Walker, Mich. — It seemed almost to be a trip in the Wayback Machine.
Stanley Johnson got the ball on the wing, with one defender in front of him. He took a couple dribbles straight toward the rim, unrelenting.
The defender back-pedaled and Johnson put down a powerful, one-handed dunk.
Highlight-reel stuff.
It was almost a flashback to last season, when he was a rookie with the Pistons, or even the previous year, when he was a standout as a freshman at Arizona.
Except it was in front of a much smaller crowd, 3,116, at the DeltaPlex Arena and in a Grand Rapids Drive jersey.