Danny Wolf will see you now

Miles Bridges, meet Danny Wolf. (The Nets won 116-103.) Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images

By Louis Keene December 2, 2025

When the Brooklyn Nets drafted Danny Wolf this summer out of the University of Michigan, scouts said they were getting a versatile big man who could get buckets, create for his teammates and rebound.

But the last few days of NBA action have shown the Jewish seven-footer picking up a surprising new habit: putting his opponents on posters.

After scuffling through the first two months of the season with a bum ankle, Wolf announced his arrival Saturday with a thundering jam on the Milwaukee Bucks’ Kyle Kuzma, for two of the forward’s career-best 22 points.

He claimed his next victim, in a 10-point, 7-rebound outing two days later, driving from the top of the arc before leaping off his left foot and dropping the hammer on the Charlotte Hornets’ Miles Bridges:

“That may get two howls!” Nets play-by-play announcer Ryan Ruocco cried.

Early returns have been limited since the Brooklyn Nets grabbed Israeli point guard Ben Saraf and Wolf with the 26th and 27th picks this summer. The learning curve for young floor generals is notoriously steep, and Saraf — who wears the number 77 to represent the Hebrew word mazal, meaning good fortune — has struggled to stay in the playing rotation.

But Wolf, an American-Israeli who was bar mitzvahed in Israel, is finding his footing — at least when he’s not taking off for a dunk. He dropped in five high-arcing three pointers against the Bucks, eliciting excited howls from Nets color commentator Sarah Kustok; before the Charlotte game, he apparently told teammates he was going to posterize somebody.

“I was kinda saying that as a joke,” he said, “but looking at it as an opportunity, and just trying to attack the rim, I did it, with rewards.”

“He manifested it,” said teammate Nic Claxton.

Let’s enjoy one more picture of Claxton and Wolf:

And here’s a Danny Wolf meme for good measure, courtesy of the Nets social media.