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Center · 2023–24

Ömer Yurtseven

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 in July 2023 for one season.

Back in Europe he starred for Panathinaikos, taking a EuroLeague round MVP with a 27-point night, before a leg fracture and roster shuffling ended the stay in 2026. After 10-day contracts with Golden State, he signed with Real Madrid.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHe signed with Utah on July 17, 2023 for what became his last NBA season.

Full name: Ömer Faruk Yurtseven
Utah Jazz tenure: 2023–24
Position: Center
Born: 1998, Istanbul
Height: 7′0″ (213 cm)
Weight: 265 lb (120 kg)
College: Georgetown
Drafted: undrafted

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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

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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.