Philadelphia 76ers waive ahead Alex Reese

The Philadelphia 76ers waived former Alabama ahead Alex Reese on Wednesday, the NBA workforce introduced.

The Sixers parted methods with Reese to signal ahead Dominick Barlow to a two-way contract.

Reese performed in 14 video games for Philadelphia within the 2024-25 season and was on the 76ers’ summer-league workforce. The 6-foot-9 ahead had two factors and three rebounds in 12:18 of court docket time in Philadelphia’s 93-89 loss to the Utah Jazz on Saturday on the opening day of the Salt Lake Metropolis Summer season League. However he didn’t play within the Monday and Tuesday video games due to Achilles soreness.

At Pelham Excessive College, Reese was a three-time All-State choice and the Alabama Sports activities Writers Affiliation’s Class 6A boys’ Participant of the Yr for the 2016-17 season.

In 124 video games in 4 seasons at Alabama, Reese averaged 6.1 factors and three.3 rebounds.

After working as a bartender and a furnishings mover in a yr away from basketball, Reese returned to the court docket within the 2022-23 season, when he averaged 23.7 factors per recreation within the Luxembourg Basketball League. Reese averaged 11.5 factors, 4.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocked pictures in 43 video games with the Rip Metropolis Remix of the NBA Gatorade League within the 2023-24 season.

Reese made his NBA debut with a basket and a rebound in 1:53 on the ground within the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder’s 128-104 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Oct. 27. However he didn’t play once more for Oklahoma Metropolis.

Philadelphia signed Reese from Rip Metropolis on Feb. 20. In 14 video games with the Sixers, Reese averaged 5.3 factors and three.3 rebounds in 15.3 minutes.

In 26 video games for the Remix and 5 video games for the Delaware Blue Coats within the NBA G League, Reese averaged 16.1 factors, 6.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.7 blocked pictures within the 2024-25 season.

A 6-foot-9 ahead, Barlow has averaged 4.2 factors and three.1 rebounds in 96 NBA regular-season video games over the previous three seasons.

The 76ers open play within the NBA 2K26 Summer season League in opposition to the San Antonio Spurs at 9 p.m. CDT Thursday in Las Vegas. ESPN will televise the sport.

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