Asım Pars
Turkish basketball player (1976–2024)
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Asım Pars (born Asim Paščanović;[1] 1 April 1976 – 23 September 2024) was a Turkish professional basketball player. He stood 2.13 m tall and played as a center. He had a dual citizenship, Turkish and Bosnian.[2]
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 April 1976 | |||||||||||
| Died | 23 September 2024 (aged 48) Tojšići, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | |||||||||||
| Listed weight | 231 lb (105 kg) | |||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1998: undrafted | |||||||||||
| Playing career | 1992–2013 | |||||||||||
| Position | Center | |||||||||||
| Number | 5, 8, 11, 14 | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Sloboda Dita | |||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Galatasaray | |||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | KK Zagreb | |||||||||||
| 1996 | Tuborg | |||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Ülkerspor | |||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Tofaş | |||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Fenerbahçe | |||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Ülkerspor | |||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Efes Pilsen | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Tuborg | |||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Lokomotiv Rostov | |||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Pınar Karşıyaka | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Türk Telekom | |||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Mersin BB | |||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Erdemirspor | |||||||||||
Medals
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Personal life and death
During the early 2000s, Pars married his girlfriend Amra Mehinović.[3] The couple's first child, son Emre, was born in 2003.[3] Their second child, daughter Saira, was born in 2010 in Adana while Mersin player Pars was in town for a game versus Adana Demirspor and his pregnant wife, who had accompanied him for the trip, unexpectedly went into labour.[3]
On 23 September 2024, Pars' body was found at his family home in Tojšići, near Kalesija. He was 48.[4][5][6] According to media reports, Tuzla Canton Interior Ministry and Kalesija Medical Center determined his death to have come about via suicide by hanging.[6][7][8]
