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Ilkan Karaman

Deceased • Died 8th September 2024 • PF • 0 years of NBA experience

Also listed under: Unsigned NBA draft picks

Height6'9

Weight235 lbs

Born13th May 1990 (age 36)

Nationality🇹🇷Turkey

NBA Draft57th pick, 2012

Pre-draft teamGalatasaray (Turkey)

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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
2012-13	EuroLeague	Fenerbahce	22	12.7	4.4	1.8	3.9	47.1%	0.3	1.1	28.0%	0.5	0.9	50.0%	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.5
2016-17	BCL Europe	Besiktas	7	5.8	3.6	1.4	3.0	47.6%	0.1	0.4	33.3%	0.6	0.7	80.0%	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.1
2018-19	FIBA Europe Cup	Pinar Karsiyaka	15	19.4	9.3	3.7	7.7	48.7%	0.8	2.1	37.5%	1.1	1.5	72.7%	1.3	4.1	5.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.6	2.5
2019-20	France	Cholet	15	12.3	4.3	1.9	4.1	45.9%	0.3	1.0	33.3%	0.3	0.4	66.7%	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.7

Teams

6 entries

Date	Team
2007 - June 2011	Tofas Bursa (Turkey)
August 2011 - June 2012	Pinar Karsiyaka (Turkey)
July 2012 - August 2012	Galatasaray (Turkey)
August 2012 - July 2014	Fenerbahce (Turkey)
October 2015 - June 2016	Acibadem (Turkey, TBL)
September 2016 - present	Besiktas (Turkey)

Transactions

13 entries

Date	League	Transaction
2nd August 2010	Turkey	Signed a five-year contract with Galatasaray. Immediately loaned back to Tofas Bursa for one season.
11th August 2011	Turkey	Loaned by Galatasaray to Pinar Karsiyaka for one season.
2012 NBA Draft	NBA	Drafted 57th overall by Brooklyn Nets.
17th August 2012	Turkey	Left Galatasaray.
17th August 2012	Turkey	Signed a three-year contract with Fenerbahce. Included NBA opt-out after the 2013/14 season.
1st July 2014	Turkey	Left Fenerbahce.
10th July 2014	NBA	As a part of a three-team deal, draft rights traded by Brooklyn Nets to Cleveland Cavaliers, along with the draft rights to Edin Bavcic to Cleveland Cavaliers and Marcus Thornton to Boston Celtics, in exchange for Jarrett Jack and Sergei Karasev from Cleveland Cavaliers.
14th October 2015	Turkey	Signed for the remainder of the season with Acibadem.
1st September 2016	Turkey	Signed a one-year contract with Besiktas.
12th July 2017	Turkey	Signed a one-year contract with Istanbul BSB.
31st December 2017	Turkey	Left Istanbul BSB.
15th January 2019	Turkey	Signed for the remainder of the season with Demir.
3rd July 2018	Turkey	Signed a one-year contract with Pinar Karsiyaka.

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The 2018 NBA Manifesto

29th June 2018

Ilkan Karaman - 57th pick, 2012
Finally left the more prestigious Turkish teams to go to less prestigious ones and actually play, but this did not spark a break-out. 8.6 ppg, 5.8 rpg in 18.5 mpg is not bad; Karaman can board and shoot. But then, so can most of Europe. Now aged 28, he does nothing NBA-ish.

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2017 NBA Manifesto

29th June 2017

Ilkan Karaman - 57th pick, 2012
Scored 39 points all season, 33 of which were in blowouts. Has gone backwards since being drafted, in part due to injury, of which there has been quite a lot.