 3P3PA3P% FTFTAFT%ORBDRB TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
2004-05 EuroLeague Partizan Belgrade 10 12.5 3.0 1.1 2.6 42.3% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 0.8 1.8 44.4% 1.0 1.3 2.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.6 2.8
2006-07 EuroLeague Fenerbahce 8 13.7 4.5 1.6 3.0 54.2% 0.1 0.1 100.0% 1.1 1.6 69.2% 1.4 1.8 3.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.6
2007-08 EuroLeague Fenerbahce 15 19.3 6.7 2.5 4.9 50.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.8 2.7 67.5% 1.0 3.3 4.3 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.5 3.1
2008-09 EuroLeague Fenerbahce 12 19.1 6.6 2.4 4.9 49.2% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 1.8 3.1 56.8% 1.5 2.6 4.1 0.7 0.3 0.5 1.1 2.3
2009-10 EuroLeague Fenerbahce 10 22.3 6.2 2.0 4.2 47.6% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.2 3.8 57.9% 1.6 3.8 5.4 0.8 0.5 0.9 2.3 3.0
2010-11 NBA Boston Celtics 37 14.4 4.1 1.6 2.6 59.8% 0.0 0.0 – 0.9 1.5 63.0% 0.8 2.1 2.9 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.9 2.5
2010-11 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 4 16.0 3.3 1.0 3.5 28.6% 0.0 0.0 – 1.3 1.5 83.3% 1.5 1.3 2.8 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.5 3.0
2010-11 NBA Total (NBA) 41 14.5 4.0 1.5 2.7 55.9% 0.0 0.0 – 1.0 1.5 65.0% 0.9 2.0 2.9 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.8 2.5
2011-12 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 28 11.9 3.5 1.4 2.6 52.7% 0.0 0.0 – 0.8 1.5 51.2% 0.7 1.9 2.6 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 2.1
2011-12 Turkey Besiktas 6 21.2 9.2 3.3 7.2 46.5% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.5 4.2 60.0% 1.7 4.3 6.0 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.7 3.0
2012-13 EuroLeague Anadolu Efes 29 22.8 9.2 3.5 6.1 56.7% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.2 4.2 52.8% 2.2 3.4 5.6 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.7 2.9
2012-13 Turkey Anadolu Efes 37 18.8 9.4 3.5 6.1 57.6% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.5 4.0 62.8% 1.6 3.1 4.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.3 2.7
2013-14 EuroLeague Anadolu Efes 17 21.5 6.6 2.4 5.7 42.3% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.8 3.3 55.4% 1.3 3.4 4.7 0.8 0.5 1.0 1.2 1.9
2013-14 Turkey Anadolu Efes 22 21.1 10.0 3.7 6.5 56.9% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.6 4.1 63.3% 1.9 3.6 5.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.6 2.4
2014-15 EuroLeague Fenerbahce 25 10.2 4.6 1.9 2.5 75.8% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.8 1.4 58.3% 1.0 1.4 2.5 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.7 2.0
2014-15 Turkey Fenerbahce 34 11.9 6.4 2.6 3.9 66.4% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.3 2.4 56.3% 1.1 1.7 2.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.9
2015-16 EuroLeague Darussafaka 24 18.4 9.0 3.5 6.0 59.4% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.9 3.5 53.6% 1.5 3.2 4.8 0.7 0.4 1.0 1.7 2.1
2015-16 Turkey Darussafaka 32 16.4 9.2 3.8 6.3 61.5% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.5 2.8 52.2% 1.3 2.8 4.0 0.6 0.3 0.5 1.8 2.1
2016-17 EuroLeague Darussafaka 10 14.7 4.0 1.6 3.3 48.5% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 0.8 2.8 28.6% 0.7 2.4 3.1 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.9 2.7
2016-17 Turkey Darussafaka 8 12.5 5.8 2.0 3.4 59.3% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.8 2.9 60.9% 1.5 2.5 4.0 0.9 0.8 0.3 1.1 1.3
2017-18 BCL Europe Besiktas 3 8.5 2.0 0.7 1.0 66.7% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.7 2.0 33.3% 0.7 2.0 2.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.0
2017-18 Turkey Besiktas 17 13.5 5.3 2.1 4.2 50.7% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.1 2.1 51.4% 1.4 1.7 3.1 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.8 2.4
2018-19 Europe Cup Istanbul BB 5 23.7 12.6 5.2 8.8 59.1% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.2 4.2 52.4% 1.4 6.0 7.4 1.8 0.2 0.8 1.8 1.0
2018-19 Turkey Istanbul BSB 23 26.7 13.9 5.5 9.1 60.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.9 5.3 54.5% 2.3 5.1 7.4 1.5 1.0 0.9 2.5 2.5
2019-20 Europe Cup Pinar Karsiyaka 11 15.5 8.4 3.4 4.5 74.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.6 3.2 51.4% 1.1 3.5 4.5 0.5 0.2 0.7 1.9 3.0
2019-20 Turkey Pinar Karsiyaka 21 14.9 5.8 2.0 3.0 66.7% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.8 3.8 48.1% 1.4 3.2 4.6 0.7 0.3 0.5 1.0 2.4
2020-21 BCL Europe Pinar Karsiyaka 13 10.1 3.2 1.3 2.2 60.7% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.5 1.1 50.0% 0.6 1.5 2.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.4
2020-21 Turkey Pinar Karsiyaka 27 14.1 4.8 1.8 2.9 62.8% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.2 2.6 45.7% 1.0 2.4 3.3 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.1 2.6
2021-22 BCL Europe Pinar Karsiyaka 3 11.2 7.3 3.3 4.7 71.4% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.7 3.7 18.2% 1.7 1.3 3.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 4.0
2021-22 Turkey Pinar Karsiyaka 5 16.8 6.0 2.0 4.6 43.5% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.0 4.6 43.5% 1.8 2.2 4.0 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.2 2.8
2022-23 EuroCup Turk Telekom 14 10.1 2.3 0.9 1.1 81.3% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.4 1.2 35.3% 0.3 1.8 3.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.9 1.6
2022-23 Turkey Turk Telekom 30 8.4 1.3 0.5 1.2 42.9% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.3 1.0 31.0% 0.4 1.3 1.7 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.5
2023-24 BCL Europe Bursaspor 3 9.9 1.3 0.3 1.0 33.3% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.7 2.0 33.3% 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.3 1.3 1.7
2023-24 Turkey Bursaspor 19 9.5 2.2 0.8 1.4 61.5% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.5 1.2 43.5% 0.7 1.2 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.6

