The NBA Prospects Of Memphis Grizzlies Draft Pick, Tarik Biberovic

In the recent past, Turkish men’s basketball was a hot ticket.

Having never qualified for it prior, the country’s national team finally made a FIBA World Cup in 2002 and record four wins on their way to a ninth-placed finish. Four years later, they recorded six wins on their way to sixth place, and then in 2010 came the pinnacle; a silver medal. Going undefeated in five group games, victories over France, Slovenia and Serbia set up a final against the United States, and, along with a 2001 Eurobasket silver medal, one of their only two top-three finishes in any major international competition ever.