He last played in the EuroLeague in the 2015-16 season
Panathinaikos lands Omer Yurtseven
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens has further strengthened its options at the center position by signing Omer Yurtseven on a one-year deal with an option for another season, the club announced Friday.
Yurtseven (2.11 meters, 26 years old) has spent the last three seasons playing in the NBA. In the 2023-24 campaign, he averaged 4.6 points and 4.3 rebounds in 48 games for the Utah Jazz.
The Turkish center spent the previous two campaigns with the Miami Heat, playing a total of 65 games.
For Yurtseven, his arrival at Panathinaikos signifies his return to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, where he suited up 11 times for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul across the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
In the summer of 2016, Yurtseven decided to head to the United States in order to play for North Carolina State University. He stayed there for two years before transferring to Georgetown University, although he could not play until the 2019-20 season. He remained at Georgetown for one year.
Yurtseven spent the 2020-21 campaign with the G League team of the Oklahoma City Thunder, then got his NBA career underway with the Heat. Now, eight years after leaving Fenerbahce, the Turkiye international is back in the EuroLeague.