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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 Ömer Yurtseven: 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.
Born in Tashkent to Turkish parents, Yurtseven was playing EuroLeague minutes for Fenerbahçe as a teenager and became, at 17, the youngest player at the time to appear in an NBA preseason game. He left for college at NC State and Georgetown, went undrafted, and earned his way onto the Miami team that reached the 2023 NBA Finals. Utah signed the center to a two-year deal in July 2023 and waived him after one season.
Back in Europe he starred for Panathinaikos, taking a EuroLeague round MVP with a 27-point night, before the club used an opt-out in his contract in February 2026. After 10-day contracts with Golden State, he signed with Real Madrid.
HOW HE CAME & WENTHe signed a two-year deal with Utah on July 17, 2023, was waived after one season, and went back to Europe.
- Full name
- Ömer Faruk Yurtseven
- Utah Jazz tenure
- 2023–24
- Position
- Center
- Born
- 1998, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Height
- 7′0″ (213 cm)
- Weight
- 276 lb (125 kg)
- College
- Georgetown
- Drafted
- undrafted
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
ÖMER YURTSEVEN · 2023–24 · PER GAME| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 | UTA | 48 | 11.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | .538 | .208 | .679 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 1 SEASON | 48 | 11.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | .538 | .208 | .679 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗
Did you know
ÖMER YURTSEVEN · 9 NOTES- Represented Turkey internationally from a young age.
- Set a Miami rookie record with consecutive double-doubles before joining Utah.
- Once scored 91 points with 28 rebounds in a Turkish under-18 game, outscoring the entire opposing team by himself.
- The NCAA suspended him nine games and made him donate $1,000 to charity over his professional stint with Fenerbahçe.
- He was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to Turkish parents, in a family where nobody played sports professionally but chess was taken very seriously.
- His father woke him at three in the morning to watch the Spurs win the 2007 Finals, and he collected Tim Duncan stickers as a boy.
- He is a devoted chess player who names Magnus Carlsen as his favorite and says sacrifice tactics taught him to see the bigger game.
- He made his EuroLeague debut for Fenerbahce on March 20, 2015, at the age of sixteen.
- He was EuroLeague Round MVP in January 2025 after 27 points on 13-of-16 two-point shooting with seven rebounds and three blocks.