American forward Jarrell Brantley is expected to sign a deal with the Russian EuroLeague club UNICS Kazan, a source told BasketNews. Brantley was waived yesterday by the Utah Jazz after spending two seasons with the team under a two-way contract. UNICS had recently parted ways with veteran forward Will Thomas, who then joined French club AS Monaco.
Jarrell Brantley
| Position: | PF |
| Age: | 25 |
| Height: | 201 cm |
| Weight: | 114 kg |
| Birth place: | United States of America |
Brantley, a College of Charleston alumn, was drafted with the 50th pick overall in the 2019 NBA Draft. He didn't find a lot of space with the Jazz but he had a really great season in the G League in 2019-2020, averaging 18.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game. Tony Jones of The Athletic was the first to mention that the player had already secured a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague deal.
In Europe Brantley is expected to have a much more central role and will also have certain financial security, considering the fact that the deal is expected to be in a seven-figure territory.
UNICS already made important transfer moves over the summer, including the acquisition of former Panathinaikos wing Mario Hezonja and point guard Lorenzo Brown.
Current roster
 | UNICS Kazan | |
| Position | Player | Status |
| PG | Isaiah Canaan (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| PG | Georgy Zhbanov | Contract option + 1 |
| SG | Lorenzo Brown (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| SG | Vyacheslav Zaytsev (story) | Signed until 2023 |
| SG | Artem Komolov (story) | Signed until 2022 + 1 |
| SG/SF | Dmitrii Uzinskii (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| SF | Mario Hezonja (story) | Signed until 2022 + 1 |
| PF | John Brown | Signed until 2023 |
| PF | Andrey Vorontsevich (story) | Signed until 2022 + 1 |
| PF | Evgeny Valiev (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| C | Tonye Jekiri (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| C | Artem Klimenko (story) | Signed until 2022 + 1 |
| Coach | Velimir Perasovic (story) | |
| Expired contract | Dimitris Priftis (not coming back), Jordan Morgan (not coming back), Jordan Theodore (not coming back), Jamar Smith, Nate Wolters (not coming back), John Holland (not coming back), Okaro White (not coming back), Kostas Kaimakoglou, Evgeny Kolesnikov (not coming back), Pavel Antipov, Pavel Sergeev (not coming back), Will Thomas (not coming back) | |
| Rumored to leave | ||
| Interested | Jarrell Brantley (story), Jamaal Franklin (story) | |
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