Houston Mallette, a guard for Alabama basketball, has received the all-clear to rejoin the Crimson Tide for the 2025–2026 campaign.
Yea Alabama, the Crimson Tide’s official NIL company, said that Mallette, who transferred from Pepperdine to Tuscaloosa after the 2023–24 season, requested the NCAA’s approval on a medical redshirt and got it on Wednesday.
Last season, Mallette made six appearances. His playing time was mostly in Alabama’s Dec. 18 victory over North Dakota, which ended in a score of 97-90. In 2024–25, he averaged 7.8 minutes per game and scored 19 points.
Due to knee issues, the 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard from Alameda, California, missed the entire season. He played nine minutes in the Tide’s Dec. 4 94-79 victory over North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Mallette shot five out of ten from beyond the arc to average 3.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
Mallette was one of the West Coast Conference’s leading scorers when she arrived at Alabama. He played 31.5 minutes a game for Pepperdine in 2023–24, averaging 14.7 points on 43 percent shooting, good for fifth place in the conference.
In November of last year, Alabama coach Nate Oats remarked about Mallette:
“Houston didn’t practise during the summer and came to us with some knee problems. He is an amazing child. His inclusion in our program makes me very thrilled. He is at the top of our list of high-character youngsters, but we want to do the right thing and give him a complete offseason in our program.”
The Crimson Tide received a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament after finishing 28-9 overall and 13-5 in SEC play the previous season. After losing to East Region champion Duke 85-65 in the Elite Eight, the Crimson Tide made it to the Sweet 16 for the fourth straight year.
Originally published on Roll Tide Wire, this article: The NCAA has given Houston Mallette permission to return to Alabama for 2025–2026.
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Since taking over for Danny Ainge in 2021, Brad Stevens, president of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics, has had to make some difficult choices. But it looks like this next offseason will be the hardest for him yet.
This summer, Stevens and the C’s will have to make significant roster adjustments due to stringent second-apron penalties. Boston, which is currently $20 million over the threshold, has to choose between a complete overhaul and trying to “thread the needle” with changes to its championship core.
Will Stevens adopt a “Trader Danny” persona? NBA expert Kevin O’Connor of Yahoo Sports argued that Stevens should try to maximise his players’ trade worth this offseason.
On NBC Sports Boston’s The OffC season special, O’Connor said to co-hosts Drew Carter and Chris Forsberg, “I think back to Danny Ainge.” What did Danny Ainge do when he sent Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Brooklyn Nets? A, he exchanged them before they plummeted down a precipice. before they reached old age and were on the verge of retiring. And B, he exploited a Brooklyn Nets team that was in dire straits. That is the reason they were able to get Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, as well as the reason they made the playoffs for ten consecutive years and won a Finals.
Naturally, when Pierce and the Celtics parted ways, he was 35 years old and past his best. At the age of 36, Kevin Garnett had long since outlived his prime.
Derrick White and Jaylen Brown, Boston’s two most prized trade pieces, are 31 and 29, respectively. They are both at the height of their abilities.
It appears more feasible to trade for the frequently injured 30-year-old big man Kristaps Porzingis or the 35-year-old guard Jrue Holiday, but O’Connor wouldn’t rule anything out if Stevens received a tempting offer from another general manager.
O’Connor went on, “Stevens needs to find the most desperate team.” Whether that means Jrue Holiday as the last component for the Dallas Mavericks and Nico Harrison’s plan, or whether it means Brown or White, or if it means (Kristaps) Porzingis as an expiring payroll. Finding the most desperate team to receive the best value back, regardless of how you view your own player, is the goal.
That might cause a great deal of agony. Derrick White might have to be traded for it. How do you say no, though, if the Warriors offer you a Mikal Bridges-style deal that includes four or five first-round picks? You can’t refuse.
The Warriors have allegedly “looked into” White as a possible alternative, and Holiday has already been linked to the Mavericks in trade rumours. White in particular, according to O’Connor, has the potential to bring back a huge haul for the Celtics.
Whatever path Stevens decides to take, the offseason in Boston is certain to be difficult. The chance to win it all again with the 2024 core is most likely closed, although the championship window may still be open.
