Career Highlights
- 2025-26 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award finalist.
- 2025-26 All-ACC Second Team selection.
- Spent three seasons at Arizona (2022-25), redshirting as a sophomore.
- Represented Estonia in the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers.
Junior (2025-26)
- Averaged 17.0 points and 8.7 rebounds while shooting 60.8% from the field.
- Ranked eighth in the ACC in scoring, fourth in rebounding and second in field goal percentage.
- Recorded nine of his 10 career games with 20 or more points.
- Shot 42.6% (40-of-94) from three-point range.
- Posted career highs of 28 points and 17 rebounds against Clemson in the ACC Tournament (March 12).
- ACC All-Tournament Second Team honoree.
Strengths
- Modern stretch center with touch, feel and mobility.
- Shoots with range; possesses skill to attack closeouts.
- Moves the ball, reads cutters and makes timely passes.
- Active help defender with good timing and awareness.
Personal
- Spent three seasons in Real Madrid’s youth system in Spain.
- Father, Risto, played organized club basketball in Estonia.
- Mother, Pille, was a professional table tennis player.
Go Figure
15 — Veesaar recorded 15 double-doubles in 2025-26, ranking second in the ACC and 17th nationally.
Quotable
“He’s a pro in how he goes about his business. The preparation, the physicality, the mindset – that all matters. He understands spacing, he understands team defense and he doesn’t chase plays. He plays winning basketball”
— Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd
— Profile from the official NBA Draft Media Guide