Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesAndrej Stojaković, son of former NBA player Peja Stojaković, is leaving Stanford after one season.
Stojaković told Joe Tipton of On3Sports.com he intends to enter the transfer portal.
B/R Hoops @brhoopsAndrej Stojakovic has entered the transfer portal.
Stojakovic was a 5-star recruit and averaged 7.8 points per game this season for the Cardinal. pic.twitter.com/dcZe1vUOox
Stanford fired head coach Jerod Haase on March 14, almost immediately after the team’s 79-62 loss to Washington State in the Pac-12 tournament. The Cardinal finished this season with a 14-18 record.
Haase went 126-127 with no NCAA tournament appearances in eight seasons at Stanford. The 49-year-old was hired by the program in March 2016 after leading UAB to back-to-back 20-win seasons, including an NCAA tournament appearance during the 2014-15 campaign.
Stojaković was a 5-star recruit and No. 25 overall player in the 2023 recruiting class, per 247Sports.com. The 19-year-old announced his commitment to Stanford in November 2022.
“I ultimately chose Stanford because in my eyes it wasn’t just the best basketball decision for me but it was also the best academic, long-term decision of the four,” he said at the time. “I believe in the whole program from top to bottom and the whole coaching staff and their philosophy.”
Oregon, UCLA and Texas were the other finalists when Stojaković made his original decision coming out of high school. It’s unclear at this point if any of those teams will be in the mix to land him in the transfer portal.
Stojaković appeared in all 32 Cardinal games this season, including 10 starts. He averaged 7.8 points on 40.9 percent shooting and 3.4 rebounds per contest.
Source : Bleacher Report