In all likelihood, the 2015-2016 NCAA basketball season will be the peak of Chicago Bulls guard Denzel Valentine’s basketball career. That season for Michigan State, he was the Associated Press Player of the Year. Valentine averaged 19.2 points per game, shot over 44 percent from 3-point land, dished out 7.8 assists, and grabbed 7.5 rebounds.
His NBA career has stalled after injury and poor play. After missing the entire 2018-19 season to ankle surgery, it took Jim Boylen 18 games to dust off Valentine from the bench and give the fourth-year player meaningful minutes.