The Jazz will add free agent center Drew Eubanks on a two-year, $10MM contract, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link).
Eubanks, 27, spent last season as a backup in Phoenix, where he averaged 5.1 points and 4.3 rebounds in 75 games. He became an unrestricted free agent after turning down a $2.65MM player option for next season.
Eubanks broke into the league in 2018 on a two-way contract with the Spurs. He spent three-and-a-half seasons in San Antonio before being traded to Toronto, then signed with Portland after the Raptors waived him. He joined the Suns as a free agent last summer.
Eubanks will compete for minutes on Utah’s front line with third-year center Walker Kessler and veteran John Collins. The Jazz also selected Duke big man Kyle Filipowski in last week’s draft.
Because his salary for 2024/25 will come in under $8MM, the Jazz have the option of adding Eubanks with their room mid-level exception and keeping their $38MM in cap space, notes Yossi Gozlan of HoopsHype (via Twitter).
Drew Eubanks just looks like he should play for Utah
Thanks, contention bot.
Let’s see. Their last few centers have been black, white, Turkish, black, and black. It seems your racism has blinded you, cuz their recent history says otherwise.
I believe he is 27, not 31
I was gonna say.
31 is his age in metric years because Phoenix doesn’t have daylight savings.
That’s been fixed, thanks.
Jazz prefer his type
Dunkers? The last few backup centers they’ve signed are Omer Turtseven, Hassan Whiteside, and Udoka Azubuike. I guess you’re right. These guys are rebounders and in your face dunkers.
Oh, and Favors is in there as well. However, it looks like Eubanks has a nice jumper. Seems they want centers who can space the floor on offense. That’ll give their slashers more room to operate.
Nice! Eubanks has a pretty well rounded game! I especially like his quick decision making and bounce passes. That means a lot less turnovers.
That’s the problem I had with Yurtseven. He would make silly mistakes. THT does the same thing.
Hopefully, this will help that second unit, or maybe even starting unit, if the Jazz end up trading Kessler.