Trentyn Flowers

[drosestruts]

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.

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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.

[Repeat 3-peat]

He was just waived from his two way contract. Yuki is brought back to take his spot.

Read on Twitter

https://www.nba.com/bulls/news/bulls-sign-yuki-kawamura-to-two-way-contract-2

[Muzbar]

He was just waived from his two way contract. Yuki is brought back to take his spot.

Read on Twitter

https://www.nba.com/bulls/news/bulls-sign-yuki-kawamura-to-two-way-contract-2

Great to see Yuki back.

But why not keep Flowers and waive Emanuel Miller?

I'll never get this front office.

[HomoSapien]

Wow crazy jinx thread for Flowers. Great job, OP.

[sco]

He was just waived from his two way contract. Yuki is brought back to take his spot.

Read on Twitter

https://www.nba.com/bulls/news/bulls-sign-yuki-kawamura-to-two-way-contract-2

Yay Yuki! It would be fun to give him some minutes with Giddey out!

On Flowers, I'm rooting for him to join my Wolverines next year.

[GoBlue72391]

He was just waived from his two way contract. Yuki is brought back to take his spot.

Read on Twitter

https://www.nba.com/bulls/news/bulls-sign-yuki-kawamura-to-two-way-contract-2

Great to see Yuki back.

But why not keep Flowers and waive Emanuel Miller?

I'll never get this front office.

I can only assume Flowers must have expressed interest in returning to college.

While I haven't seen much of Flowers, I liked his upside and would much prefer to take a chance on a guy like him over these plug-n-play guys who can fill in for 5 to 15 minutes during injuries but offer no potential beyond that.

I'm glad Yuki's back, even if realistically he's a long shot to stick in the NBA.

[LateNight]

He was just waived from his two way contract. Yuki is brought back to take his spot.

Read on Twitter

https://www.nba.com/bulls/news/bulls-sign-yuki-kawamura-to-two-way-contract-2

Great to see Yuki back.

But why not keep Flowers and waive Emanuel Miller?

I'll never get this front office.

I can only assume Flowers must have expressed interest in returning to college.

While I haven't seen much of Flowers, I liked his upside and would much prefer to take a chance on a guy like him over these plug-n-play guys who can fill in for 5 to 15 minutes during injuries but offer no potential beyond that.

I'm glad Yuki's back, even if realistically he's a long shot to stick in the NBA.

He can’t return to college. NCAA president:

“The NCAA has not and will not grant eligibility to any prospective or returning student-athletes who have signed an NBA contract (including a two-way contract).”


https://www.chicitysports.com/ncaa-charlie-baker-bulls-trentyn-flowers

[Muzbar]

He was just waived from his two way contract. Yuki is brought back to take his spot.

Read on Twitter

https://www.nba.com/bulls/news/bulls-sign-yuki-kawamura-to-two-way-contract-2

Great to see Yuki back.

But why not keep Flowers and waive Emanuel Miller?

I'll never get this front office.

I can only assume Flowers must have expressed interest in returning to college.

While I haven't seen much of Flowers, I liked his upside and would much prefer to take a chance on a guy like him over these plug-n-play guys who can fill in for 5 to 15 minutes during injuries but offer no potential beyond that.

I'm glad Yuki's back, even if realistically he's a long shot to stick in the NBA.

Yeah, I genuinely forgot about the whole college thing, HomoSapien mentioned it in the Yuki thread.

Trentyn Flowers is still 20 years old, Emanuel Miller is 25. If him wanting to back to college isn't true, I don't see why they'd chose Miller over Flowers.

But you're probably correct, it's likely due to the whole college thing.

Edit: just saw the post above me. Well I guess that isn't the reason. Maybe because he's injured (like Yuki was).

[GoBlue72391]

Great to see Yuki back.

But why not keep Flowers and waive Emanuel Miller?

I'll never get this front office.

I can only assume Flowers must have expressed interest in returning to college.

While I haven't seen much of Flowers, I liked his upside and would much prefer to take a chance on a guy like him over these plug-n-play guys who can fill in for 5 to 15 minutes during injuries but offer no potential beyond that.

I'm glad Yuki's back, even if realistically he's a long shot to stick in the NBA.

He can’t return to college. NCAA president:

“The NCAA has not and will not grant eligibility to any prospective or returning student-athletes who have signed an NBA contract (including a two-way contract).”


https://www.chicitysports.com/ncaa-charlie-baker-bulls-trentyn-flowers

Good. But also bad because that means we chose Emmanuel Miller over Trentyn Flowers.

[drosestruts]

Oh come on!!!!

Having a future vision of a "Emmanuel Miller over me" moment ala Jimmy Butler's "Tobias Harris over me" moment

[drosestruts]

Also I went to the Windy City Bulls game this past weekend

No Olbirch because he was with the Bulls

No Flowers because he was injured

And now they just re-sign Yuki!!

[Indomitable]

Trentyn I wish the best for.

[eierluke]

Nice alleyhoops, and yes He seems to hustle but IT does Not Look Like He can really dominante those g-leaguers due to a ball Handling- or Speed Advantage.

[Indomitable]

Nice alleyhoops, and yes He seems to hustle but IT does Not Look Like He can really dominante those g-leaguers due to a ball Handling- or Speed Advantage.

He seems to actually be injured. He is still here but he not on the 2 way now.

[drosestruts]

Nice alleyhoops, and yes He seems to hustle but IT does Not Look Like He can really dominante those g-leaguers due to a ball Handling- or Speed Advantage.

He seems to actually be injured. He is still here but he not on the 2 way now.

Could be similar to Yuki rehabbing here and then eventually re-signing

[LateNight]

Nice alleyhoops, and yes He seems to hustle but IT does Not Look Like He can really dominante those g-leaguers due to a ball Handling- or Speed Advantage.

He seems to actually be injured. He is still here but he not on the 2 way now.

Could be similar to Yuki rehabbing here and then eventually re-signing

Yeah - he’s out with an injury from late December:

“Flowers has been out for Chicago in six consecutive games due to a right knee injury”

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/trentyn-flowers-waived-by-chicago/

[GimmeDat]

Can I add to OP's post, not Australian, just played there for a season!

[Muzbar]

Can I add to OP's post, not Australian, just played there for a season!

I was going to add that, but thought it would be over shadowed by him getting cut.