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Looking forany autographErsan İlyasova
One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Ersan İlyasova: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you own something he signed — or you know who might — there is a note at the foot of this page.
Milwaukee was home for most of Ersan Ilyasova's 13 NBA seasons — four separate stints with the Bucks, including a 2012 night of 29 points and 25 rebounds that put him beside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Swen Nater as the only Bucks ever with a 25-and-25 game. The much-traveled Turkish forward reached Utah near the end, signing in March 2021 and delivering a 20-point game that April.
Born in Uzbekistan and developed in Turkey's leagues, Ilyasova also won a Spanish championship with FC Barcelona in 2009 and played for Anadolu Efes during the 2011 lockout — a career spread across two continents and nearly two decades.
HOW HE CAME & WENTHe signed for the rest of the season on March 11, 2021, joining the West's top seed as a veteran stretch four.
- Utah Jazz tenure
- 2020–21
- Position
- Forward
- Born
- 1987, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
- Height
- 6′9″ (206 cm)
- Weight
- 236 lb (107 kg)
- Drafted
- 2005, 2nd round (No. 36), Milwaukee
A card. A photo. A program. A page from an old autograph book. Anything he put his name on.
You do not need to know what it is. Take a photo with your phone and send it to me. I will tell you what you have, for free, whether or not anything comes of it. I pay the postage both ways. I answer every message myself, usually the same day.
With the Jazz
ERSAN İLYASOVA · 2020–21 · PER GAME| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | UTA | 17 | 8.7 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | .389 | .439 | 1.000 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 1 SEASON | 17 | 8.7 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | .389 | .439 | 1.000 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗
Did you know
ERSAN İLYASOVA · 6 NOTES- Was known league-wide as one of the era's most effective charge-takers.
- At eighteen he became just the fourth NBA player ever assigned to a D-League affiliate, spending a full season with the Tulsa 66ers.
- He was MVP of the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, leading Turkey's juniors to silver on home floor in Izmir.
- His parents are Crimean Tatars, and Crimean media followed his Turkish national-team career with particular pride.
- He and his wife Julia raised two daughters and a son, all three born in Milwaukee, the city he kept returning to.
- His finest night in a Jazz uniform came against the Lakers in April 2021 — 20 points with six threes, five rebounds and four steals.