Adem Bona, former Sixers guard on Turkish national team for EuroBasket
The Philadelphia 76ers will have a representative in the tournament as second-year big man Adem Bona is set to play for the Turkish national team per Basket News. Bona, a second-round pick out of UCLA in 2024, averaged 5.8 points and 4.2 rebounds with the Sixers in the 2024-25 season.
Bona will be joined by a former Sixers guard who should be familiar to everybody in the form of Furkan Korkmaz. The former first-round pick in 2016 played seven seasons in the NBA, all with the Sixers, and averaged 6.8 points while shooting 35.6% from deep.
Bona and Korkmaz will look to help Turkey take home the EuroBasket title when the tournament begins on Aug. 27. It runs through Sep. 14 when the title game will take place.
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