Istanbul’s Yeni Cami Mosque—or New Mosque—was built in 1597, meaning it’s 415 years old.  But if you want to earn the “old” tag in a city Istanbul, you better have a BC attached to your date of birth, so “new” it is.

As a pair of greenhorns amidst old heads like Dimitris Diamantidis and Ramunas Siskauskas, Kostas Papanikolaou and Kostas Sloukas know exactly what ol’ Yeni Cami is going through.  In spite of their youth, these two Olympiacos youngsters just might make a name for themselves this weekend in the Euroleague Final Four.

To Eminönü we go…