Tom Izzo loves his job, but he hates his profession. The Hall of Fame head coach has been very vocal about his disdain for the direction of college athletics, and he was outspoken when Louisville landed a three-year G-League vet right before the season.
Izzo thought it was ridiculous that professional basketball players can come back to college and play against dudes 3-4 years younger than them.
Louisville landing G-League guard London Johnson was the tipping point.
The Michigan State head coach already hated the direction of college athletics, but now adding in the idea of G-Leaguers heading back to college had to make him sick.
So that’s what made Friday afternoon’s “news” from Jeff Goodman so ridiculous.
Kyree Walker, 25, who has played in the G-League and professionally for the last 4-plus years, has drawn interest from Fresno State, Texas Tech, Louisville, Rutgers, Tennessee, Michigan State, Kansas, Maryland, FSU, Cal, UTEP, Missouri and Washington, his agent Chris Diaz told…
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) December 19, 2025
According to Goodman, a 25-year-old former G-Leaguer by the name of Kyree Walker who has been in the professional ranks for over four years has revealed that a number of programs have shown interest in him. One of them, shockingly, was Michigan State.
I’m calling BS.
Tom Izzo’s stance has been made perfectly clear
Like I said earlier, Izzo has been very outspoken about his disdain for the direction of the sport, especially after Louisville made things worse with the addition of a G-Leaguer. So why the heck would he target a player who’s been playing professional basketball since 2021-22?
He wouldn’t.
This list of interested programs comes from Walker’s agent, Chris Diaz, who likely added some programs without their knowledge. Or maybe someone just reached out to see what the situation was, but I doubt Izzo would have ever signed off on this. He definitely wouldn’t actively pursue a 25-year-old professional basketball player in the middle of a 10-1 start when he has enough talent to win big already.
This news drop makes next to no sense. There’s a better chance that Goodman accidentally put “State” after “Michigan” than there is of Izzo actually reaching out to Walker’s agent.
Walker was the No. 209 recruit in the 2020 class and drew interest from Arkansas, Arizona State, and Arizona before deciding to go the G-League route.
Don’t hold your breath, there’s a less than one percent chance this goes anywhere.