New video shows Latrell Wrightsell looking healthy and ready to go for Alabama

One of the key pieces to the puzzle for Nate Oats and Alabama basketball next season is returning senior guard Latrell Wrightsell.

Wrightsell played in just eight games last season, tearing his Achilles against Oregon in the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas. Wrightsell and the Tide just learned that he was, as expected, granted a medical redshirt and will return to Tuscaloosa for his sixth season of college basketball.

Wrightsell is one of the best shooters in the country, connecting on a team-best 44.7% of his three-point attempts during the 2023-24 season for the Tide, and then hitting 42.2% of his attempts last season before the injury.

A new video released on social media by the official Men's Basketball account shows Wrightsell looking like Wrightsell. He's raining threes, and moving pretty well, providing more optimism that he'll be ready for the beginning of next season:

Wrightsell averaged 11.5 points per game in the eight games he played in before the injury, and was a key part of why the Crimson Tide opened the season ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll. His injury was a big blow to the Tide's chances of being a legitimate contender for a National Championship.

Him getting back and healthy will be a massive development for Alabama's chances of being a contender next season.

Latrell Wrightsell could key a lethal three-point shooting attack

Wrightsell is one of the main reasons Oats mentioned this could be the best shooting team he's had during his tenure in Tuscaloosa. Wrightsell is arguably the best shooter in college basketball. Team him with proven long-range snipers like Houston Mallette and Aden Holloway, and the Crimson Tide has three of the best shooters in the country teamed together.

That's not to mention Florida State transfer forward Taylor Bol Bowen - who shot north of 40% for the Seminoles last season - Miami (FL) transfer Jalil Bethea - who could see a Holloway-like rise in percentage - or two stretch fives in Aiden Sherrell and Noah Williamson who are capable of making defenses pay from beyond the arc.

A healthy Wrightsell likely gives Alabama a starting five of: Labaron Philon, Wrightsell, Bethea, Bol Bowen, and Sherrell, meaning you flank one of the best guards in the country at getting to the rim (Philon) with four capable shooters. That opens up the paint for Philon to do work, and allows him to kick it out to guys who will bury open triples.

The ceiling on next year's Alabama team is high, perhaps as high as people thought last season's team's ceiling was. They're flying under the radar at the moment, but that won't last for long once people see this group play.