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Yurtseven is coming into his second year with the potential to receive much more playing time than he did last season. The Heat have virtually the same roster as last season, except for the departure of P.J. Tucker. Tucker was the starting power forward and averaged 28 minutes per game. This leaves the Heat with only three true big men on the roster in Bam Adebayo, Dewayne Dedmon and Yurtseven. Yurtseven could possibly see himself starting next to Adebayo at center, or at least having extended run off the bench. While the rookie only averaged 5.3 points and 5.3 rebounds last season, he saw just 12.6 minutes per game. In the 12 games Yurtseven started due to Adebayo's thumb injury, he averaged 12.1 points, 12.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.6 blocks in 29.2 minutes. While being a double-double machine, he still shot 50.8 percent from the field and 61.5 percent on free throws during his starts, which were very similar to his season averages (52.6 percent on field goals and 62.3 percent on free throws). If he can improve his outside shooting, this would allow him to start next to Adebayo. However, even if he remains as a bench option, Yurtseven would still be a viable deep league flier at center who can be productive in his minutes and out-produce his draft position if any injury happens above him on the depth chart like last season.