Jordan Morgan Still Ballin'; Several Former Players Sign to Play Overseas
Via the Michigan Men’s Basketball Twitter, several former players have signed to play overseas in the last few weeks:
- Jordan Morgan signed with Konyaspor in Turkey. He’s 30 now (!) and played last season in Italy. He’s played in seemingly every country over there since leaving U-M, including Greece, Russia and Slovenia. Glad to see he’s still making money at this.
- Mike Smith signed with Astoria in Poland. He spent most of last season with the Sioux Falls Skyforce.
- Ignas Brazdeikis signed with Zalgiris Kaunas in Lithuania, where he was born. He played with the Orlando Magic last season.
- DeVante’ Jones signed with Metropolitans 92 in Paris.
- Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman signed with Victoria Libertas Pesaro in Paris. MAAR played in Poland last season.
As previously reported, Derrick Walton Jr. signed to play with the Sydney Kings in Australia.
August 11th, 2022 at 4:46 PM ^
Heck. If I'd realized basketball could lead to playing in Paris or Sydney or other cool spots, I'd have continued my playing career after high school.
(When I asked my HS coach if I could miss a game for a student government thing, he laughed. He tried to pretend it was because the idea of me not being there didn't matter at all but I could tell that, deep down, he was laughing to hide his tears.)
August 11th, 2022 at 4:56 PM ^
Thank you for this. What was your criteria of who to note? I'm assuming there are more guys who aren't noted here?
EDIT: Nik Stauskas is in the G-League, Zak Irvin is in Taiwan...
August 11th, 2022 at 6:57 PM ^
I just scrolled the MMB Twitter and listed the guys who signed with new teams the last couple months.
August 11th, 2022 at 5:31 PM ^
He’s 30 now (!)
That's all? He was here five years and his last season was in 2014.
August 11th, 2022 at 5:34 PM ^
- Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman signed with Victoria Libertas Pesaro in Paris
That's actually in Pesaro, Italy.
August 11th, 2022 at 5:40 PM ^
Great to hear. Time seems to be flying. Seems like Jordan was here about 6 years ago. Thanks for terrific update. Wish all these guys the best.
August 11th, 2022 at 11:52 PM ^
Seems like he was here 9 years ago.
August 12th, 2022 at 8:00 AM ^
The Tennessee anguish feels more recent than that. I still remember that play at the end of out NCAA matchup. HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa, Suck it, Vols.
August 11th, 2022 at 5:42 PM ^
Sorry, DP.
August 11th, 2022 at 6:09 PM ^
I still remember Barack Obama at the IM Building giving Jordan Morgan major props for his play in a big UM win... President Obama then lavished praise on Zingerman's for their high wages. Strong speech!
Good to see all these great players playing ball overseas, making money at the game they love! MAAR and Derrick Walton Jr are among my all-time faves in maize & blue...
August 11th, 2022 at 6:34 PM ^
Kam Chatman is playing in Canada
August 11th, 2022 at 10:10 PM ^
Haven't heard Jordan's name come up in quite some time. Glad to hear he is making a good living and life for himself playing ball.
August 11th, 2022 at 11:11 PM ^
I'm overseas ballin'
'Til yo momma comes callin'
Then it's gonna be ass I'm haulin'
'Cause yo momma's so fine I'm all in.
Dammit. I really wanted to go out tonight and have a few beers and shoot some pool and see some live jazz. But COVID has me stuck at home again. So here I am, creating shitty rap lyrics.
August 11th, 2022 at 11:26 PM ^
Sorry to hear that. Hope you get through it quickly.
August 12th, 2022 at 1:58 AM ^
Hey, thanks! I'm getting over it quick this time, at least. Hopefully, I'll avoid long-term stuff. Masking up is still a necessity--I learned that the hard way.