EMRE MELİH TUNCA SCOUTING REPORT

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I’m Can Peker Pekcan. I’m 20 years old and addicted to basketball. I have been a writer on several sites and currently appear in videos about Türkiye’s youth league on the Stop Press Medya YouTube channel. I share articles on my Twitter and Medium accounts. I want to be professional scout.

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EMRE MELİH TUNCA (05′) – ANADOLU EFES

Position: G
Date of birth: 13.10.2005
Height: 1.96/6’5″

FIBA U20 European Championship Stats

• 32.7 MIN
• 17.6 PTS (3rd place of the tournament)
• %69.5 2PT FG (41/59)
• %24.2 3PT FG (8/33)
• %81 FT (17/21)
• 6.4 AST (3rd place of the tournament)
• 2.3 REB
• 2 TO
• 0.7 STL
• 0.3 BLK
• 18.6 EFF (6th place of the tournament)

STRENGTHS

• Finishes well despite contact in the paint.
• Finishes layups and floaters with a high percentage. (%69.5 2PT | 41/59 FG)
• Highly productive with points and assists in transition.
• High basketball IQ and good ball handling.
• Good mid-range shooter.
• Good on free throw.
  U20 European Championship: 17/21 (%81)
  BGL (Youth League), TB2L and BSL: 108/128 (%84.3)
• True leader. He showed this in Turkish U19 League and U20 European Championship.
• Really good court vision and he is a good passer. 3.14 AST/TO
• Good pick&roll operator.
• In defense, he contest the shots with his long arms.
• Stops the opponent well in 1v1 defenses. Questionable for professional level. He will improve with experience.
• He reads help defenses well and has strong communication.

NEEDS TO IMPROVE

• Good shooting form, needs to be more consistent on threes. He shot 38% on threes throughout the season, but shot 24% on threes in U20 European Championship.
• Needs to improve his left hand. There are moments when he shows good signals, but he can struggle.
• Skinny guard. His physical development at the professional level will be really important.
• He becomes unbalanced on screens at the professional level. He can overcome this as he gets physically stronger.
• Sometimes he jumps first and decides later and this can lead him to make mistakes. Needs to think first.
• He can create mid range shots but he has difficulty creating three-point shots. Needs to create better shots for himself.
• He shows defensive potential but needs to be a better defender at the professional level.

INTERVIEW (18.09.2023)

Q: Which skills/feature do you want to improve in your game?

Emre Melih Tunca: I need to improve my size and defense. I am working to improve these. I do strength training every day and focus more on defense. Youth team and professional team completely different. You have to be able to do your best in everything. I’m working for this too.

SUMMARY

Emre Melih Tunca is among the best potentials of his age group. The 18-year-old guard played great in the U20 European Championship. Melih, who dominated the Turkish U19 League last year, played in the Basketball Super League with Anadolu Efes. The next season is critical for his development. He should definitely go to the team where he will get time and responsibility. He is a very important potential for Türkiye, which has a guard shortage. A potential that I think we will see on the EuroLeague.