Michigan State lands Samford transfer SG Trey Fort

Michigan State basketball has landed its second transfer portal commitment in Samford shooting guard Trey Fort.

Fort is a 6-foot-4 sixth-year senior who averaged 14.6 points and 4 rebounds per game on 38% 3-point shooting last season.

The Spartans desperately needed another shooting guard after Jase Richardson declared for the NBA draft and Tre Holloman transferred to NC State.

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Fort is a good cutter and dunker who can also shoot from deep which can provide a much needed boost for the Spartans’ offense.

The first domino of the Spartans’ transfer portal process fell as Kaleb Glenn (Florida Atlantic) transferred to Michigan State. Glenn is a 6’7” forward who averaged 12.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per game on 41% 3-point shooting in 2024-25.

This new way of losing and acquiring players in the transfer portal era of college basketball has has been met with controversy.

Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo spoke for over an hour about the transfer portal during an end of the season press conference, not holding back his opinions on the new era of college basketball.

“There’s been a bad system created by the adults,” said Izzo. “The players are being forced to navigate that with most of the public attention focused on the negative things of it.”

“The pressure on the kids is enormous,” said Izzo.

Izzo asked media and fans to ease up on the student athletes on Twitter/X as they are subject to extreme scrutiny when making decisions on where to transfer and NIL offers.

“I’m asking you to ask the people that are your readers, your listeners and everything else quit the Twitter wars,” said Izzo. “Quit getting into these people’s families minds and what their doing. It’s not helping anybody.”

“I am going to try and protect all of them, ”said Izzo. “I hate Twitter, so I don’t think I’ll be getting any NIL deals with Twitter. I really don’t give a d***. I think it’s disgusting what they do to these human beings. I just want us to be different at Michigan State.”

Izzo is concerned that the essence of being a student-athlete has changed in today’s college sports. He’s worried that programs will put less emphasis on developing players and more on the transfer portal.

“I’m a little nervous that I think you’re going to find more coaches that are going to get rid of guys because they’re looking at it the it the other way,” said Izzo. “If it’s going to get like the pro thing, ‘let’s not try to make you better, let’s get rid of you, let’s go get another guy that’s better than you. I just think that’s going to lead to a chaotic situation that I don’t feel good about.”

Despite Izzo’s concerns he has added two players from the transfer portal that can shoot and finish at the rim.

Fort and Glenn can add offensive firepower to a roster that shot only 46% from the field and 31% from 3-point range in 2024-2025.

The Spartans are also acquiring four-star power forward commit Cam Ward. He committed to Michigan State in November of 2024.

The team will likely need to acquire a backup point guard and some depth at center through the transfer portal.