Michigan basketball freshman Winters Grady enters transfer portal

Two days after winning its first national title in 37 years , the Michigan basketball team has had its first player enter the transfer portal. Winters Grady, a 6-foot-6, 210-pound wing, will explore his options elsewhere after playing sparingly during his freshman year. Grady appeared in nine games, tallying 26 points, 10 rebounds, two assists and two steals in 54 minutes.

He last played on Jan. 2 against USC before he was shut down for the rest of the season with a lingering foot injury that he’s been battling for some time. “I fractured my foot my sophomore year of high school.

Initially, we didn't know there was a fracture, so I kept playing on it for a while and it got 10 times worse,” Grady told The News during the NCAA Tournament last month. “It just required a lot of rest, because it never actually fully healed. My high school career, I was very adamant on playing every game I could play in.

I don't think it necessarily helped a lot. But when you're trying to get recruited, you have to be seen and give yourself the most exposure possible. ” Grady noted that his foot issue has flared up “on and off” since the fracture, including early on when he first got on Michigan’s campus.