The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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MICHIGAN IN THE PROS points. "I'm just staying with it, being ag‑ gressive and staying confident and trying to make plays more than any‑ thing," he told The Deseret News. "I just need to keep playing through it." Head coach Quin Snyder said he wanted Burke to continue to take good shots. "If his shots present themselves, we want him to take them … whatever the defense is giving you," Snyder said. "In this case as a point guard, if there's a choice between him shoot‑ ing and getting someone else a shot, sometimes it makes sense to get that other guy a shot because he's doing something else on the floor." NBA NOTES • Former Michigan center Roy Tarpley passed away Jan. 8, reportedly of liver failure. Tarpley averaged 12.6 points and 10.0 rebounds in 280 regular-sea- son games for the Dallas Mavericks. FORMER WOLVERINES ON NBA ROSTERS Through Jan. 14 • Trey Burke (Played at U-M from 2011-13), PG, Utah Jazz: Has played in 38 games for the 13-26 Jazz … Was averaging 12.7 points, 5.1 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game. • Jamal Crawford (1999-2000), SG, Los Angeles Clippers: Has played in 38 games for the 26-13 Clippers … Was averaging 15.8 points, 2.7 assists and 1.9 rebounds. • Tim Hardaway Jr. (2010-13), SG, New York Knicks: Has played in 39 games for the 5-35 Knicks … Was aver- aging 11.0 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, while shooting 38.6 percent from the floor. • M i tc h M c G a r y ( 2 0 1 2 - 1 4 ) , P F, Oklahoma City Thunder: Has played in just one game for the 18-19 Thun- der, while being hampered by injuries … Scored three points and grabbed four rebounds in seven minutes of ac- tion during a 112-88 win over Phoenix Dec. 14 … Saw action in six contests with the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA Development League, and aver- aged 16.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. • Glenn Robinson III (2012-14), SG, Minnesota Timberwolves: Has played in 17 games for the 6-31 Timberwolves … Was averaging 1.3 points in 4.4 min- utes per game. • Nik Stauskas (2012-14), SG, Sacra- mento Kings: Has played in 38 games for the 16-22 Kings … Was averaging 3.6 points and 1.1 rebounds per game, while shooting 33.1 percent from the floor. ❑ Burke averaged 17.3 points per game and shot 42.9 percent from the floor in his first six outings in January. PHOTO COURTESY UTAH JAZZ