UCLA Men’s Basketball Announces 4 New Transfers

The UCLA men’s basketball team announced four transfer students, who will join the Bruins for the 2026-27 season. Filip Jovic, Sergej Macura, Jaylen Petty and Azavier Robinson will all don a new jersey come the beginning of next season. Macura will enter the season with two years of eligibility remaining, while Jovic, Petty and Robinson will join the team as sophomores.

UCLA will hope their new additions can help them improve on a third place conference finish and a second-round exit in the NCAA tournament last season. Read UCLA’s full press release LOS ANGELES – The UCLA men’s basketball program has received signed grant-in-aid agreements from transfer students Filip Jović, Sergej Macura, Jaylen Petty and Azavier “Stink” Robinson, as announced on Wednesday by Mick Cronin, The Michael Price Family UCLA Men’s Head Basketball Coach. All four student-athletes will join the Bruins’ program for the 2026-27 season.

Macura, who will be a junior in 2026-27, has two remaining seasons of eligibility. Jović, Petty and Robinson will enter UCLA as sophomores and have three remaining seasons of eligibility. Macura, a 6-foot-9 forward from Ljubljana, Slovenia, spent his sophomore season at Mississippi State.

Jovic, a 6-foot-8 forward from Biejeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, excelled as a freshman last year at Auburn. Both Macura and Jovic were teammates in Belgrade, Serbia, for KK Mega Basket in the Adriatic Basketball Association. Petty, a 6-foot-1 guard from Seattle, spent his freshman year at Texas Tech.