Teams
DateTeam
2001 - August 2004 Darussafaka (Turkey)
September 2004 - July 2005 Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)
July 2005 - June 2010 Fenerbahce (Turkey)
July 2010 Boston Celtics (Summer League)
July 2010 - February 2011 Boston Celtics (NBA)
February 2011 - September 2011 Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA)
September 2011 - November 2011 Besiktas (Turkey)
December 2011 - June 2012 Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA)
July 2012 - June 2014 Anadolu Efes (Turkey)
August 2014 - June 2015 Fenerbahce (Turkey)
August 2015 - February 2017 Darussafaka (Turkey)
October 2017 - present Hacettepe (Turkey, TBL3)

Transactions
DateLeagueTransaction
3rd August 2004 Turkey Signed a five-year contract with Darussafaka.
31st August 2014 Turkey Left Darussafaka.
1st September 2004 Serbia Signed a four-year contract with Partizan Belgrade.
18th July 2005 Serbia Left Partizan Belgrade.
19th July 2005 Turkey Signed a five-year contract with Fenerbahce.
2008 NBA Draft NBA Drafted 60th overall by Boston Celtics.
5th July 2010 NBA Signed a guaranteed two-year minimum salary contract with Boston Celtics.
24th February 2011 NBA Traded by Boston Celtics, along with Luke Harangody, to Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for a 2013 second-round pick (#39, Jeff Withey).
20th September 2011 Turkey Signed for the duration of the NBA lockout with Besiktas.
30th November 2011 Turkey Opted out to return to the NBA.
3rd July 2012 Turkey Signed a three-year contract with Anadolu Efes. Included team option for 2014/15.
26th May 2014 Turkey Anadolu Efes declined 2014/15 team option.
1st August 2014 Turkey Signed a one-year contract with Fenerbahce.
28th August 2015 Turkey Signed a one-year contract with Darussafaka.
26th August 2016 Turkey Re-signed by Darussfaka to a five month contract. Included team option for the remainder of the season.
6th February 2017 Turkey Darussafaka declined team option.
6th October 2017 Turkey Signed for the remainder of the season with Hacettepe.

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Tax Payers, Trade Kickers, And Other Deadline Day Bookkeeping

Not so long ago, the Celtics had five centres; Perkins, Shaquille O'Neal, Jermaine O'Neal, Rasheed Wallace and Semih Erden. They had more centres than they had roster spots for them, and had done it this way on purpose. But Rasheed followed through on his retirement plans, Shaq has struggled to stay healthy, and Jermaine lost that same struggle four years ago. Not even Erden exists any more; like Daniels, he and the Skillz Train were pawned off to the Cavaliers in exchange for a second round draft pick, simultaneously opening roster spots and saving money. Without him on the bench, the Celtics become even shallower. The team that has to go through Dwight Howard now has to do so while relying on Nenad Krstic and Big Baby at centre.
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2010 Summer League Rosters: Boston Celtics

Semih Erden

The last pick in the 2008 draft, Erden signed with the Celtics today after spending two years developing at Fenerbahce in his native Turkey. In 42 TBL games this season, Erden averaged 8.2ppg and 5.1rpg in 21 mpg, shooting 62% from both the field and the line. The TBL is neither a bad league nor a great league, although Fenerbahce have won three titles in the last four years, so Erden has the experience of being a starting centre on a championship calibre team. Erden is an athletic 7 footer whose skills (particularly offensively) are improving; however, despite turning 24 next month, Erden is far from ready. He could use some toughening up (with a tendency to put his little paws on you defensively rather too cheaply), and his offense is more opportunistic than deliberate. He hasn't really lived up to the billing of his potential so far. Nevertheless, he's here now.
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