The 2019 BSL All-Star Game, officially called the 2019 Tahincioğlu All-Star Game for sponsorship reasons, was held on January 20, 2019, at the Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul.
All-Star Game Coaches Ergin Ataman of Anadolu Efes was named as the head coach for the Team Europe and Burak Gören of Türk Telekom was named as the head coach for the Team Asia.
Rosters Two teams, Team Europe and Team Asia, competed in the event. Team Europe consisted of players from the teams based in the European side, and Team Asia consisted of players from the teams based in the Asian side of Turkey.
The startes for the All-Star Game were selected through a voting process. The reserves were selected by the head coaches.
+Team Europe Pos. Player Team Starters G Kartal Özmızrak Darüşşafaka G Doğuş Balbay Anadolu Efes F Emir Preldžić Bahçeşehir Koleji F Adrien Moerman Anadolu Efes C Semih Erden İstanbul BB Reserves G Rodrigue Beaubois Anadolu Efes F Devin Williams Büyükçekmece G Quino Colom Bahçeşehir Koleji G Jason Rich Beşiktaş F Robin Benzing Beşiktaş F Aaron Harrison Galatasaray G Göksenin Köksal GalatasarayHead coach: Ergin Ataman (Anadolu Efes)
+Team Asia Pos. Player Team Starters G Bobby Dixon Fenerbahçe G Şehmus Hazer Banvit F Alp Karahan Sakarya BB F Kenny Gabriel Türk Telekom C Assem Marei Pınar Karşıyaka Reserves F Cevher Özer Afyon Belediye C Joffrey Lauvergne Fenerbahçe F Marko Gudurić Fenerbahçe F Shaq McKissic Gaziantep G Berk Uğurlu Pınar Karşıyaka F Berkan Durmaz Tofaş F Sylven Landesberg Türk TelekomHead coach: Burak Gören (Türk Telekom)
Game
All-Star Organizations Celebrity Game The Celebrity Game was a 3x3 basketball game, with one backboard and in a half-court setup.
+Red TeamPlayer Background Sarp Levendoğlu Actor Sedef Avcı Actress Can Yaman Actor
+Blue TeamPlayer Background Büşra Pekin Actress Kıvanç Kasabalı Actor Alina Boz Actress Derya Şensoy Actress
Skills Challenge The Skills Challenge was presented by LeasePlan. +Contestants Pos. Player Team Height Weight First round Final round G Doğuş Özdemiroğlu Darüşşafaka 0:27 0:26 G Berke Aygündüz Pınar Karşıyaka 0:27 0:30 G Emir Gökalp Galatasaray 0:28DNQ G Şehmus Hazer Banvit 0:38 G Yunus Emre Sonsırma Türk Telekom 0:42
Three-Point Contest The Three-Point Contest was presented by ING Bank.
+Contestants Pos. Player Team Height Weight First round Final round F Marko Gudurić Fenerbahçe 21 20 G Andy Rautins Bahçeşehir Koleji 22 16 G Yiğit Arslan Tofaş 18DNQ G Can Maxim Mutaf Beşiktaş 16 G Rodrigue Beaubois Anadolu Efes 14 F Aaron Harrison Galatasaray 14 F Sylven Landesberg Türk Telekom 12
Slam Dunk Contest The Slam Dunk Contest was presented by Tahincioğlu. The judges were David Rivers, Efe Aydan, Melissa Tahincioğlu, Alain Digbeu and Tamer Oyguç. +Contestants Pos. Player Team Height Weight First round Final round F Kenny Gabriel Türk Telekom 99 99 F Zach Auguste Galatasaray 100 49 F Shaq McKissic Gaziantep 95 DNQ F Chris Evans Pınar Karşıyaka 86 F Onuralp Bitim Anadolu Efes DNP Onuralp Bitim was unable to play due to disease. Zach Auguste was selected as Onuralp Bitim's replacement.
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