Erden (right) and Turkoglu (left) double-team Gasol (center) in EuroBasket action

The Boston Celtics 2008 second round draft pick Semih Erden has yet to play in an NBA game, but he has already defeated one of the Los Angeles Lakers. On Saturday he helped Turkey defeat Pau Gasol and the Spanish team in the EuroBasket 2009 Group F qualifying round.

The 6-11 center led the team with six rebounds and scored 11 points, including two free throws that secured Turkey’s 63-60 victory over Spain. He also contributed two rebounds, an alley-oop from Hedo Turkoglu, a block, and a steal in the final five minutes of the back-and-forth match up. Turkey remains undefeated (3-0) and plays Serbia on Monday.

Erden was selected by the Celtics with the 60th pick in the 2008 NBA Draft. He averaged 6.6 points and 4.1 rebounds with Fenerbahce Ulker last season.

6 Comments for “Celtics draft pick Erden helps Turkey in EuroBasket”

1. John R. S. Says:
   September 13th, 2009 at 3:51 am

   Hopefully this guy will take Scalabrine’s spot on the regular season roster. Don’t get me started on how little desire I have to see Scal get any playing time at all next season.

2. Duff Says:
   September 13th, 2009 at 11:37 am

   It is excellent that Semih Erden contributed against Spain. He did almost nothing in the first 3 games of the tournament, playing very few minutes as about the 5th big man off the bench. In one game, he played 4 minutes and got 5 fouls. Having seen him play 3 or 4 times in Turkey last year, he’s decent defensively, a big body who challenges shots. He has the offensive game of The Rock of Gibraltar. He took a 15-foot jumper in a game one time and it was Edgar Jones-ugly! Go Turkey!

3. chris simoneau Says:
   September 13th, 2009 at 12:14 pm

   so john, you think this guy is better than scal? REALLY?…… REALLY? Learn the game. Scal has a role, and he does it just fine. Seriously, learn the game.

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5. Duff Says:
   October 1st, 2009 at 5:32 am

   Here in Turkey, I’m looking forward to seeing Semih Erden’s team, Fenerbahce, play a EuroLeague game against Ricky Rubio’s team, Barcelona Royal, in 3 weeks’ time. Istanbul has a modern, new basketball arena just outside the ancient city walls (5th century). There are signs all over for Efes beer, but no beer is sold in the arena! You can get strong, hot tea, though, for about 75 cents. I read that during the recent tournament in Poland, Semih made a jumpshot–that was probably his first ever!

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