Utah Jazz Announce Signing Of Recent College Star

Max Abmas is coming off an excellent season of college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. He finished the year with averages of 16.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists per contest while shooting 42.5% from the field and 36.2% from the three-point range in 34 games. Despite his strong season, Abmas did not get selected in the 2024 NBA Draft. That said, the Utah Jazz announced (on Monday) that they have signed the 23-year-old. Via UtahJazz.com: "The Utah Jazz have signed guard Max Abmas (ACE-miss). Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. " During the 2021 season, Abmas averaged 24.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.5 steals per contest while shooting 47.7% from the field and 42.9% from the three-point range in 28 games for Oral Roberts. Via Bleacher Report on March 19: "Max Abmas showing why he’s the nation’s top scorer vs. Ohio State — 18 PTS — 6-12 shooting — 5-6 3PT No. 15 Oral Roberts leads No. 2 Ohio State at half " Abmas played four total seasons of college basketball for Texas an