Jusuf Nurkić

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 Jusuf Nurkić: 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.

Basketball found Nurkić late. He was 14 in Bosnia when an agent took him to Slovenia to learn the game, and within six years Cedevita Zagreb had made him the 16th pick of the 2014 draft, dealt to Denver on draft night. Traded to Portland in 2017, he once posted 28 points, 20 rebounds, eight assists and six blocks in a game, the first player to do so since Charles Barkley in 1986. After Phoenix and Charlotte, he joined Utah for 2025-26.

Born in Živinice, he continues to anchor the senior Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, the role that first announced him to the wider basketball world.

HOW HE CAME & WENTCharlotte traded him to Utah for Collin Sexton and a 2030 second-round pick on June 29, 2025.

Utah Jazz tenure

2025–26

Position

Center

Born

1994, Živinice, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Height

6′11″ (212 cm)

Weight

291 lb (132 kg)

Drafted

2014, 1st round (No. 16), Chicago

Why this player is hard to find

Forty-one games for the Jazz, a Bosnian centre with a long NBA career. Cards exist showing other teams.