#Nba yurtseven professional#
However, due to his previous exposure with playing for Fenerbahçe, in some professional games, the NCAA decided to suspend him for the first nine games of their season (around 30% of the schedule), as well as require him to donate $1,000 to a charity of his choosing, in exchange for him to be fully eligible for playing time moving forward. On it was announced that Yurtseven would be playing college basketball at North Carolina State University. On February 15, 2016, he left Fenerbahçe, in order to play college basketball, stating that he needed more playing time than he was receiving with Fenerbahçe. He would become the youngest player in history at the time to play in an NBA preseason game, at 17 years old.ĭuring an under-18 youth age competition in Turkey, Yurtseven recorded a double-double, of 91 points (scoring more points than his entire competition), making 34 out of 49 shots (including five three-pointers), and grabbing 28 rebounds, in a 115–82 win over the youth club of Eylul Basketbol Ihtisas. He had 8 points and 7 rebounds, with one block, in 15 minutes and 18 seconds of playing time, in his team's win over the Nets.
On October 5, 2015, he played against the Brooklyn Nets, at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York. On March 20, 2015, he made his EuroLeague debut, in a game against Emporio Armani Milano, scoring 2 points, in 1 minute and 4 seconds of playing time. He was also invited to play at the Jordan Brand Classic International Game. Yurtseven was selected to the Best Five of the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to Turkish parents and played basketball in Turkey and for the Turkish youth national team. Listed at 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m) and 275 pounds (125 kg), he plays the center position. He played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack and the Georgetown Hoyas.
Ömer Faruk Yurtseven (born June 19, 1998) is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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