How Quickly I Forget

greenjoe · March 31, 2010

Who was the player that was here for 2 years and left to play for a small Catholic school in Philadelphia ? He was dismissed from the team at one point and always seemed to be almost out of control most of the time.

TheTastyGreek · March 31, 2010

Who was the player that was here for 2 years and left to play for a small Catholic school in Philadelphia ? He was dismissed from the team at one point and always seemed to be almost out of control most of the time.

Michael Sturns.

CMJ · March 31, 2010

What did ever happen to him? I remember reading how he was tearing it up in D2.

TheTastyGreek · March 31, 2010

What did ever happen to him? I remember reading how he was tearing it up in D2.

Most recent story I could find (quickly)

Drafted in the 5th round of the 2008 NBA D-League draft by Austin, waived by the Toros on November 20th of the same year, just before the start of their season.

Since he was one of the final cuts on a D-League roster, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that he's playing somewhere overseas. I'll look around and see if I can find a story.

TheTastyGreek · March 31, 2010

Sturns apparently had a tryout with the 76ers in June of 2008 before going to the Austin Toros camp. After the Toros cut him (? The dates seem a little mixed up), he signed with a Japanese team called Rizing Fukuoka.

Averaged just under 18 ppg in 08-09 for Rizing Fukuoka.

Can't find where he played in 2009-10.

foutsrouts · March 31, 2010

What did ever happen to him? I remember reading how he was tearing it up in D2.

I was curious as well. I saw stats from '08-'09 over in Japan, but nothing for '09-'10. Looked like he did pretty well, but his shooting percentage was nothing to write home about. Here's what he appears to be up to. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-d-sturns-ii-president-ceo-offtheglass-co/18/343/b68