# 2024–25 Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) season

The 2024–25 season is Galatasaray's 113th season in the existence of the club. The team plays in the Basketball Super League and in the Basketball Champions League.

## Season overview
### Pre-season

On 11 August, The first stage program of the Galatasaray Men's Basketball Team's 2024–25 season preparation program has been announced.
On 20 August, Turkish Basketball Super League 2024–25 Season fixtures have been announced.
On 20 August, Galatasaray will play its matches at the Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi in the 2024–25 season.
On 7 September, The second stage preparation program has been announced.

## Players
### Current roster

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 | Inactive |
| C | Ángel Delgado | Ebuka Izundu | Samet Geyik | | |
| PF | Roberts Blumbergs | Michael Young | Sadık Emir Kabaca | Efe Vatan | |
| SF | James Palmer Jr. | Göksenin Köksal | | | |
| SG | Tyrone Wallace | Buğrahan Tuncer | | Yaman Alişan | |
| PG | Otis Livingston II | Will Cummings | | Kerem Erdem | Can Korkmaz |
(colours: Turkish or homegrown players; foreign players)

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 4 | G | David Efianayi | 28 | Petkim Spor | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 11 June 2024 |
| 15 | C | Ebuka Izundu | 27 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 2 years | June 2026 | Free | 13 June 2024 |
| 12 | SG | James Palmer | 27 | Türk Telekom | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 15 June 2024 |
| 8 | PF | Roberts Blumbergs | 26 | Aris | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 20 June 2024 |
| 24 | SG | Yaman Alişan | 18 | Darüşşafaka | 2 years | June 2026 | Free | 28 June 2024 |
| 31 | C | Ángel Delgado | 29 | Beşiktaş | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 2 July 2024 |
| 0 | PG | Otis Livingston II | 27 | Würzburg Baskets | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 3 July 2024 |
| 7 | PG | Will Cummings | 31 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 5 July 2024 |
| 88 | PG | Can Korkmaz | 31 | Darüşşafaka | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 27 September 2024 |
| 2 | PF | Michael Young | 30 | Anyang Jung Kwan Jang Red Boosters | 6 months | June 2025 | Free | 18 December 2024 |
| 3 | G | Tyrone Wallace | 30 | Žalgiris | 6 months | June 2025 | Free | 17 January 2025 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 5 | G | İsmet Akpınar | 29 | Türk Telekom | Mutual agreement | Free | 3 June 2024 |
| 7 | F/C | Miralem Halilović | 32 | Dinamo Sassari | End of contract | Free | 3 June 2024 |
| 8 | PG | Dee Bost | 34 | Indios de Mayagüez | End of contract | Free | 3 June 2024 |
| 2 | PG | Corey Walden | 31 | Força Lleida | End of contract | Free | 29 June 2024 |
| 10 | SG | Klemen Prepelič | 31 | BC Dubai | End of contract | Free | 29 June 2024 |
| 15 | SF | Akwasi Yeboah | 27 | Trapani Shark | End of contract | Free | 30 June 2024 |
| 33 | C | David McCormack | 24 | Olimpia Milano | End of contract | Free | 30 June 2024 |
| 5 | PF | Karahan Tuan Efeoğlu | 20 | Petkim Spor | Mutual agreement | Free | 3 October 2024 |
| 4 | G | David Efianayi | 29 | Mersin MSK | Mutual agreement | Free | 9 January 2025 |

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date | Source |
| 19 | G | | Buğrahan Tuncer | 31 | Anadolu Efes | | 2 + 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 24 June 2023 | |

## Club
### Staff

    As of 15 August 2024
| Staff member | Position |
| Ömer Yalçınkaya | General Manager |
| İbrahim Tilki | Team Manager |
| Yakup Sekizkök | Head Coach |
| Cem Güven | Assistant Coach |
| Gökhan Turan | Assistant Coach |
| Batuhan Aybars Aksu | Assistant Coach |
| Cenk Alyüz | Assistant Coach |
| Yasin Aydın | Conditioner |
| Emir Akmanlı | Communication and Media Specialist |
| Sinan Üstündağ | Doctor |
| Mümin Balcıoğulları | Physiotherapist |
| Ali Can Kaşlı | Physiotherapist |
| Burak Kozan | Masseur |
| Adnan Güney | Material Manager |
| Yunus Ün | Foreign Relations Officer |
| Vahit Yılmaz | Transportation Manager |

### Uniform

| Home | Away | Third |

### Sponsorship naming

* Galatasaray Ekmas (until 11 June 2024)

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Basketbol Süper Ligi | Round 1 | | 5 October 2024 | |
| Basketball Champions League | Round 1 | | 1 October 2024 | |
| Turkish Basketball Cup | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 11 February 2025 | 14 February 2025 |
Updated to match played 14 February 2025 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Basketbol Süper Ligi | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1,843 | 1,768 | +75 | 057.14 |
| Basketball Champions League | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1,158 | 1,130 | +28 | 064.29 |
| Turkish Basketball Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171 | 177 | −6 | 050.00 |
| Total | 37 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 3,172 | 3,075 | +97 | 059.46 |
Last updated: March 19, 2025 Source: Competitions

### Basketbol Süper Ligi
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Anadolu Efes | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1894 | 1661 | +233 | 37 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Tofaş | 21 | 15 | 6 | 1874 | 1790 | +84 | 36 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Galatasaray Basketbol | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1843 | 1768 | +75 | 33 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | Bahçeşehir Koleji | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1729 | 1669 | +60 | 33 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | Mersin MSK | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1762 | 1827 | −65 | 32 | Advanced to playins |

#### 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 |
| 21 | 12 | 9 | 1843 | 1768 | +75 | 8 | 3 | 988 | 921 | +67 | 4 | 6 | 855 | 847 | +8 |
Last updated: March 15, 2025. Source: TBF.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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 9 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

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

### Basketball Champions League
#### Regular season
##### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | NYM | GAL | PRO | VEC |
| 1 | ERA Nymburk | 6 | 5 | 1 | 516 | 452 | +64 | 11 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 80–70 | 75–85 | 93–74 |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 6 | 4 | 2 | 492 | 471 | +21 | 10 | Advance to play-ins | 75–87 | — | 91–74 | 103–91 |
| 3 | Promitheas | 6 | 2 | 4 | 478 | 503 | −25 | 8 | Advance to play-ins | 78–86 | 75–79 | — | 78–86 |
| 4 | Rasta Vechta | 6 | 1 | 5 | 471 | 531 | −60 | 7 | | 70–95 | 64–74 | 86–88 | — |

#### Regular Season Matches

Win  Loss

#### Play-ins

Win  Loss

#### Round of 16
##### Group J

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | UNI | GAL | RYT | MAN |
| 1 | Unicaja (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 467 | 421 | +46 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 97–91 | 92–74 | 91–73 |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 5 | 3 | 2 | 428 | 433 | −5 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | 86–84 | — | 89–81 | 25 Mar |
| 3 | Rytas | 5 | 2 | 3 | 414 | 419 | −5 | 7 | | 25 Mar | 86–66 | — | 98–74 |
| 4 | Manisa Basket (E) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 427 | 463 | −36 | 6 | | 97–103 | 85–96 | 98–75 | — |

#### Round of 16 Matches

Win  Loss

### Turkish Basketball Cup
#### Quarterfinals

Win  Loss

#### Semifinals

Win  Loss