4 Turkish youth enter NBA Draft 2018
- Sports
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 05 June 2018
- Modified Date: 05:49 | 05 June 2018
Four Turkish youngsters will take their chances in the upcoming NBA Draft 2018.
According to NBA's official list of players entering this year's draft, Berke Atar, Berkan Durmaz, Muhaymin Mustafa and Erxhan Osmani will participate.
Berke Atar, born in 1999, and Erxhan Osmani, born in 1999, play for Bandırma Kırmızı of Turkish basketball league's second division.
Berkan Durmaz, born in 1997, plays for TOFAS and Muhaymin Mustafa, born in 1999, plays for Anadolu Efes.
A total of 236 players -- 181 players from colleges and post-graduate institutions and 55 international players -- have filed as early entry candidates.
Croatian sensation Luka Doncic of Real Madrid highlights this year's foreign players list; his team had won the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, making him the youngest ever Most Valuable Player of the Final Four.
The draft will take place on June 21 Thursday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.