Danny Wolf

About

Daniel Abraham Wolf (born May 5, 2004) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Yale Bulldogs and the Michigan Wolverines. At Yale in 2024, he earned first-team All-Ivy League honors, the Ivy League tournament MVP, and led the league in rebounds and blocks per game. At Michigan in 2025, he was a second-team All-Big Ten selection, leading the conference in rebounds per game and double-doubles. He competed for Israel at the 2023 FIBA U20 European Championship, winning a silver medal and earning all-tournament team honors. Wolf was selected 27th overall by the Nets in the first round of the 2025 NBA draft.

Wolf was born in Glencoe, Illinois, in the United States, and is Jewish. His oldest brother, Josh, played basketball at Lehigh University, and his other older brother, Jake, played basketball at Washington University in St. Louis. His father Joe (who played high school basketball) is 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), his mother Tina (who played high school tennis) is 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), and each of his two brothers are 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m). Danny is 7…