In somewhat of a surprising turn of events for Georgia basketball and Mike White, Georgia point guard and rising star Silas Demary Jr. has decided to enter his name into the transfer portal, as reported by On3.
NEWS: Georgia guard Silas Demary Jr. will enter the transfer portal, source told @On3sports.
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Besides being Georgia's second leading scorer this past season, the most important detail of this development was Demary Jr.'s assumed role of being one of, if not the primary team leader for the Bulldogs in the upcoming 2025-26 season.
Standing at 6-foot-5 and weighing almost 200 pounds, Demary Jr. averaged 13.5 points, 3.1 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game last season, not to mention averaging 19.5 points per contest in Georgia's final six games. To add more context, Georgia played one of the most difficult schedules in all of college basketball last season, in addition to competing in undeniably the toughest conference.
For Demary Jr., part of his decision involves testing the waters of the NBA, which is understandable given his preseason prospects and how he played down the final stretch of the 2024-2025 season. An example of that elevated play was acknowledged by the SEC when they named him the SEC Player of the Week back on March 3rd, where he averaged 23.5 points over two games, including a 21 point, three rebound effort against No. 3 Florida.
Return to Georgia?
Believe it or not, albeit unlikely, a return to Georgia is not outside of the realm of possibility for Demary Jr. As stated earlier, Demary Jr. is using this moment in time to put feelers into the NBA universe to get an idea of where he stands amongst decision-makers.
Demary Jr. has worked extremely hard to develo himself into having this option, and he would be wise to solicit direct feedback from those in the NBA circles to know exactly what his chances are, likelihood of a first or second round selection and finally, what things within his game he needs to further develop.
It is not expected for Demary Jr. to enter the NBA Draft this year, so once he has received all of the information he is looking for in regards to his NBA prospects, if he feels a return to Georgia for another season would be the best option to enhance his draft stock, then that very well could be a possibility for both him and Georgia basketball.