Kevin Keatts got some excellent news on Wednesday, as Omer Yurtseven confirmed that he is pulling his name out of the NBA Draft and is returning to NC State for his sophomore season.
Yurtseven worked out for a half dozen NBA teams while going through the evaluation process, but probably didn’t get enough positive feedback about his stock to risk remaining in the draft.
He’ll have a great opportunity to improve on that stock as a sophomore, especially since he is certain to get more playing time. NC State’s frontcourt should primarily be a rotation of Yurtseven, Malik Abu, and Lennard Freeman.