California guard Justin Pippen, son of NBA legend, plans to enter NCAA Transfer Portal

Cal guard Justin Pippen plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal after one season with the Golden Bears. Pippen, the son of NBA Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen , transferred into Berkeley last offseason after one year Michigan, the program he signed with as four-star prospect out of high school. In his lone year with the Wolverines, Pippen saw time exclusively as a reserve.

But he jumped into a starting role at Cal, playing in all 32 games this season for Mark Madsen’s squad. The 6-foot-3 combo guard was one of the ACC’s most electric scorers, averaging 14. 2 points, 4.

6 assists and 3. 9 rebounds in 30. 8 minutes per game.

Pippen, however, shot just 38% from the field on 11 attempts per game and 33% from beyond the arc as Cal finished 22-12 and made the second round of the National Invitational Tournament. He brings major juice as a scoring threat though, totaling double-figure points in 25 of the team’s 32 games and three games with 20-plus. Arguably his best game of the year came in a December non-conference matchup with Utah, where he scored 23 points on 8-for-15 shooting.