Trentyn Flowers
Posted: Tue Jan 6, 2026 10:16 pm
In another thread the questions was asked - "how come we never seem to find, develop, and benefit from our G-league team?"
In general it's true, we don't have any big success story. Closest we've come is:
Ryan Arcidiacano who's played several season in the NBA
Max Strus who was here then got injured and went on to find success elsewhere once he recovered
But this post isn't about the past, it's about the future, and how close we may be now to finally finding a diamond in the rough via our G-League team.
And I think our best bet is Trentyn Flowers.
Flowers comes to the Windy City Bulls via a 2-way contract after a year in the NBL and a year in the G-League with the Clippers last year.
In the Clippers G-leage team last year he averaged 20/5/2 with 47/37/76 shooting splits.
Like a lot of Aussie players he seems to fit the "big guard" mold. Almost like a hybrid between Giddey and Dyson Daniels. He plays with energy and aggression which I really like to see.
G-League Highlights
NBL Highlights
There's a pla yaround 2-minutes here where he dives on the floor for a looseball, passes it to a teammate, gets up and runs and honselty looks like he alone is in fast-forward or 2x speed compared to everyone else
If Flowers went a more traditional route of going to college I believe he'd be in the NBA right now. We have an opportunity to let his unconventional path to the NBA be to our benefit
In fact, Flowers seems to be the latest G-league players college programs are trying to poach and get to play NCAA ball.
I don't think we should let him go. We should find a way to keep him.
If you're wondering why I haven't posted about how he's doing this year - he's hurt and has barely played.
In general it's true, we don't have any big success story. Closest we've come is:
Ryan Arcidiacano who's played several season in the NBA
Max Strus who was here then got injured and went on to find success elsewhere once he recovered
But this post isn't about the past, it's about the future, and how close we may be now to finally finding a diamond in the rough via our G-League team.
And I think our best bet is Trentyn Flowers.
Flowers comes to the Windy City Bulls via a 2-way contract after a year in the NBL and a year in the G-League with the Clippers last year.
In the Clippers G-leage team last year he averaged 20/5/2 with 47/37/76 shooting splits.
Like a lot of Aussie players he seems to fit the "big guard" mold. Almost like a hybrid between Giddey and Dyson Daniels. He plays with energy and aggression which I really like to see.
G-League Highlights
NBL Highlights
There's a pla yaround 2-minutes here where he dives on the floor for a looseball, passes it to a teammate, gets up and runs and honselty looks like he alone is in fast-forward or 2x speed compared to everyone else
If Flowers went a more traditional route of going to college I believe he'd be in the NBA right now. We have an opportunity to let his unconventional path to the NBA be to our benefit
In fact, Flowers seems to be the latest G-league players college programs are trying to poach and get to play NCAA ball.
I don't think we should let him go. We should find a way to keep him.
If you're wondering why I haven't posted about how he's doing this year - he's hurt and has barely played.