{"id":99319,"date":"2025-08-27T09:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T09:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/99319\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T09:27:07","slug":"adem-bona-on-duo-with-alperen-sengun-nba2k26-block-rating-eurobasket-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/99319\/","title":{"rendered":"Adem Bona on duo with Alperen Sengun, NBA2K26 block rating, EuroBasket goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Semih Tuna \/\u00a0info@eurohoops.net<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Riga, Latvia \u2013 Turkey forward Adem Bona will be making his senior national team debut in the upcoming EuroBasket that tips off Wednesday (27\/8).<\/p>\n

On the eve of Turkey\u2019s opener vs. Latvia, Bona praised the atmosphere among his teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe atmosphere within the team is very good, and we have a great bond,\u201d Bona told Eurohoops. \u201cThe age balance is also very good; we\u2019re a team made of experienced and young players. The bond between us is excellent, and our team chemistry, both on and off the court, is incredible. I\u2019m very excited to be a part of this team. This will be my first EuroBasket, and it\u2019s a huge achievement for me. So, I\u2019m very excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bona admitted that Turkey\u2019s goal is to win a medal. \u201cOne hundred percent. We have big goals as a team; we came here to win a medal. Winning a medal is a goal for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first game of Turkey in the EuroBasket will bring Bona against NBA veteran big man Kristaps Porzingis.<\/p>\n

\u201cPorzingis is a great player,\u201d said Bona. \u201cHe\u2019s very experienced and has been playing in the NBA for many years. We\u2019ve been talking for a long time about how we should play against him as a team. I think we have enough players who can play against him. He\u2019s a good player, there\u2019s nothing against him, but as a team, we\u2019ve prepared very well for this matchup.\u201d<\/p>\n

After registering 1.2 blocks over 15.6 minutes in his rookie NBA season with the Sixers<\/a>, Bona got a 91 rating on blocks in NBA2K26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing for me,\u201d Bona commented. \u201cI\u2019ve only been in the NBA for one season, and to get a rating like this after my first year shows how hard I\u2019ve worked. It also shows the trust my team has in me and the opportunity they\u2019ve given me. They\u2019ve given me the chance to do my best. I think this rating is a testament to my hard work for the team. Of course, it\u2019s also a testament to the team\u2019s confidence in me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bona finally responded to the question, \u201cDo you think Adem Bona and Alperen \u015eeng\u00fcn could be the \u2018Tim Duncan\u2019 and \u2018David Robinson\u2019 of the national team for years to come?\u201d with the following answer:<\/p>\n

\u201cOne hundred percent possible!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Semih Tuna \/\u00a0info@eurohoops.net\u00a0 Riga, Latvia \u2013 Turkey forward Adem Bona will be making his senior national team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-99319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}