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The undrafted rookie was selected for the All-Rookie Team in Dallas, looking back on his career.

12:43pm, 28 June 2025【Basketball】

In the 2016 NBA Draft, senior guard Yogi Ferrer from Indiana University was not selected by the NBA team due to his height and age. Yogi Ferrer then represented the Brooklyn Nets in the summer league. In view of Yogi Ferrer's outstanding performance in the summer league, the Brooklyn Nets announced that he had officially signed Yogi Ferrer with a one-year, $540,000 rookie contract. Since then, Yogi Ferrer has started his NBA career. In the 2016-2017 season in college, Yogiferrel, who was just a new member of the league, was not valued by the Nets' coaching staff. She could only play as Jeremy Lin's second substitute, and usually only played in games with the winner and lose. In that season, Yogiferl played 10 regular season games for the Nets, all of which played as a substitute, averaging 5.4 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. At the beginning of the season, the Nets' management chose to give up Yogiferl.

Yogiferrel during the Nets' period On December 9, 2016, the Brooklyn Nets officially announced the layoff of Yogiferrel, and Yogiferl then signed with the NBA Development League Long Island Nets to continue his career.

Jojiferrel vs. Russell

On January 29, 2017, the Dallas Mavericks announced that they would sign

with a 10-day contract.

On February 8, 2017, the Dallas Mavericks announced that they would sign Giferrell for a two-year, $1.52 million contract. After Yogiferrel during the Mavericks' period, he came to the Mavericks, Yogiferr played as the team's substitute point guard. After starting point guard Deron Williams left the team, Yogiferr became the team's starting point guard. His average playing time and data reached the highest career-class performance. This season, Yogiferr played 36 regular season games for the Mavericks, including 2 starters. In 9 games, he averaged 11.3 points, 2.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game. During the regular season, Yogiferrell was elected as the Western Conference's best rookie player in February, becoming the first player in the history of the Mavericks to win the Rookie of the Month since Devin Harris in 2004. After the regular season, Yogiferrell was selected as the second team of the Rookie Team. The Mavericks ranked tenth in the Western Conference with 33 wins and 49 losses and missed the playoffs. In the 2017-2018 season, Yogiferrel played as the team's sixth man and became one of the most important players on the team's bench. This is also the only full-time season in Yogiferl's career. In that season, Yogiferl played for the Mavericks in 82 regular season games, including 21 starts, and averaged 27.8 minutes per game. The Mavericks ranked third from the bottom in the West with 24 wins and 58 losses.

On July 20, 2018, the Dallas Mavericks provided free agent Yogiferrel with a two-year, $5.3 million contract extension. However, Yogiferrel decided to accept the two-year, $6.2 million contract contract provided by the Sacramento Kings, so Yogiferrel officially became a member of the Kings. In the 2018-2019 season, Yogiferrel played as a substitute for De Aaron Fox. However, the rebuilding Kings management was unwilling to leave his playing time to Yogiferrel's older players, so his average playing time was significantly lower than last season. In that season, Yogiferr played 71 regular season games for the Kings, including two starts, and averaged 5.9 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. The Kings ranked ninth in the Western Conference with 39 wins and 43 losses, missing the playoffs. In the 2019-2020 season, Yogiferrel became the team's second substitute guard. In the late season of the season, Yogiferrel's average playing time gradually increased due to injury due to season reimbursement by De Aaron Fox. In that season, Yogiferl played 50 regular season games for the Kings, all of which played as a substitute, and averaged 4.4 points, 1 rebound and 1.4 assists per game. The Kings ranked fourth from the bottom in the West with 31 wins and 41 losses.

On January 11, 2021, the Cleveland Cavaliers announced that they would sign Giferrell with a 10-day short contract. After Yogiferrel in the Cavaliers' era, he came to the Cavaliers, Yogiferr played as the team's substitute point guard. In this season, Yogiferr played two regular season games for the Cavaliers, all of which played as a substitute, averaging 9.5 points, 3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game. In the middle of the season, the Cavaliers' management chose to give up Yogiferr.

On January 14, 2021, the Cleveland Cavaliers announced that the team officially cut Yogiferrel.

On April 30, 2021, the Los Angeles Clippers announced that they would renew their contract with Giferrell for $350,000 until the end of the season.

After coming to the Clippers, Yogiferre played as the team's substitute point guard. In this season, Yogiferrere played for the Clippers in 8 regular season games, all of which played as a substitute, averaging 4.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists per 12 minutes. The Clippers ranked fourth in the Western Conference with 47 wins and 25 losses. They defeated the Dallas Mavericks 4-3 in the first round, defeated the Utah Jazz 4-2 in the Western Conference semi-finals, and lost to the Phoenix Suns 2-4 in the Western Conference Finals and missed the Finals.

Yogiferrel during the Clippers' period

On September 6, 2021, the Los Angeles Clippers announced that the team had officially waived Yogiferrel. Yogiferl, who became a free agent, never received a contract from the NBA team. Yogiferl moved to the Greek Basketball League, Slovenian Basketball League, and CBA League. Since then, this short guard with full vitality and strong impact has completely left the NBA arena..