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Michigan State basketball freshman Kur Teng leads Team Goodfellas to Moneyball Pro-Am title

Michigan State freshman Kur Teng leads Team Goodfellas to Moneyball Pro-Am title

Michigan State basketball might have just found their next young star. On Thursday night, MSU freshman Kur Teng, flanked by incoming transfer center Szymon Zapala, led Team Goodfellas to a Moneyball Pro-Am championship win after taking down top-seeded TriStar Trust, which included MSU players Jaxon Kohler and Gehrig Normand.

Kur Teng put up some huge numbers in Moneyball, including a 42-point gam in round one against a team that had Tre Holloman, Tyson Walker, and Marcus Bingham Jr. For his efforts, Kur Teng was named the MVP of Moneyball.

In the final, Teng hit one of the biggest shots of tournament to help Team Goodfellas take the win:

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Kur Teng shares who he is with Michigan State basketball’s social media team

Meet the Spartans’ new star shooting guard Kur Teng

Michigan State basketball freshman have reported to campus, and the freshman are ready to make their mark on the storied program that Tom Izzo built in East Lansing.

Kur Teng of Haverhill, Mass. was a four-star shooting guard that ranked in the top 10 in his position for the 2024 class. He was listed as the No. 52 ovearll prospect in 247Sports’ composite rankings for the entire class.

With the Spartans basketball season looming, the social media team has put videos together to meet the freshman:

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Two Michigan State basketball commits to play in 2024 Iverson Classic

Two Michigan State basketball commits have been announced for the 2024 Iverson Classic

Every year, the top high school basketball players in the country come together to play an All-Star game in the Spring called the Iverson Classic.

Many Michigan State players have participated in this event, like Jaden Akins, Mady Sissoko, Xavier Booker, Jaxon Kohler, and Coen Carr have all played in the game. And now, two more future Spartans will join them, as 2024 commits Kur Teng and Jesse McCulloch have been announced for the event.

You can see the full list of participants below:

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Michigan State basketball: 4-star SG Kur Teng signs NLI with Spartans

Kur Teng is officially a Spartan

Michigan State has officially added their shooting guard into the 2024 recruiting class, getting a National Letter of Intent from Kur Teng, a 4-star guard from Massachusetts.

Teng is a prototypical Tom Izzo wing, able to come off screens very well, knock down the 3-ball and play stellar defense.

Teng is currently a 4-star prospect, ranking as the No. 40 overall player in the 2024 recruiting class, as well as the No. 8 shooting guard in the nation.

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On3: Kur Teng a top shooter in 2024 recruiting class

According to On3, Kur Teng is one of the top shooters in the 2024 recruiting class:

Michigan State started their 2024 recruiting class with a bang, landing the commitment of highly touted shooting guard Kur Teng. The Massachusetts native is a top-50 prospect in the 2024 recruiting class and is a prototypical architype of a shooting guard that excels in a Tom Izzo offense.

On3’s  national basketball analyst Jamie Shaw dove into the top shooters in the 2024 recruiting class, and Kur Teng made the cut, calling the future Spartan a top ten shooter in the class:

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Report: OKC Thunder scouts in attendance for several 2024/2025 high school recruits

The Thunder were in attendance for the Adidas All-American Camp, which featured several of the top 2024 and 2025 recruits.

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While it’s the slowest month of the year in the NBA calendar, that hasn’t stopped teams from continuing to work — especially collecting data on potential draft prospects.

That was the case for the Oklahoma City Thunder and several other NBA teams who attended an Adidas All-American camp, per Yahoo Sports draft expert Krysteen Peek.

The Thunder were in attendance to watch a handful of high school juniors and seniors that will likely populate the 2026 and 2027 NBA draft classes. The list of participants included:

  • Five-star guard Ian Jackson, who is in the class of 2024 and committed to North Carolina
  • Four-star forward Khani Rooths, who is in the class of 2024
  • Four-star guard Kur Teng, who is in the class of 2024 and committed to Michigan State
  • Three-star forward George Turksan, who is in the class of 2024 and committed to Texas A&M
  • Four-star guard Mikel Brown Jr., who is the class of 2025
  • Four-star guard JJ Mandaquit, who is in the class of 2025

 

Here is a list of first-round picks the Thunder own during the 2026 and 2027 NBA drafts:

  • 2026 Thunder first-round pick
  • 2026 Clippers first-round pick
  • 2026 Rockets top-4 protected first-round pick
  • 2027 Thunder first-round pick
  • 2027 Nuggets top-5 protected first-round pick

It’s never too early to collect a profile for potential draft prospects — even if they’re three years out. The Thunder — along with most of the league — is using the summer camp to start building profiles of potential NBA players.

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Both Michigan State basketball commits featured in new ESPN 100

Both members of MSU’s 2024 recruiting class were featured in the new ESPN 100

ESPN basketball recruiting rankings are some of the most highly regarded in the industry and as we turn the recruiting calendar officially to the 2024 cycle, ESPN has reevaluated their rankings in the 2024 class.

In the new batch of rankings that has just been released, both of Michigan State’s 2024 basketball commits, Kur Teng and Jesse McCulloch, were featured in the top 100.

Teng has checked in at No. 44, while McCulloch sits at No. 98.

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Latest commit pushes MSU basketball into top 5 nationally in 2024 recruiting cycle

It’s still very early, but Michigan State is off to a great start in the 2024 recruiting cycle

It’s still very early, but Michigan State is off to a great start in the 2024 recruiting cycle.

The Spartans picked up their second commitment in the 2024 class earlier this week when four-star center Jesse McCulloch picked Michigan State over Alabama, Xavier and Virginia Tech. He joined fellow four-star and top 40 recruit Kur Teng who committed to the Spartans in early April.

With a pair of four-star commits, Michigan State now holds the No. 5 recruiting class nationally on 247Sports. The Spartans are behind only Rutgers at No. 4 from the Big Ten.

Michigan State signed the No. 4 recruiting class for the 2023 cycle, and is already off to a great start in 2024. It’s still very early in the process so we shouldn’t read too much into this high ranking at the moment, but it’s still nice for Spartans fans to see their team’s name towards the top of this list.

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Watch: 4-star SG Kur Teng announces commitment to Michigan State

Teng had offers from 15 other schools, including Providence, Rutgers and Temple.

On Monday, Michigan State got a commitment from Bradford Christian Academy (Mass.) four-star shooting guard Kur Teng.

Watch Teng make his announcement in an interview with 247Sports.

Teng had offers from 15 other schools, including Providence and Rutgers, who were his other finalists. Asked why he picked the Spartans over the other contenders, Teng told MLive’s Brandon Champion that the way they play under coach Tom Izzo fits his style:

“They’re play style really fits me really well. I like to come off pin downs on the offensive end. Every time I watched them there’s been a similarity between them and the way I play now with my team.”

Going by the composite rankings, Teng is No. 8 among shooting guards in his class and No. 1 overall in the state of Massachusetts.

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BREAKING: Tom Izzo starts 2024 with a bang, landing a commitment from 4-star Kur Teng

Tom Izzo is continuing the momentum he built on the recruiting trail in 2023 into 2024 by starting his next recruiting class with a bang. The Spartans have landed a commitment from four-star shooting guard Kur Teng.

Teng, a Haverhill, Massachusetts, native, plays his high school basketball at Bradford Christian Academy. He is the No. 37 overall prospect and the No. 8 shooting guard on the 247Sports composite.

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