Former NBA players Mike Bibby and Shaquille O’Neal are starting to make waves in the transfer portal.
No, they are not coming back to play in college. Bibby is the new head coach at Sacramento State, and O’Neal, the Hall of Famer and a current NBA analyst for TNT, is the team’s new general manager, who will not take a salary and serve the program in a volunteer capacity.
After O’Neal’s son, Shaqir, transferred from Florida A&M to Sacramento State, the Hornets signed former four-star recruit Mikey Williams, according to ESPN.com.
Williams played last season at Central Florida and will have three years of eligibility remaining.
Williams, a 6-3 combo guard from San Diego, California, played in 18 games last season and averaged 5.1 points per game.
The Hornets, who have never made the NCAA Tournament, hired Bibby on March 24 after the team went 7-25 (3-15 Big Sky) last season under interim coach Michael Czepil.
Sacramento State is making moves in the NIL world as well, reportedly raising $35 million in funds to compete with the upper-echelon schools in college athletics.