EuroLeague champions have officially announced the acquisition of the Serbian big man on Tuesday. The deal is for one season.
Filip Petrusev (21, 2.11) was selected with the 50th overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2021 NBA Draft.
Recently he made his NBA Summer League debut. In four games Petrusev averaged 4.3 points and 2.8 rebounds in 17 minutes of playing time.
Last season he spent with Mega Soccerbet (Adriatic Basketball League) where he averaged 23.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 3.8 assists in 21 games. He was named regular season MVP.
This summer Petrusev was one of the leaders of the Serbian national team. In the FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Serbia, Belgrade, he averaged 15.5 points and 5 rebounds in 19 minutes of playing time.
Current roster
 | Anadolu Efes Istanbul | |
| Position | Player | Status |
| PG | Vasilije Micic (story) | Signed until 2022 +1+1 |
| PG | Shane Larkin | Signed until 2022 |
| PG | Dogus Balbay | Signed until 2023 |
| SG | Rodrigue Beaubois | Signed until 2023 |
| SG | James Anderson | Signed until 2022 |
| SF | Krunoslav Simon | Contract option +1 |
| SF | Tolga Gecim | Signed until 2022 |
| SF | Bugrahan Tuncer | Contract option +1 |
| PF | Chris Singleton | Signed until 2022 +1 |
| PF | Adrien Moermann | Signed until 2022 |
| PF | Yigitsan Saybir (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| C | Filip Petrusev (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| C | Bryant Dunston | Signed until 2022 +1 |
| C | Tibor Pleiss | Signed until 2022 +1 |
| Coach | Ergin Ataman | |
| Expired contract | Sertac Sanli (will not return) | |
| Rumored to leave | Shane Larkin (has NBA out) | |
| Interested | ||
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