Kentucky Wildcats pursue Syracuse transfer as potential solution in portal
UK could use a steadying presence like this.
Kentucky Wildcats pursue Syracuse transfer as potential solution in portal originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Kentucky Wildcats will be busy in the transfer portal this offseason.
That's how modern college basketball works. One player they might pursue is a steadying presence from the Syracuse Orange. Kentucky reporter Wyatt Huff wrote on X that the Wildcats are "expected to be involved" with SU point guard Nait George, whose intention to enter the transfer portal was reported a few days earlier.
NEWS: Kentucky is expected to be involved with Syracuse transfer PG Naithan George, a source tells Kentucky Wildcats On SI One of the best passers out of the ACC pic. twitter. com/niLRKuP9yx ā Wyatt Huff (@Wildcat_wave) April 5, 2026 George is a 6-foot-3 point guard from Canada.
He just played his first season at Syracuse after two collegiate seasons elsewhere in the ACC at Georgia Tech. In 2024-25, George led the ACC with 6. 5 assists per game and also averaged 12.