Ersan “The Uzbek Heat-check” Ilyasova can be described in one word: pale. I’m fairly sure he’s a member of some kind of subterranean, central-asian vampire race, because there’s no logical reason as to why he refuses to step in the sunlight. Why he wears those sunglasses all the time is a mystery, because it’s not like they get any use indoors.
Does Uzbekistan even have basketball courts? Is that why his parents smuggled him to Turkey, changed his name from Arsen Ilyasov, and had his age reduced by three years? I’m pretty sure he could have dominated his Uzbek competition if he had wanted to, and I’m guessing he actually did, but the Uzbekistani government has conveniently “misplaced” every record pertaining to Arsen in order to further his basketball career.
Thanks Uzbekistan! Now we get to watch Ersan and the Bucks suffer as they get swept out of the first round of the playoffs!