{"id":662903,"date":"2026-05-11T01:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/662903\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T01:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:27:11","slug":"izzo-provides-update-on-jeremy-fears-jr-likeliness-of-staying-in-nba-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/662903\/","title":{"rendered":"Izzo provides update on Jeremy Fears Jr., likeliness of staying in NBA Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It appears <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaab\/teams\/michigan-state\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Michigan State;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Michigan State&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan State<\/a> head coach Tom Izzo is confident his top player will be returning for another season despite entering the NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State All-American point guard <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaab\/players\/331209\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jeremy Fears;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jeremy Fears&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Fears<\/a> Jr. is considering jumping to the NBA after declaring for the draft last month, but Izzo remains confident he&#8217;ll be back for another season in the green-and-white. Izzo <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pkonyndyk\/status\/2052540543402434835\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:recently;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;recently&quot;}\" class=\"link \">recently<\/a> spoke with local radio and TV personality Tim Staudt about the possibility of Fears leaving early for the NBA, and he said he still expects him back next year.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Fears had a breakout season in 2025-26, finishing the season averaging 15.2 points and 9.4 assists per game. He was the most important player on the Spartans&#8217; roster and helped lead Michigan State to a second straight Sweet 16 appearance in the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Fears has been <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/msu-basketball-star-jeremy-fears-165905337.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:invited to the NBA Combine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;invited to the NBA Combine&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">invited to the NBA Combine<\/a> this week and will have the opportunity to increase his draft stock. But it appears he is still most likely to return for another season considering he&#8217;s mocked as a second round pick at best.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the embedded social media post to read more on Izzo&#8217;s recent comments on Fears below:<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thespartanswire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The SpartansWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The SpartansWire&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The SpartansWire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SpartansWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertBondy5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RobertBondy5;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;RobertBondy5&quot;}\" class=\"link \">RobertBondy5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Spartans Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/spartans\/mens-basketball\/2026\/05\/10\/michigan-state-basketball-izzo-fears-update\/90023838007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Izzo provides update on Jeremy Fears Jr., likeliness of staying in NBA Draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Izzo provides update on Jeremy Fears Jr., likeliness of staying in NBA Draft&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Izzo provides update on Jeremy Fears Jr., likeliness of staying in NBA Draft<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appears Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo is confident his top player will be returning for another&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,320153,2866,590,85,320154,2864],"class_list":["post-662903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-jeremy-fears","tag-michigan-state","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-tim-staudt","tag-tom-izzo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}