Philadelphia 76ers waive former Alabama forward
The Philadelphia 76ers waived former Alabama forward Alex Reese on Wednesday, the NBA team announced.
The Sixers parted ways with Reese to sign forward Dominick Barlow to a two-way contract.
Reese played in 14 games for Philadelphia in the 2024-25 season and was on the 76ers’ summer-league team. The 6-foot-9 forward had two points and three rebounds in 12:18 of court time in Philadelphia’s 93-89 loss to the Utah Jazz on Saturday on the opening day of the Salt Lake City Summer League. But he did not play in the Monday and Tuesday games because of Achilles soreness.
At Pelham High School, Reese was a three-time All-State selection and the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s Class 6A boys’ Player of the Year for the 2016-17 season.
In 124 games in four seasons at Alabama, Reese averaged 6.1 points and 3.3 rebounds.
After working as a bartender and a furniture mover in a year away from basketball, Reese returned to the court in the 2022-23 season, when he averaged 23.7 points per game in the Luxembourg Basketball League. Reese averaged 11.5 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocked shots in 43 games with the Rip City Remix of the NBA Gatorade League in the 2023-24 season.
Reese made his NBA debut with a basket and a rebound in 1:53 on the floor in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 128-104 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Oct. 27. But he did not play again for Oklahoma City.
Philadelphia signed Reese from Rip City on Feb. 20. In 14 games with the Sixers, Reese averaged 5.3 points and 3.3 rebounds in 15.3 minutes.
In 26 games for the Remix and five games for the Delaware Blue Coats in the NBA G League, Reese averaged 16.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.7 blocked shots in the 2024-25 season.
A 6-foot-9 forward, Barlow has averaged 4.2 points and 3.1 rebounds in 96 NBA regular-season games over the past three seasons.
The 76ers open play in the NBA 2K26 Summer League against the San Antonio Spurs at 9 p.m. CDT Thursday in Las Vegas. ESPN will televise the game.
Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.
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