Bears Add Forward Amier Ali from Transfer Portal

Cal has added another player from the transfer portal.

The Bears landed Mississippi State transfer forward Amier Ali, Bear Insider has learned, adding another wing to the fold after Georgia transfer Jake Wilkins recently announced his move to Berkeley.

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Ali, 6-foot-8 and 210 pounds, is entering his third season and offers length, defense, athleticism and, perhaps most importantly, a high ceiling.

The Texas native has career averages of 4.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.6 assists, but that’s before mentioning Ali played merely 87 minutes over 12 games for the Bulldogs in 2025-26 and was, quite frankly, in the wrong situation.

“Amier’s one of those guys, like, you just have to know him to know what kind of player he is,” Mississippi State guard Ja'Borri McGhee said after one of Ali’s rare solid performances last season, a win over New Orleans in late November. “He’s really a three-level scorer; he could shoot it from deep; he could drive, obviously; he makes free throws; and he can rebound.

“To see him come in and stay ready after he hasn’t been playing … we knew he was going to get in and make plays.”

Ali’s freshman campaign at Arizona State was much more stable, as he played 19.2 minutes per game and collected seven games of double-digit scoring and looked like one of the Big 12’s premier rookies.

Ali was ESPN’s No. 54 recruit in the class of 2024.

He clearly has untapped potential that has Bears coach Mark Madsen intrigued, especially with forward John Camden out of eligibility and Chris Bell’s future undetermined.