Likely considered the final and smallest piece of the Dallas Mavericks and New York Knicks’ blockbuster deal, Trey Burke’s NBA career hasn’t unfolded in the way he, and many others, probably expected.
The University of Michigan alumnus was a decorated collegiate basketball player. As a sophomore he won the 2013 Wooden Award and AP Player of the Year ahead of Victor Oladipo and Otto Porter Jr. while simultaneously leading the University of Michigan to a second place finish in the NCAA tournament behind the University of Louisville (who later was forced to vacate the championship).