December 23, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes When veteran guard Derek Fisher went down with an injury and subsequently asked for his release from the Dallas Mavericks, the Mavs didn’t have to look far [...]
December 14, 2012 in Professional
Our weekly look at how Michigan natives are doing in the NBA D-League this season. Durrell Summers, Idaho Stampede I’ve noted a few times that Summers was off to a [...]
December 11, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes Max Blau of ESPN’s Grantland has a great piece with American players talking about their experiences playing international basketball. Among them — Detroit native Chris Douglas-Roberts: “I [...]
December 7, 2012 in Professional
Our weekly look at how Michigan natives are doing in the NBA D-League this season. Walker Russell Jr., Fort Wayne Mad Ants In five games, Russell is averaging 17 points [...]
November 30, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes With a handful of players with Michigan ties making a go of it in the NBA D-League this season, we’ll make this a weekly feature, updating how [...]
November 26, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes Detroit native Chris Douglas-Roberts‘ D-League debut couldn’t have gone much better as he scored 49 points with eight assists. Although he certainly won’t put up those kind [...]
November 20, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes Detroit’s Chris Douglas-Roberts showed potential as a scorer during his two seasons in the NBA. When he chose to begin this season in the D-League looking for [...]
November 12, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes Detroit native Chris Douglas-Roberts is starting the season in the D-League with the Texas Legends, and Andrew Girvan discusses what could get him back to the NBA: [...]
November 4, 2012 in Roundup
Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Saginaw’s Jason Richardson making positive impact on Philadelphia 76ers. (Philadelphia Inquirer) Mott Community College coach Steve Schmidt will have his own [...]
October 28, 2012 in Professional
By Patrick Hayes Detroit native Chris Douglas-Roberts only had a couple of days to make the Dallas Mavericks when they added him to their training camp roster on Friday. Not [...]