Former Miami Heat Center Omer Yurtseven Hoping To Bounce Back With Utah Jazz

Former Miami Heat center Omer Yurtseven is ready for a fresh start with the Utah Jazz.

A year after being slowed by a preseason foot injury, Yurtseven is expected to be a key contributor off the bench for the Jazz next season.

“It was rough," Yurtseven told the Salt Lake Tribune. "I think the toughest part was that it was my first kind of big injury. With that, I think I learned a lot. I upped the intensity with everything that I did. I used to train twice a day and I bumped it up to three. Now it was about staying consistent and disciplined and being active and proactive through it all. Whether it be morning, noon, night, I just wanted to do something for recovery and use all the tools to my advantage and speed up that process. And I think that process taught me how I can be a lot more diligent about recovery."

Yurtseven played two seasons with the Heat but fell out of the rotation last season. Still, he was grateful for Miami giving him an opportunity after going undrafted out of Georgetown.

"Overall, the competitive side was really helpful," Yurtseven said. "And they had a really competitive environment, which allowed competitive players to thrive. I really appreciated that and kind of took that with me in terms of applying that to everything — in every drill, every day, every game."

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