The newest addition for injury-plagued Efes is a power player who is among the Turkish League’s scoring and rebounding leaders this season.
Efes bolsters frontline with Daniel Oturu
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul addressed the injuries to its frontcourt by signing big man Daniel Oturu for the remainder of the season, on loan from his previous Turkish League team. Oturu (2.03 meters, 24 years old) arrives from Yukatel Merkezefendi, with whom he averaged 20.3 points and 9.6 rebounds in 10 Turkish League games this season. This is his first season in Europe after playing the past three professionally in the United States.
Oturu played for the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA in the 2020-21 season and briefly for the Toronto Raptors the following year. He also suited up for the Windy City Bulls in the G-League. Before that, Oturu played two seasons of college basketball for the University of Minnesota.
To the rescue for injury-riddled Efes
Oturu arrives in the nick of time and is registered to play against Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens on Tuesday for Efes, which has had a run of mostly frontcourt injuries. To the off-and-on absence of center Tibor Pleiss, Efes had already seen another center, Ante Zizic, ruled out until mid-December with a calf injury and power forward Derek Willis until mid-January after undergoing surgery for a broken finger. Then, on Monday, the news came that veteran power forward Will Clyburn will also be gone through mid-January with a leg injury while swingman Rodrigue Beaubois is to miss three weeks with a back injury. Another swing player, Elijah Bryant, has been out since Round 6 and will miss the current double-round week, too.