Derrion Reid faces uncertain future with injury this Alabama basketball season

Derrion Reid, the five-star freshman, moves into the final month of the regular season with uncertainty because of his injury.

Reid is out definitively for Alabama men’s basketball’s game against Arkansas. And the Crimson Tide will see from there as Reid deals with what has previously been described as a lower-body injury.

“He will be game-to-game,” Alabama coach Nate Oats said Friday, “moving forward until he is able to go through a full practice and not experience any type of significant discomfort.”

Reid missed several games over two weeks in January with an injury. Then he played 12 minutes in both the wins over Mississippi State and Georgia.

“Derrion had a little bit of discomfort following the Georgia game,” Oats said. “We had him out, brought him back. Continuing to increase his basketball workload. Since we anticipate him having a long, successful basketball career long after he is done playing in college, we didn’t want to jeopardize any of his long-term health. We’re trying to make decisions that benefit him both in the short term and the long term. We don’t try to use anybody just to win games.”