Denzel Valentine

Denzel Valentine
	Valentine with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2021
No. 45 – Pallacanestro Trieste
Position	Shooting guard
League	LBA
Personal information
Born	November 16, 1993 (age 30); Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Listed height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Career information
High school	J. W. Sexton (Lansing, Michigan)
College	Michigan State (2012–2016)
NBA draft	2016: 1st round, 14th overall pick
	Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–2021	Chicago Bulls
2017, 2019	→ Windy City Bulls
2021–2022	Cleveland Cavaliers
2022	Utah Jazz
2022–2023	Maine Celtics
2023–2024	Sydney Kings
2024	Olimpia Milano
2024–present	Pallacanestro Trieste
Career highlights and awards
	AP Player of the Year (2016); NABC Player of the Year (2016); Consensus first-team All-American (2016); Senior CLASS Award (2016); Julius Erving Award (2016); Lute Olson Award (2016); Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year (2016); Big Ten Player of the Year (2016); First-team All-Big Ten (2016); Third-team All-Big Ten (2015); Big Ten tournament MOP (2016);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Representing the United States
Pan American Games

Denzel Robert Valentine (born November 16, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Trieste of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. As a senior, Valentine became the first player in Michigan State history to be recognized as the National Player of the Year by the Associated Press.

He also earned other player of the year awards from the NABC, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, NBC Sports, and Basketball Times in addition to being named a unanimous First-Team All-American. Valentine was selected with the 14th pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls.