:One of Alabama’s Class of 2024 recruits plans to look for a new home next season. ESPN reports that freshman forward Naas Cunningham has entered the transfer portal.
Cunningham joined Alabama last offseason as the No. 50 player and No. 13 small forward in the 2024 class. Cunningham was once ranked as the top player for the 2024 cycle.
Cunningham received a redshirt his first season and did not play for the Crimson Tide. He was one of four newcomers to Alabama’s 2024 class, along with forwards Derrion Reid, Aiden Sherrell, and guard Labaron Philon.
This is the second year that Alabama has redshirted a freshman who entered the program after the season. Forward Kris Parker joined Alabama in the 2023 class and redshirted the 2023-24 season before transferring to Villanova. With Cunningham’s probable departure, Alabama now has four roster spots open for next season under the NCAA’s new 15-player roster restriction rule. The Tide will also lose four fifth-year seniors from last season’s team, including Mark Sears, Chris Youngblood, Grant Nelson, and Clifford Omoruyi.