Anadolu Efes changes coach: the first two names to succeed Can

Anadolu Efes part ways with Erdem Can, EuroLeague bench number 8 in the 2023-2024 season.

After the change between Scariolo and Banchi at the helm of Virtus Bologna before the start of the season, here are the other changes:

Fenerbahce: from Dimitris Itoudis to Sarunas Jasikevicius

Baskonia: from Joan Penarroya to Dusko Ivanovic

Red Star: from Dusko Ivanovic to Ioannis Sfairopoulos

Zalgiris Kaunas: from Kazys Masksvytis to Andrea Trinchieri

Asvel: from TJ Paker to Gianmarco Pozzecco to Pierric Poupet

Erdem Can, born in Ankara in 1980, arrived at Efes in the summer after the departure of Ergin Ataman, the club’s two EuroLeague coaches. For nine years assistant to Zeljko Obradovic on the Fenerbahce bench, he is on the Turkish national team staff and also worked for a year in the NBA with the Utah Jazz.

Last season he was EuroCup coach of the year with Turk, which he took all the way to the final of the competition.

For the succession the basketfaul website mentions the names of Sergio Scariolo and Dimitris Itoudis. The former, coach of Spain, is still under contract with Virtus Bologna. The second was recently exonerated by the hated rivals Fenerbahce.

But at the moment it all seems rather premature. In the meantime, tomorrow the team is expected to play in the EuroLeague against Olimpia Milano.