Michigan State forward Malik Hall set to return for fifth season

Malik Hall will return to Michigan State for a fifth season, he announced via social media.

Originally committing the Tom Izzo’s Spartans in 2018, Hall has gone on to become a familiar face over the past four seasons. Averaging just over 20 minutes per game during his four-year career, he appeared in played 118 career games for Michigan State.

He averaged 8.9 points per game in both of the last two seasons and has seen his role on the court increase each season playing for Izzo.

Hall was the No. 56 recruit and No. 12 forward in the 2019 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Rankings, which is a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four primary recruiting media services. His rankings earned him four-star honors coming out of Sunrise Christian (KS).

Heading into the 2023 NBA Draft, Hall was expected to be a fringe second-round choice. Instead of potentially going undrafted, he has chosen to return to school for one more season in the hopes of boosting his draft stock before the 2024 cycle.

More on the 2023 NBA Draft

The 2023 NBA Draft is set to take place on Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Brooklyn at Barclays Center. Round 1 of the draft will be announced by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, while Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum is expected to handle the second round of picks.

To be eligible for the NBA Draft, players must be at least 19 years in age during the calendar year that the draft is held and at least one NBA season from their high school graduation date, or the date that would have been if they are not graduated. It is not required that player spend that one year playing college basketball, though. Players can play in either college, abroad, or the G League Ignite if they choose so.

While this is a significant change from what the rules once were, players are eligible to enter their names into the NBA Draft pool and explore their options by hiring an agent to go through the process, while still keeping their college eligibility. The deadline to make that move is on April 23 beginning at 11:59 p.m. ET. Players have until June 12 at 5 p.m. ET to withdraw their name from the pool and return to college.

The NBA Draft Lottery will be held on May 16, which is also the start of the NBA Conference Finals.