The number of foreigners leaving Karşıyaka, who have prevented the team from disbanding so far by paying their salaries with delays this season with the support of the community and Yaşar Family, ticket and advertising revenues, increased to 4 with the departure of guard McCollum. A big blow came from McCollum to Kaf-Kaf, where Boutsiele, who received a warning through FIBA last week, did not play in the away match against Anadolu Efes and left, Jefferson terminated his contract even though his salary was paid at the last minute, and Webb agreed with the EuroLeague team Alba Berlin.
37-year-old McCollum, who played for the team for 2.5 seasons and played in the league final in 2023, unilaterally terminated his contract when his salary was half paid at the beginning of the week. McCollum went to Fenerbahçe, one of the ambitious teams of the EuroLeague. The two teams will compete at Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Karşıyaka Sports Hall on Sunday. In addition to McCollum, it was learned that captain Kenan Sipahi, who could not be paid, reacted to the statement made by the club, “All players have been paid”, despite the fact that the local players were not paid, and did not attend training with an injury report, and will not play in the Fenerbahçe match. Despite paying foreigners, Karşıyaka lost 4 foreigners and disintegrated, and will face Fenerbahçe with 5 missing players. It was learned that from Webb’s transfer to Alba Berlin, the club will receive a buy out of 60 thousand dollars and the player will leave his salary of 40 thousand dollars.