Emoni Bates has given back to the program that once helped him become a household name on the basketball court. The Cleveland Cavaliers forward donated $100,000 to the Bates Basketball Academy in ...

In hindsight, Bates appears to wish he’d done things differently. “To all my MSU people I love y’all and Coach Izzo!” Bates wrote on his Facebook page Thursday. “I was a 16 year old kid ...

Emoni Bates has posted a message expressing regret about decommitting from Tom Izzo and Michigan State basketball nearly four years ago. Bates, 21, posted Thursday to his official Facebook page he ...

Emoni Bates has an apology for Michigan State fans. Once the top player ever recruited by Tom Izzo and Michigan State, Bates reopened his commitment the summer before his freshman year before ...

Michigan State men's basketball took a monumental hit in the spring of 2021 when it lost the commitment of one of its most highly touted commits in program history, Emoni Bates. The Spartans had ...

Bates will be available for the Cavaliers for the remainder of the regular season. Still, he won't be eligible to suit up in the playoffs unless he's upgraded to a standard contract.

Emoni Bates is a professional small forward who is signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers on a two-way contract in the NBA as of March 2025. He is splitting time between the Cavs and their G League ...