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Dogus Balbay

Retired • Retired in December 2023 • PG • 0 years of NBA experience

Height6'1

Weight175 lbs

Born21st January 1989 (age 37)

Nationality🇹🇷Turkey

NBA DraftUndrafted, 2011

Pre-draft teamTexas

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Stats

Year	League	Team	G	MPG	PTS/G	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2011-12	EuroLeague	Anadolu Efes	8	4.7	0.3	0.1	0.5	25.0%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.3	0.0%	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.4
2011-12	Turkey	Anadolu Efes	37	12.7	3.1	1.3	3.1	42.1%	0.1	0.5	21.1%	0.4	1.0	35.1%	1.2	0.8	2.0	1.3	1.0	0.1	0.4	1.6
2012-13	EuroLeague	Anadolu Efes	8	8.3	2.3	0.8	1.5	50.0%	0.0	0.4	0.0%	0.8	0.9	85.7%	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.1
2012-13	Turkey	Anadolu Efes	30	12.1	3.3	1.3	2.9	44.2%	0.1	0.7	19.0%	0.6	1.0	58.1%	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.7	1.1	0.2	0.9	1.4
2013-14	EuroLeague	Anadolu Efes	18	14.3	2.9	1.4	3.2	43.9%	0.0	0.4	0.0%	0.1	0.3	33.3%	0.9	0.8	1.8	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.7	1.8
2013-14	Turkey	Anadolu Efes	29	18.8	6.2	2.7	4.8	55.8%	0.3	1.1	31.3%	0.6	1.1	51.5%	1.2	1.4	2.7	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.6	2.1
2014-15	EuroLeague	Anadolu Efes	24	8.6	1.3	0.6	1.6	36.8%	0.0	0.4	0.0%	0.1	0.1	100.0%	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.5
2014-15	Turkey	Anadolu Efes	39	15.3	3.4	1.4	3.3	42.3%	0.2	0.8	26.7%	0.4	1.0	35.9%	0.9	1.0	1.9	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.8
2015-16	EuroLeague	Anadolu Efes	18	4.6	0.6	0.3	0.8	33.3%	0.1	0.2	25.0%	0.0	0.1	0.0%	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.8
2015-16	Turkey	Anadolu Efes	36	12.4	3.3	1.4	3.0	46.3%	0.3	0.9	27.3%	0.3	0.6	50.0%	0.8	0.9	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.8
2016-17	EuroLeague	Anadolu Efes	28	9.8	1.9	0.8	2.0	40.4%	0.3	0.8	30.4%	0.0	0.1	33.3%	0.8	0.6	1.5	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.3	1.8
2016-17	Turkey	Anadolu Efes	37	15.5	2.8	1.2	3.2	38.7%	0.2	1.4	18.0%	0.1	0.6	19.0%	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.2
2017-18	EuroLeague	Anadolu Efes	16	16.5	2.1	0.9	3.1	28.0%	0.1	0.6	10.0%	0.3	0.5	50.0%	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.4	2.1
2017-18	Turkey	Anadolu Efes	29	20.5	4.9	2.1	4.8	43.5%	0.4	1.5	27.3%	0.3	0.6	55.6%	1.3	1.8	3.1	3.4	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.1
2018-19	EuroLeague	Anadolu Efes	37	10.5	2.0	0.8	1.6	50.0%	0.4	0.6	60.9%	0.0	0.0	100.0%	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.8
2018-19	Turkey	Anadolu Efes	38	16.6	4.0	1.5	4.0	36.8%	0.5	1.7	28.6%	0.6	0.9	60.0%	1.1	2.1	3.1	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.7
2019-20	EuroLeague	Anadolu Efes	25	7.9	1.2	0.5	1.1	48.1%	0.2	0.5	38.5%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.2	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.9
2019-20	Turkey	Anadolu Efes	23	15.1	3.6	1.5	3.7	40.0%	0.3	1.6	22.2%	0.3	0.7	46.7%	1.1	1.3	2.4	2.5	1.1	0.4	0.7	1.2
2020-21	EuroLeague	Anadolu Efes	29	6.7	1.4	0.6	1.0	57.1%	0.1	0.5	28.6%	0.2	0.3	62.5%	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.2
2020-21	Turkey	Anadolu Efes	35	15.3	2.9	1.1	2.7	41.7%	0.4	1.2	34.9%	0.2	0.4	57.1%	1.1	1.3	2.4	2.3	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.5
2021-22	EuroLeague	Anadolu Efes	7	3.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0%	0.0	0.1	0.0%	0.1	0.3	50.0%	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3
2021-22	Turkey	Anadolu Efes	9	9.5	2.0	0.8	1.4	53.8%	0.4	1.0	44.4%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	1.0
2022-23	EuroLeague	Anadolu Efes	4	5.8	1.5	0.5	1.0	50.0%	0.3	0.5	50.0%	0.3	0.3	100.0%	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.0
2022-23	Turkey	Anadolu Efes	14	3.4	0.4	0.1	0.6	22.2%	0.1	0.4	16.7%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4

Teams

Date	Team
2004 - 2006	Fenerbahce (Turkey)
2006 - 2007	Brewster Academy (High School)
2007 - 2011	Texas (NCAA)
July 2011 - present	Anadolu Efes (Turkey)

Transactions

Date	League	Transaction
1st July 2011	Turkey	Signed a three-year contract with Anadolu Efes Istanbul.
28th May 2014	Turkey	Signed a two-year extension with Anadolu Efes.
11th July 2016	Turkey	Re-signed by Anadolu Efes to a three-year contract.

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2018/19 EuroLeague previews: Anadolu Efes look to bounce back from last place

6th September 2018

[...] Efes also return holdovers Dogus Balbay (defensive specialist guard who almost never takes a turn on the ball) and Birkan Batuk (a once promising versatile young off-guard scorer who has become more and more of a shooting specialist with each passing year), to provide added quota-meeting guard depth. There are no big-minute Turkish players in the rotation, but Efes will be needing bench contributions from all. Overly relying on imports has not worked for years now. [...]

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Sham's unnecessarily great big draft board: Point Guards

22nd June 2011

The Dogus is one of my favourite players, but what is he doing with that off hand.

Dogus Balbay - The Dogus excelled as a defender in college, and yet he also lived up to the rules of such matters - for whatever reason, good collegiate defenders tend to be bad shooters. And few were worse than Dogus, who hit precisely two jumpshots as a senior, despite being a regular starter. [That's jumpshots from anywhere, not just threes. He hit 0 threes last year, and hit only 2 in his three year Longhorns career.] Balbay is big and athletic for a point guard, but not sufficiently big and athletic to the point where he can be considered big and athletic by NBA standards. He is big and athletic to defend anywhere else, though, and even if he is more of a ball-mover than a creator, he suffices as a point guard as well. A return to Turkey looks inevitable, because it seems unlikely that even Mark Bartelstein can get him drafted.