Hüseyin Beşok

Hüseyin Beşok (born 8 February 1975 ) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) in height and 120 kg (265 lbs) in weight, he used to play as center.

Professional career A solid big man, he played for Pınar Karşıyaka at the youth and senior level before transferring to Efes Pilsen, where he spent several seasons.

He also played for Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel, Šibenik in Croatia, Asvel in France, shortly for UNICS Kazan in Russia, Le Mans in France and Prokom in Poland in the 2006–07 season start.

He was the highest paid athlete in Polish club sport history (including soccer, volleyball, etc.) with a yearly fee of US$700,000.

He used to be a regular member of the Turkish national basketball team.

Honours Club honours

Korać Cup: 1996 Turkish Basketball League (2): 1996, 1997 Turkish Cup (3): 1996, 1998, 2001 Turkish President's Cup: 2000 2x Turkish Basketball All-Star Game (2008, 2009) Israeli Premier League (2): 2002, 2003 Israeli State Cup (2): 2002, 2003 LNB Pro A: 2006 Polish Basketball League: 2007

Individual awards LNB All Star Game (2): 2005, 2006 LNB Pro A Finals MVP: 2006