JULY 1: The Jazz have officially waived Yurtseven, the team announced today in a press release. He’ll become a free agent on Wednesday if he goes unclaimed.
JUNE 30: The Jazz are planning to waive center Omer Yurtseven, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets.
Yurtseven, who spent one season with Utah after two years with the Heat, had a non-guaranteed $2.66MM contract. Yurtseven appeared in 48 games this past season, including 12 starts, and averaged 4.6 points and 4.3 rebounds in 11.4 minutes per game.
With the Jazz drafting Kyle Filipowski in the second round, Yurtseven became more expendable, though it’s certainly not out of the question they could re-sign Yurtseven on a more cap-friendly deal. A new minimum-salary pact would have a lower cap hit than his previous contract.
Yurtseven became an unrestricted free agent last summer when the Heat opted not to give him a qualifying offer. He had a promising rookie year, but was limited to nine games in 20222/23 after undergoing ankle surgery.
With a glut of centers on the free agent market, it wouldn’t be surprising if he looked at overseas options. He received interest from two Turkish teams before deciding to sign with the Jazz last year.
What does he have to say now? Just wondering…
Going for Yurt Eight instead.
He’s a solid player. The only knock is he goes through stretches where he turns the ball over a lot. If he can figure out where that comes from he’d play a lot more.
He needs to make slightly quicker decisions in the paint. Same issue he had his 1st summer league
Yep! That’s why they signed Drew Eubanks. His passing and moves are very quick.
I’m sure Omer will find a new team, no problem.
Last year, he talked a lot of $#!+ about opportunity, etc, when he went to a team with a bunch of bigs, then got released; that’s why I said what I said
He had been injured with the Heat, but still complained about playing time
Jazz will be signing Omar Yurtfourteen = he’s twice as good !!