The son of a Kentucky basketball legend plans to enter the transfer portal
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- Sir Mohammed, the son of UK basketball great Nazr Mohammed, plans to transfer schools.
- Sir Mohammed played his first two college basketball seasons at Notre Dame.
- Nazr Mohammed won two NCAA championships as a player at Kentucky.
The son of a Kentucky men’s basketball legend will reportedly be looking for a new school to continue his college career.
Multiple outlets, including ESPN, reported Tuesday that Notre Dame sophomore guard Sir Mohammed plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal when it opens April 7, the day after the men’s national championship game.
The transfer portal will remain open until April 21.
Sir is a son of former UK great Nazr Mohammed, who played at Kentucky from 1995-98 and won national championships with the Cats in 1996 and 1998.
Sir was a four-star recruit in the 2024 recruiting class according to the 247Sports Composite, which ranked him as the No. 68 overall prospect in that year’s class.
As a freshman at Notre Dame during the 2024-25 season, Sir averaged 3.1 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game. He started eight games as a freshman and averaged 13.2 minutes played per game.
This past season, the 6-foot-6 Sir averaged 5.7 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per contest as a sophomore. Sir played in all 31 of Notre Dame’s games this past season, starting five times and averaging 16.3 minutes played per game.
The Fighting Irish went 15-18 during the 2024-25 season and 13-18 in the 2025-26 campaign. Head coach Micah Shrewsberry has yet to make the NCAA Tournament in three seasons in charge of the Fighting Irish.
Sir initially committed to Notre Dame over a group of finalists in his recruitment that also included Marquette, Stanford, Villanova and Virginia Tech.
Just prior to his college commitment in August 2023, Sir told the Herald-Leader that he and Nazr are “completely different players.”
“(Nazr taught me) the small details: Spacing, more just about energy and effort and having fun, that’s what he always preaches to me,” Sir said.
Nazr led UK’s 1998 national title-winning team in rebounding with 7.2 boards per game. He was the second-leading scorer on that squad with 12.0 points per contest. Nazr was selected with the No. 29 overall pick in the first round of the 1998 NBA draft. He played more than 1,000 NBA games for eight different teams across an 18-year professional player career and won an NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2005.
Nazr was inducted into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021. He currently works as the general manager of the Oklahoma City Blue, the G League affiliate of the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
