The Utah Jazz have signed ahead Oscar Tshiebwe to a two-way contract.
And in a associated transfer, the group has waived guard Taevion Kinsey.
Tshiebwe (6-9, 260, Kentucky) spent the 2023-24 season on a two-way cope with the Indiana Pacers—showing in eight NBA video games and averaging 3.3 factors and a couple of.0 rebounds in 5.3 minutes per sport. He was named Kia NBA G League Rookie of the Yr and All-NBA G League First Crew after showing in 23 common season video games (21 begins) for the Indiana Mad Ants and averaging 16.2 factors, 16.0 rebounds, and 1.5 assists in 27.2 minutes per contest.
A local of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshiebwe spent two collegiate seasons at West Virginia earlier than transferring to Kentucky for his remaining two seasons—averaging 14.5 factors and 12.3 rebounds per contest in 107 complete video games (105 begins).
At Kentucky, Tshiebwe was the unanimous Nationwide Participant of the Yr and SEC Participant of the Yr as a junior in 2021-22, main the nation in rebounding with 15.2 boards per sport and rating second with 28 double-doubles. As a senior in 2022-23, he was a unanimous second-team All-America choice and led the nation in rebounding (13.7 rpg) for a second consecutive season.
Kinsey (6-5, 190, Marshall) appeared in 34 common season video games (23 begins) in a single season with the Salt Lake Metropolis Stars, averaging 11.8 factors, 3.4 rebounds, and a couple of.2 assists in 30.8 minutes per sport.
