The 2024 NBA Finals begin on Thursday. Michigan State will be represented by Xavier Tillman Sr., while arch-rival Michigan will be represented by Tim Hardaway Jr.
The 2024 NBA Finals tip off this week, and both Michigan State and Michigan's men's basketball programs will be represented.
Tillman was traded to the Celtics by the Memphis Grizzlies earlier this season. He had spent three-plus years in Memphis, where he averaged 6.2 points per game and 4.3 rebounds per game in 207 games. He made 56 starts. The former Michigan guard was a 2012-13 All-Big Ten honoree and helped lead the Wolverines to a spot in the 2013 national championship, where they ultimately fell to Louisville. He averaged 14.3 points per game, 4.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists in his three years as a Wolverine.
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