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Adem Bona
Adem Bona is a basketball forward and centre whose development included moving to Türkiye and representing its national youth team.
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Adem Bona is a basketball forward and centre whose development included moving to Türkiye and representing its national youth team. At the 2022 FIBA U20 European Championship, he averaged 17.0 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.4 blocks across seven games and earned All-Star Five selection.
As a UCLA freshman in 2022–23, he averaged 7.7 points and 5.3 rebounds, led the team with 57 blocks and received Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honours. He started all 33 games in 2023–24, averaging 12.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.8 blocks. That season brought Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Pac-12 recognition.
UCLA’s updated career biography records his selection by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 41st pick of the NBA draft on 27 June 2024.
Career record
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At the 2022 FIBA U20 European Championship, he averaged 17.0 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.4 blocks across seven games and earned All-Star Five selection.
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As a UCLA freshman in 2022–23, he averaged 7.7 points and 5.3 rebounds, led the team with 57 blocks and received Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honours.
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