The Jazz have signed free agent guard Max Abmas to a contract, the team announced today in a press release.
Abmas, who finished his college career at Texas after spending four years at Oral Roberts, went undrafted in June after averaging 16.8 points, 4.1 assists, and 3.1 rebounds in 35.1 minutes per game for the Longhorns across 34 outings (all starts) in 2023/24.
Abmas led the Summit League in scoring in each of his last three seasons at Oral Roberts, averaging 23.0 PPG in 92 games (all starts) with a .444/.394/.889 shooting line during his sophomore, junior, and senior years before transferring to Texas to take advantage of his extra year of eligibility.
After suiting up for Utah’s Summer League team and averaging 12.3 PPG on .452/.412/.778 shooting in four games in Las Vegas, Abmas will likely now end up with the Salt Lake City Stars, the Jazz’s G League affiliate.
While the Jazz’s announcement didn’t provide any details on Abmas’ deal, it will likely be an Exhibit 10 contract, putting him in line to receive a bonus worth up to $77.5K (on top of his standard G League salary) if he’s waived by Utah and then spends at least 60 days with the Stars.
The Jazz now have 20 players under contract, including 15 on standard contracts, three on two-way deals, and two (Abmas and Babacar Sane) on camp contracts.
Abmas always seemed like a Jazz or Spurs type of player. Super high IQ/coachable player, but I doubt he would make the final roster. Best of luck to him though!
He’s signed to a camp deal, but, like they said, he’s really signed to the Stars for the season. He’s a guard so we’ll see how quickly he adapts to that position in the pros.
Also, the Jazz have too many guards. They need to trade 1-2 of them.
I liked Abmas when I saw him lead Oral Roberts to an upset over Ohio State in the ncaa tournament back in 2013.
That was March 19, 2021. Abmas scored 29 points in the upset of the 2 seed. Impressive!
Then went to Texas for everyone to forget about him