Apparently Shane Battier was approached to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Levin. Battier would have run as a Dem.

Battier was born and raised in Birmingham.

and the Detroit connection: He played against the Detroit-Auburn Hills Pistons on numerous occasions, sometimes in Auburn Hills.

Kind of a fascinating story for those who follow MI politics.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...p_ref=politics