Former IU forward Juwan Morgan will team with Yogi Ferrell next season in Montenegro
Former IU forward Juwan Morgan, who has played in the NBA and professionally in Russia, has agreed to play for KK Buducnost in Montenegro next season.
Morgan, 27, played for Indiana from 2015 through 2019 and was second-team All-Big Ten as a junior and third-team All-Big Ten as a senior.
After playing for Runa Basket Moscow in the VTB United League last season, Morgan will now team up with Yogi Ferrell for KK Buducnost.
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Juwan Morgan has signed with KK Budu?nost
(@KKBuducnostVOLI??). Budu?nost plays in the Montenegrin Basketball League, Adriatic League and Eurocup.Juwan will join former Hoosier and @TBTAssemblyBall teammate @YogiFerrell11 on Budu?nost.
— ProBallHoosiers (@ProBallHoosiers) July 11, 2024
Ferrell and Morgan, teammates on IU’s 2015-16 Big Ten championship team, are also playing together in this summer’s TBT for Assembly Ball.
Before playing for Runa Basket Moscow last season, Morgan played in the NBA and NBA G-League from 2019 through 2023.
In 2020, Morgan started two playoff games for Utah in the NBA playoffs played at Walt Disney World. In 52 career NBA games, Morgan averaged 1.5 points and 1.2 rebounds in six minutes per game.
Morgan amassed 1,374 points at Indiana over four seasons and averaged 15.5 points and 8.2 rebounds in his final season as a Hoosier.
According to Eurobasket.com, Morgan averaged 13.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.4 steals and a blocked shot in 27.7 minutes per game for Runa Basket last season.
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