{"id":17177,"date":"2024-03-30T15:30:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T19:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=17177"},"modified":"2024-03-30T15:30:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T19:30:43","slug":"michigan-state-basketball-should-target-7-foot-yale-big-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=17177","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State basketball should target 7-foot Yale big man"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Yale 7-footer Danny Wolf hit the transfer portal this week and Michigan State basketball should take a close look at him.<\/h2>\n<p>Another day means another portal entrant that <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/michigan-state-basketball-what-we-know-about-next-years-schedule\/\">Michigan State basketball<\/a> and Tom Izzo should probably target. It\u2019s no secret that finding a center in the portal is a top priority for MSU this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of post players already in the portal that MSU could contact, but how about a center who\u2019s 7-foot-0 and nearly averaged a double-double this season?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS: Yale forward Danny Wolf has entered the transfer portal, per source.<\/p>\n<p>Wolf, a 7-foot big man, just wrapped up his second season at Yale. First Team All-Ivy League this season. Native of Glencoe, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>He averaged 14.1PPG, 9.7RPG, 2.4APG, 1.3BPG and 1.0SPG this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aL6L1ZTmLf\">pic.twitter.com\/aL6L1ZTmLf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 24\/7 High School Hoops (@247HSHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/247HSHoops\/status\/1773813643953471525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Danny Wolf is a sophomore from Yale who is coming off a great sophomore season. The 7-footer averaged 14.1 points and 9.7 rebounds per game for Yale which went 23-10 and won the Ivy League. He had a good showing in their NCAA Tournament loss where he scored nine points and grabbed 10 rebounds. I don\u2019t know about you, but I would\u2019ve loved to have a center that could do that.<\/p>\n<p>But what separates Wolf from other transfer options is his ability to stretch the floor. He isn\u2019t an elite 3-point shooter by any means, but he did shoot 34.5 percent this season. That\u2019s pretty good for a 7-footer if you ask me.<\/p>\n<p>Should MSU pursue him, though?<\/p>\n<p>I think Wolf is one of the better center options that has hit the portal so far that Tom Izzo could realistically go after. I get the impression that Izzo isn\u2019t as interested in one-year rentals, and Wolf has two years of eligibility remaining which would be ideal.<\/p>\n<p>Wolf also would be a natural fit to the roster as well. Adding him would allow Xavier Booker to slide to the four, which would be a deadly combo. Imagine having two guys who are 6-foot-11 and 7-foot-0 who can stretch the floor. That would cause some major headaches for the Spartans&#8217; opponents.<\/p>\n<p>He is also a plus defender and averaged 1.3 blocks per game this season. The combination of Wolf and Booker&#8217;s length could also be extremely effective on the defensive end.<\/p>\n<p>One thing to note is Danny has a \u201cdo not contact\u201d label, so Izzo can\u2019t reach out quite yet. Players can do this for a variety of reasons, but it\u2019s possible he already has his next school in mind. But if that label comes off, Izzo would be smart to make the call.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Danny Wolfe has a &quot;do not contact&quot; symbol next to his name in the portal, per source.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, he probably has a good idea as to where he&#39;s heading. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1QaVkYlYjo\">https:\/\/t.co\/1QaVkYlYjo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Travis Branham (@TravisBranham_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TravisBranham_\/status\/1773817322559397998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think this is a must-get for MSU, but it surely would be a huge piece to add to the puzzle. There likely will be better options available in the portal later this offseason, but Wolf would not be a bad one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, he&#8217;s on the &#8220;do not contact&#8221; list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":17227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[746,190,189,504],"class_list":["post-17177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","tag-danny-wolf","tag-michigan-state-basketball","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}