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Nick Ward hopes to take game to 'different level' in return to Michigan State basketball

Watch Michigan State's Nick Ward, Gabe Brown and Aaron Henry play in the first day of Moneyball Pro-Am. Nathaniel Bott, Lansing State Journal

DIMONDALE — Nick Ward grinned mischievously as he nudged and talked trash to Joshua Langford, Kay Felder and anyone else who got near him Thursday night.

A few feet away, sitting on a set of bleachers under the basket, Miles Bridges hooted and hollered.

The former Michigan State teammates took divergent paths since the Spartans’ season ended. The NBA is Bridges’ next stop, a millionaire first-round pick after just two years in college.