Michigan State Basketball: Way-too-early starting 5 projections for 2022-23

Michigan State Basketball: Way-too-early projected starting 5 for 2022-23

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MARCH 12: Malik Hall #25 of the Michigan State Spartans fights for position for a rebound against Sasha Stefanovic #55 of the Purdue Boilermakers during the second half of a Men's Big Ten Tournament Semifinals game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12, 2022 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Purdue Boilermakers won the game 75-70 over the Michigan State Spartans. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images) /

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Michigan State forward Malik Hall dribbles against Davidson during the first half of the first round of NCAA tournament on Friday, March 18, 2022, in Greenville, South Carolina. /

Disappointing doesn’t even begin to describe Malik Hall in the final couple of weeks of the regular season, especially in the NCAA Tournament. He scored just two total points in the NCAA tourney as he just disappeared when the Spartans needed him most which is something that cannot happen with one of your captains.

Hopefully he has a good offseason and kind of gets his mind right because it seemed as if he was frustrated with his struggles and it translated to a huge slump.

When Hall is playing well, he’s one of the most talented players on the roster and maybe even one of the more dynamic bigs in the Big Ten, but we didn’t see that consistently toward the end of the season. But we did see it earlier on which gave fans hope.

Hall finished the year averaging 9.1 points and 4.7 rebounds while shooting 52 percent from the floor and 43 percent from deep. He has elite potential and could take a massive jump in 2022-23 if he plays to potential and doesn’t get in his own head too much and I’m talking All-Big Ten caliber.

Michigan State needs the Hall we saw from November until early February and not so much the one that ended the season with 13 total points in the last four games.

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