UNLV star point guard Dedan Thomas Jr. will explore his options in the transfer portal, his father confirmed to the Review-Journal on Monday.
The 6-foot-1-inch Thomas averaged a team-leading 15.6 points and 4.7 assists before a shoulder injury sidelined him for the final seven games of his sophomore season.
Thomas will draw plenty of attention from other programs as a former top recruit out of Liberty High School. But Dedan Thomas Sr., a former star guard for UNLV, said his son isn’t set on leaving Las Vegas despite the recent firing of coach Kevin Kruger.
“It’s home, so I wouldn’t quite say the door is closed. We love UNLV. We love Kevin Kruger. It’s a big part of our lives,” Thomas Sr. said. “I would think anybody at their home school with a relationship like he had with the coach would look elsewhere.”
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