By Semih Tuna / [email protected]

There is a difference between surprising people once and convincing them that it was never really a surprise.

For Trabzonspor, that might be the challenge of the season ahead.

Their first year back in the Turkish Basketball Super League could hardly have gone much better. Nineteen wins, a direct ticket to the playoffs, and a team that quickly became much more than a newly promoted side trying to survive.

But success has consequences.

Nobody is going to look at Trabzonspor the same way anymore.

“Last season was above expectations and satisfying for all of us,