This article was wrote by Luke Sicari and Justin Condo.
Semih Erden, the under rated hard working centre for the Boston Celtics, was born in Instanbul on the 28th of July 1986.
In the year 2004-05 Semih played for Partizan Beograd in the Adriatic league, where he averaged 4.6 points per game and 3.2 rebounds.
Erden's highest scoring out put in that season was 17 points and scored in double figures twice in the season.
In the next season, Semih averaged 6.5 points per game and 5.4 rebounds a game.
In 05-06 Erden scored in double figures 7 times and his highest scoring match was 14 points.
In 2006-07 Turkish league season, Erden averaged 6.4 points per game, 3.8 rebounds in sixteen minutes.
2007-08 Was a great season for Erden. His minutes were increasing because of his inproved performance in the Turkish League.
He averaged 7.1 points per game and 4.7 rebounds a game in 19.5 minutes.
His highest scoring out put in that season was a solid 15 points.
Erden was the final pick of the 2008 draft selected by the Champions Boston Celtics at pick 60.
Instead of Erden going to the Nba season he wanted to go back to the Turkish League to build his confidence up.
On July 5th, Erden was ready to take his talents to the T.D Garden and he signed a one year contact with the Celtics.
With Boston's three centres out injured ( Shaq, Jermaine O'Neal and Kendrick Perkins) it was Semih Erden's time to shine as the starting centre of the Eastern Conference Champions the Boston Celtics.
He first start was against the 76's were he got 8 points in 18 minutes in a extremely close game where celtics won 102 - 101 victory.
In the 2010 Fiba World Championships, Erden won silver with the Turkish League.
Erden has a lot of potentinal in the future playing with the Boston Celtics.
If he continues up the hard working practise, Semih will become a very solid role player for the Championship Contenders, Boston Celtics.
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