# 2021–22 Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) season

The 2021–22 season is Galatasaray's 110th season in the existence of the club. The team plays in the Basketball Super League and in the Basketball Champions League.

## Overview
### March

It has been announced that as of 18 March 2022, the paths parted with Ekrem Memnun, who has been working as the head coach of the Galatasaray Men's Basketball Team since January 2020-21 season.
As of 19 March 2022, Galatasaray Nef appointed Andreas Pistiolis, who was the first assistant coach in the CSKA Moscow technical staff, to the head coach.
DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, who had ruptured Achilles tendon in the Riesen Ludwigsburg match played on 23 March 2022, closed the season.

## Team
### Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
| C | David Kravish | Maurice Ndour | Ege Arar | |
| PF | Kerry Blackshear Jr. | Sadık Emir Kabaca | | |
| SF | Okben Ulubay | Canberk Kuş | | DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell |
| SG | Melo Trimble | Vasilije Pušica | Göksenin Köksal | Açar Şen |
| PG | Dee Bost | Isaiah Canaan | Rıdvan Öncel | Eray Erdoğan |

### Transactions
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Ends | Date |
| 1 | PG | Dee Bost | 31 | AS Monaco Basket | June 2022 | 11 August 2021 |
| 3 | G | Melo Trimble | 26 | Urbas Fuenlabrada | June 2022 | 10 August 2021 |
| 6 | PF | Sadık Emir Kabaca | 20 | Beşiktaş Icrypex | June 2024 | 23 August 2021 |
| 7 | PG | Rıdvan Öncel | 24 | Bahçeşehir Koleji | June 2023 | 12 August 2021 |
| 11 | C | Ege Arar | 24 | Petkim Spor | June 2023 | 10 August 2021 |
| 12 | SF | Canberk Kuş | 24 | Petkim Spor | June 2022 | 11 August 2021 |
| 13 | SF | Okben Ulubay | 25 | Petkim Spor | June 2022 | 11 August 2021 |
| 24 | PF | Kerry Blackshear | 24 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | June 2023 | 24 August 2021 |
| 44 | SF | DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell | 28 | Tofaş | June 2023 | 23 August 2021 |
| 45 | C | David Kravish | 28 | Brose Bamberg | June 2022 | 12 August 2021 |
| 5 | F/C | Maurice Ndour | 29 | Rytas Vilnius | June 2022 | 3 February 2022 |
| 8 | G | Vasilije Pušica | 26 | BC Prienai | June 2022 | 3 February 2022 |
| 2 | G | Isaiah Canaan | 30 | UNICS Kazan | June 2022 | 31 March 2022 |
* ^ In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Moving to | Date |
| 7 | SG | Yiğit Arslan | 25 | Tofaş | | 1 July 2021 |
| 12 | PF | Brock Motum | 30 | AS Monaco Basket | | 2 September 2021 |
| 17 | PF | Amile Jefferson | 28 | Retired | Retired | 21 July 2021 |
| 22 | F/C | Ayberk Olmaz | 25 | Afyon Belediye | | 2 August 2021 |
| 23 | SF | Caner Erdeniz | 34 | Büyükçekmece Basketbol | | 24 July 2021 |
| 27 | SG | Jordan Crawford | 32 | Long Island Nets | | 31 December 2021 |
| 50 | C | Assem Marei | 29 | Changwon LG Sakers | | 1 July 2021 |
| 55 | PG | Pierre Jackson | 29 | JL Bourg | | 11 May 2021 |
| 77 | SF | Saadettin Donat | 20 | Türk Telekom | | 1 July 2021 |

### Coach

| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Source |
| | Andreas Pistiolis | 46 | CSKA Moscow (assistant) | | 1.5 years | 2023 | 19 March 2022 | |

### Staff and management

    As of 12 April 2022
| Name | Job |
| Kerem Tunçeri | Managing Director |
| Andreas Pistiolis | Head Coach |
| Turgay Zeytingöz | General Manager |
| İbrahim Tilki | Administrative Manager |
| Tulüay Demirkuş | Assistant Coach |
| Gökhan Turan | Assistant Coach |
| Ümit Temoçin | Assistant Coach |
| Cenk Akyol | Assistant Coach |
| Alican Kaş | Physiotherapist |
| Bora Bölükbaşı | Conditioning and Performance Coach |
| Semih Eroğlu | Conditioner |
| Burak Kozan | Masseur |
| Adnan Güney | Material Manager |
| Vahit Yılmaz | Transportation |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Basketball Super League | 26 September 2021 | 4 June 2022 | Regular season | Semifinals | 36 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 3,206 | 2,974 | +232 | 063.89 |
| Basketball Champions League | 6 October 2021 | 23 March 2022 | Regular season | Round of 16 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 958 | 950 | +8 | 050.00 |
| Turkish Basketball Cup | 15 February 2022 | 18 February 2022 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 126 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 30 | 0 | 20 | 4,290 | 4,050 | +240 | 060.00 |
Last updated: June 4, 2022 Source: Competitions

### Basketball Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe Beko | 30 | 24 | 6 | 2527 | 2209 | +318 | 54 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Anadolu Efes | 30 | 23 | 7 | 2699 | 2405 | +294 | 53 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Galatasaray Nef | 30 | 20 | 10 | 2608 | 2387 | +221 | 50 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Gaziantep Basketbol | 30 | 19 | 11 | 2414 | 2276 | +138 | 49 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Darüşşafaka | 30 | 19 | 11 | 2372 | 2218 | +154 | 49 | Advance to playoffs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 30 | 20 | 10 | 2608 | 2387 | +221 | 10 | 5 | 1353 | 1232 | +121 | 10 | 5 | 1255 | 1155 | +100 |
Last updated: May 7, 2022. Source: bsl.org.tr

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |

#### Matches

Win  Loss
    Note: All times are TRT (UTC+3) as listed by the Turkish Basketball Federation.

#### Playoffs
##### Quarterfinals

Win  Loss

##### Semifinals

Win  Loss

### Basketball Champions League
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Galatasaray Nef | 6 | 5 | 1 | 525 | 486 | +39 | 11 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 2 | Igokea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 460 | 454 | +6 | 9 | Advance to play-ins |
| 3 | PAOK | 6 | 2 | 4 | 442 | 459 | −17 | 8 | Advance to play-ins |
| 4 | ERA Nymburk | 6 | 2 | 4 | 481 | 509 | −28 | 8 | |

#### Regular Season Matches

Win  Loss

#### Round of 16

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Holon | 6 | 4 | 2 | 465 | 443 | +22 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 2 | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | 6 | 4 | 2 | 438 | 414 | +24 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 3 | JDA Dijon | 6 | 3 | 3 | 461 | 476 | −15 | 9 | |
| 4 | Galatasaray Nef | 6 | 1 | 5 | 433 | 464 | −31 | 7 | |

#### Round of 16 Matches

Win  Loss