J’Nathan Bullock, Giordan Watson sign in Finland

July 17, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes Fresh off of leading their team in Iceland to a championship, Michigan natives J’Nathan Bullock (Flint Northern) and Giordan Watson (Birmingham Groves) will continue to hoop in [...]

Jerod Ward passing down knowledge to players of all ages

June 7, 2012 in Cover Story, Professional

By Patrick Hayes Jerod Ward carved out a basketball career for himself that anyone would be proud of — McDonald’s All-American, No. 1 recruit in the country out of high [...]

Players from Michigan continue to clean up in EuroBasket awards

May 31, 2012 in Cover Story, Professional

By Patrick Hayes The state of Michigan has already produced two league MVPs in pro leagues overseas this season — J’Nathan Bullock in Iceland and Thad McFadden in the Czech [...]

Another day, another Flint pro athlete named a league MVP

May 30, 2012 in Cover Story, Professional

By Patrick Hayes Thad McFadden, a Flint Southwestern graduate who played college basketball at St. Clair Community College and Fairmont State, was recently named Player of the Year, Guard of [...]

Former Michigan player Jerod Ward trained J’Nathan Bullock

May 25, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes I’d already written about former Flint Northern player J’Nathan Bullock‘s successful pro season in Iceland when I came across this Flint Journal story on the same subject. [...]

Flint’s J’Nathan Bullock wins championship, Player of the Year in Iceland

May 13, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes A few weeks ago, I wrote about the random fact that six players from Michigan somehow ended up playing professional basketball in Iceland this season. While, two [...]

Michigan to Iceland pipeline

April 17, 2012 in Cover Story, Professional

By Patrick Hayes Once high school and college careers end, there are ample opportunities for basketball players to play professionally. Knowing that, it’s still a bit surprising to see the [...]