Max Abmas, a former guard for Texas, joins the Utah Jazz.

 

Former Texas men’s basketball standout Max Abmas has signed with the Utah Jazz.

The move appears to signal that Abmas will join the club for preseason camp with an opportunity to either earn a spot on the team’s NBA roster or secure the team’s Salt Lake City G-League affiliate.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, per the team’s policy.Max Abmas, a former guard for Texas, joins the Utah Jazz
After making an appearance on the Utah Jazz’s summer league roster, former Texas standout guard Max Abmas gets a contract to join the team for training camp.
Max Abmas, a former star player for the Texas men’s basketball team, has joined the Utah Jazz.

This move seems to indicate that Abmas will be joining the team for preseason camp, where he will have the chance to clinch a spot on the franchise’s G-League affiliate in Salt Lake City or earn a berth on the NBA roster.

As per the team’s policy, the terms of the contract were kept confidential.

The 6-foot Abmas, a fifth-year senior, started all 34 games during his lone season at Texas after transferring from Oral Roberts, leading the team in scoring (16.8), minutes per game (35.1) and tying for the lead in assists per game (4.1) while moving into eighth place on the NCAA Division I all-time scoring list, where he finished with 3,131 career points. Abmas reached double figures in scoring 29 times last season and was a three-time selection as Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Dec. 18, Jan. 15, Feb. 5).

Abmas also earned a spot on the All-Big 12 second team and on the five-person Big 12 All-Newcomer Team.

The Rockwall, Tex. native played for the Jazz’ summer league team after his decorated collegiate career, averaging 10.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game while shooting over 44% from the field and almost 39% from three-point range in five games with one start.

Abmas averaged 19.9 points per game for his career over his five seasons, four with Oral Roberts and one season with Texas.

Both Abmas and former Texas forward Dylan Disu signed summer-league deals following the conclusion of their Longhorn careers, as Disu joined the Toronto Raptors’ summer-league team.

Texas made its fourth-consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament last season, marking the team’s the longest streak for the Longhorns since the program made 14 straight March Madness appearances from 1999-2012.

The program has undergone a massive roster overhaul since the conclusion of his first full season on the job. The team’s top two leading scorers in Abmas and Disu exhausted their eligibility and two starters — guard Tyrese Hunter and forward Dillon Mitchell — entered the NCAA transfer portal.

The Longhorns have added several new players through the transfer portal including a pair of former Indiana State stars — point guard Julian Larry and wing Jayson Kent — along with Arkansas wing Tramon Mark and former Kansas State forward Arthur Kaluma.

The new additions join a Texas roster featuring rising junior guard Chendall Weaver and three forwards — seniors Ze’Rik Onyema and Kadin Shedrick and sophomore Devon Pryor — along with 6-foot-6-inch five-star incoming freshman guard Tre Johnson (the No. 6 overall prospect in the 2024 class according to 247Sports) and 6-foot-9-inch four-star forward Nic Codie (No. 68 overall).

2024’s campaign will open with a neutral site game against Ohio State in Las Vegas on Nov. 4 followed by the team’s home-opener four days later against Houston Christian.

The 2024-25 campaign will mark the first for the Longhorns as a member of the Southeastern Conference after spending nearly three decades in the Big 12 conference.