Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul has made six new signings ahead of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season, and four of those new additions were on show for the start of the club's training camp on Friday evening. While head coach Dimitris Itoudis and new arrivals Georgios Papagiannis and Raul Neto are away at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, Yam Madar, Sertac Sanli, Nate Sestina and Yigit Hamza Mestoglu were all present for a training session at Ulker Sports and Event Hall.
Some new faces highlight the start of Fenerbahce's training camp
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Given that Coach Itoudis could not be there, assistant coach Stefanos Dedas put the players through their paces. The only other player competing at the World Cup – and therefore not present for Friday's session – was Marko Guduric. Yet, a number of last year's returning players – Johnathan Motley, Tyler Dorsey, Melih Mahmutoglu, Scottie Wilbekin, Nick Calathes and Dyshawn Pierre – were all snapped by the team's photographers during practice.
Fenerbahce reached the EuroLeague Playoffs in Coach Itoudis's first year in Istanbul last year, with the team going 19-15 to sneak into the playoffs as the eighth seed. In the postseason, Fenerbahce lost 3-2 in a tight playoff series against Olympiacos Piraeus. Heading into the new campaign, the goal for Coach Itoudis and his players will be to get back to the Final Four for the first time since the 2018-19 season.