The back-to-back EuroLeague champions Anadolu Efes Istanbul officially announced that the club and Filip Petrusev go separate ways.
The 22-year-old big man joined the Turkish powerhouse last summer, signing a one-year deal.
He averaged 3.2 points, 1.0 rebound, and 3.2 PIR over 36 EuroLeague games (5.5 minutes) last season.
Coach Ergin Ataman regretted signing Petrusev while talking to Umit Avci of Milliyet newspaper in May: "The fact that he came to such a high-level team for the first time and that he could not reach that level physically was a bit of a mistake for us."
The Serbian arrived at Anadolu Efes after a breakout season in Mega. Last campaign, he dominated the Adriatic Basketball League, racking the regular-season MVP honors with the averages of 23.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 3.8 assists in 21 contests.
Filip Petrusev was selected with the 50th overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2021 NBA Draft.
Current roster
 | Anadolu Efes Istanbul | |
| Position | Player | Status |
| PG | Shane Larkin (story) | Signed until 2024 |
| PG | Vasilije Micic | Signed until 2023 +1 |
| PG | Dogus Balbay | Signed until 2023 |
| SG | Rodrigue Beaubois | Signed until 2023 |
| SG | Erten Gazi (story) | Signed until 2023 +1 |
| SF | Will Clyburn (story) | Signed until 2024 |
| SF | Elijah Bryant | Signed until 2023 |
| SF | Bugrahan Tuncer (story) | Signed until 2024 |
| PF | Amath M'Baye (story) | Signed until 2023 + 1 |
| PF | Chris Singleton | Signed until 2022 +1 |
| C | Ante Zizic (story) | Signed until 2024 +1 |
| C | Bryant Dunston (story) | Signed until 2023 |
| C | Tibor Pleiss | Signed until 2022 +1 |
| C | Egemen Guven | Signed until 2023 |
| Coach | Ergin Ataman | |
| Expired contract | Krunoslav Simon (will not return), James Anderson (will not return), Tolga Gecim, Adrien Moerman (will not return), Yigitsan Saybir, Filip Petrusev (will not return) | |
| Rumored to leave | Vasilije Micic (has NBA out), Chris Singleton | |
| Interested | Alec Peters | |
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