Eugene Omoruyi joins Al Naser

- September 18, 2025

POSTED BY: Yusuf Abduljalil

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Eugene Omoruyi

Eugene Omoruyi

Al Naser Dubai (ULB) agreed terms with 28-year old Nigerian-Canadian forward Eugene Omoruyi (198cm-106kg-1997, college: Oregon) for new 2025-26 season. Omoruyi played last season at Toronto Raptors in the NBA. He also played for Raptors 905 in U.S. NBA-G-League where in 37 games he had very impressive stats: 18.5ppg, 6.1rpg, 3.3apg and 1.0spg. Omoruyi also spent pre-season at the Timberwolves in NBA. The other team he played shortly were the Wizards in NBA. He was also tried-out by the Wizards in NBA. Omoruyi was also tried-out by Go Go in NBA G League.
He is quite experienced player. Omoruyi has played also professionally in other USA teams, NBA (Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons and OKC Thunder), NBA G League (OKC Blue and Texas Legends) and NBA Summer League (OKC Thunder).
The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others his team made it to the NBA Semifinals in 2022. He was also voted All-OSBA player and defensive player of the Year back in 2016.
Omoruyi graduated from University of Oregon in 2021 and it will be his fifth season as a professional player. He played also for Rutgers University for 3 years.