Gentlemen, Start Your Pistons: Stewart Opens Against Pacers
The rookie from the University of Washington plays sound in loss to Indiana.
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Which prompted this question: Why such a long wait?
The 6-foot-9, 250-pound rookie from the University of Washington took the floor on Thursday night as the Pistons starting center against the Indiana Pacers, replacing 6-11 Mason Plumlee, who was inactive for undisclosed reasons.
Stewart looked comfortable enough in his new if only temporary role, though the Pistons lost 111-95.
He made his first 6 field-goal attempts before missing a lay-in, and finished shooting an exemplary 8-for-9 from the floor.
Top 10 NFL Huskies are All-Pro, Super Bowl, Big-Money Guys
We break down the most productive former UW players from this recently completed pro football season.
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Feb 11, 2021
The NFL treated its players from the University of Washington, of which there were nearly three dozen active on game day, extremely well in 2020.
Former Huskies came away with a Super Bowl victory, an All-Pro selection and more money than they ever could have imagined.
They are considered the best or among the best at their positions, one the most mercurial, all of them big-play guys.
Who could forget Budda Baker s 90-yard interception return longest of the season by any NFL player but only because he came up seven yards short of the end zone?
Jaydon Mickens Day-After Moment: Woke Up a World Champion
The former Husky receiver and returnman soaks up his Super Bowl victory.
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Feb 8, 2021
Jaydon Mickens, shown basking in the aftermath of a victorious Super Bowl LV, is reason enough why you should never give up.
Will known by now, the former University of Washington pass receiver and kick returner told last week how he slept in his car in 2017 while he was a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars practice team and survived on basic needs.
The Los Angeles native was unsure how long he would stick with in the NFL and he was determined to save his paychecks in case it wasn t long.
When These Brothers Get Together, It s No NBA Holiday â But It Should Be
The basketball siblings from the UW and UCLA have shared the court three times now.
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Or a paid NBA Holiday.
Certainly it s all about family.
For the third time in 14 months, the three Holiday siblings Justin, Jrue and Aaron have played together in an NBA game, a feat performed only by this particular strain of hoops DNA.
When they re all on the floor, it s like one big backyard pick-up game.
In their most recent family reunion in Milwaukee played last Wednesday, Jrue and the Bucks roughed up the Indiana Pacers and his bros Justin and Aaron to the tune of 130-110.