Miami Warmth middle Omer Yurtseven stands on the court docket throughout a recreation towards the Orlando Magic, Sunday, April 9, 2023, in Miami. On Monday, the Jazz introduced they'd signed the previous Georgetown Hoya. Lynne Sladky, Related Press
The Utah Jazz are including one other large man to their roster.
Utah introduced the signing of Ömer Yurtseven on Monday. The 7-foot, 255-pound middle is coming into his third season within the NBA.
Yurtseven, who performed at Georgetown and is from Istanbul, Turkey, was signed by the Miami Warmth in 2021.
The deal is for 2 years, $2.8 million, in keeping with ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
Free agent Omer Yurtseven has agreed on a two-year take care of the Utah Jazz, agent Keith Glass tells ESPN. The beginning wage within the first 12 months is $2.8M.
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) July 17, 2023
In two seasons with the Warmth, he performed 65 whole video games, averaging 5.3 factors, 5.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 12.6 minutes performed per recreation in 2021-22.
His taking part in time took a dive final season behind facilities Bam Adebayo and Cody Zeller, taking part in in 9 video games in 2022-23. He averaged 4.4 factors, 2.6 rebounds and 0.2 assists in 9.2 minutes per recreation.