FLINT – Tom Izzo started last week in Oakland watching Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors in the NBA playoffs. He finished it Saturday watching Morris Peterson and Mateen Cleaves play together again for a good cause.
Michigan State’s coach found the connection between his past players, separated by a generation.
“He’s all part of the same family, if you ask me,” Izzo said of Green. “Not only the Spartan family, but Saginaw and Flint, they’re all right here together. Part of the success (Peterson and Cleaves) had is what gets guys like Day Day to come.