Underdog's success: Bursaspor send 8 players to EuroLeague in 3 years / News - Basketnews.com

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Frutti Extra Bursaspor was the cinderella story in last year's EuroCup competition. This was not a fluke.

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The club has been steadily working throughout recent years to bring talented players into its roster, players who have something to prove and aspire to go to the next level.

As highlighted by the team itself, an impressive amount - 8 players - has gone to EuroLeague rosters following the play in the Turkish club.

Chris Jones,Allerik Freeman,Lamar Peters,Marial Shayok,Egemen Guven,John Holland,Kevarrius Hayes,Andrew Andrews - all of them were Bursa's key players at one time during the last 3 years. All of them proceeded to transfer to the EuroLeague.

According to the club's social media post, the team has earned around $600,000 for the eight transfers. This summer, three of them went up to play on a higher level - Hayes (went to Zalgiris Kaunas), Holland (Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade), and Andrews (Panathinaikos OPAP Athens).

Previously this season, Bursa's point guard Allerik Freeman also left the club for a buyout of almost €100,000 to play for CSKA Moscow.

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