Jazz Sign Bez Mbeng To 10-Day Deal

MARCH 13: Mbeng’s contract is official, the Jazz announced in a press release. Utah ended Mo Bamba‘s 10-day contract early to make roster room for Mbeng, as we relayed in a separate story.

MARCH 12: The Jazz are signing rookie guard Bez Mbeng to a 10-day contract, Jake Fischer of The Stein Line reports (via Twitter).

The Yale product has spent the season with the Sioux Falls Skyforce, the Heat’s NBA G League club. He has appeared in 41 games with the Skyforce, averaging 6.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.8 steals in 27.5 minutes per game.

Mbeng was signed by the Heat to a camp contract in mid-October, then was quickly waived, lining him up to join Miami’s G League affiliate.

Mbeng has made a reputation of being a standout defender. He went undrafted in June after a standout four-year college career at Yale. He was named the Ivy League’s Defensive Player of the Year for three straight seasons and won the conference’s Player of the Year award in 2024/25 as well.

A 6’4″ guard, Mbeng averaged 13.0 points, 5.8 assists, 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals on .429/.368/.699 shooting in 29 appearances last season (32.7 minutes per game). He helped the Bulldogs reach the NCAA tournament in three of his four years at Yale and is the school’s all-time leader in steals.

Utah currently has two other players — Mo Bamba and Andersson Garcia — signed to 10-day deals and has a full 15-man roster. Unless they qualify for a hardship exception, which is a possibility, the Jazz will have to let someone go to make room to sign Mbeng.