The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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MICHIGAN IN THE PROS him. I'm very good friends with Jay Triano of the Canadian national team, known him for many years, so we paid attention, and I think the en- vironment where he is now, were he can just play free, shoot the ball and find his rhythm and groove again, is a good thing for him and a good thing for us." Stauskas went to the Kings with the eighth overall pick in 2014, so it took a year for him to land with the 76ers. He's still adjusting to the pace of the NBA game, however, and was shooting 31.7 percent from the floor and 27.3 percent from three-point range as of Nov. 16. He was benched to begin the sec- ond half of a 92-83 loss to San Anto- nio Nov. 14. "This coaching staff loves that kid and he has got a green light to go play and play fearlessly, and we will help him," Brown said. "He just hap- pens to be missing shots right now, and it can't creep into his defense, which is the area that upsets me the most." Stauskas expressed confidence early in the season that his game would continue to improve. "Coach Brown has talked to me about when he coached with the Spurs how he loved coaching Manu Tom Brady • NFL The New England living legend engineered a 44-yard drive with no timeouts remaining to lead the Patriots to a game-winning 54- yard field goal from Stephen Gostkowski with one second left in a 27-26 road win over the New York Giants Nov. 15. Brady completed 26 of 42 passes for 334 yards with two scores to keep the Patriots perfect at 9-0. Trey Burke • NBA The third-year pro, now coming off the bench in Utah, enjoyed the best shooting night of his career in an 89-79 win over Memphis Nov. 7. Burke finished with a game-high 24 points, fueled by 6-of-8 shooting from three-point range, surpassing his previous high of five triples in two games. Andrew Copp • NHL The former Wolverine, now a Winnipeg Jet, scored his first goal in a 3-2 win over Columbus Oct. 31. He went to the net as taught and put back a rebound through goalie Sergei Boborvsky. HEADLINERS Former Michigan athletes in the news this month