Michigan State basketball gets positive update in Maximo Adams recruitment

Tom Izzo and Michigan State basketball have been really hitting the recruiting trail hard in the 2026 class, and it's paid off with a couple of key four-star commitments already.

Julius Avent, a four-star power forward, is the most recent commit, following four-star point guard Carlos Medlock Jr. who committed earlier in the summer. Now, Izzo is looking to round out the class with a shooting guard, a center, and potentially another forward.

The top forward option is five-star Maximo Adams from Chatsworth, Calif. He's currently finishing up his official visit slate and was just at North Carolina this past weekend.

On Tuesday, the Spartans were hit with what could be a positive development in his recruitment.

Adams has already visited USC, Kentucky, Michigan State, Kansas, Texas, and, most recently, North Carolina. He had a Duke visit scheduled for November, but he decided to cancel that trip and wrap up his official visits early, meaning he's likely closing in on a decision.

If I'm a North Carolina fan, however, I'm slightly more optimistic than Michigan State fans. He just took a trip to Chapel Hill and shortly after, he decided to cancel the next visit to the Tar Heels' biggest rival. Any time a recruit visits and then immediately cancels ensuing visits, it usually means that previous visit did enough to win him over.

While I think North Carolina may be the biggest threat here after that visit this past weekend, I do think Michigan State is right up there.

Selling Adams on an elite five-man class could help sway him toward Michigan State, especially if playing time is on the table. Izzo doesn't promise playing time, but the roster is going to be set up for him to play big minutes if he chooses the Spartans.

Still, I'm taking this Duke cancellation as a positive seeing as the Blue Devils are major threats in every recruitment that they enter into.