70 Facts About Trey Burke

Alfonso Clark "Trey" Burke III was born on November 12,1992 and is an American professional basketball player for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.

Trey Burke earned almost all the possible National Player of the Year awards, as well as the Bob Cousy Award.

Trey Burke was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the ninth overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft and immediately traded to the Utah Jazz.

In January 2019, Trey Burke was traded to the Dallas Mavericks.

Trey Burke is the son of Ronda and Alfonso Clark "Benji" Trey Burke ll.

Trey Burke has an older sister, Amber, and a younger sister, Amani.

Trey Burke's mother had just completed her tenure at Ruskin High School.

Trey Burke became Jared Sullinger's best friend in fourth grade, but when his mother was transferred to Atlanta in sixth grade they were separated.

At the age of nine, Trey Burke's father made him do everything with his left hand, including brushing his teeth and eating dinner, in order to develop his ambidexterity.

Satch Sullinger, father of forward Jared Sullinger, was the coach at Northland High School, while Trey Burke's father was an assistant coach at Eastmoor Academy.

Trey Burke chose Northland because he felt he had a better chance to succeed due to their personnel.

Trey Burke gave a verbal commitment to Penn State in 2009 after receiving his first Big Ten Conference offer, but later changed his mind to Michigan.

Trey Burke made the high school varsity team as a freshman, but did not play much.

Cartharn had been trained by Anthony Rhodman, so Trey Burke sought his tutelage.

Trey Burke became a regular client of Rhodman's despite his hectic scholastic, training and competition schedules.

Trey Burke made the pass to set up the final game-winning points, although they were scored from the foul line by Sullinger.

Trey Burke was a 2009 OHSAA Division I State Champion, a Parade All-American and 2011 Associated Press Ohio Mr Basketball.

Trey Burke was ranked as the 15th, 20th and 26th best high school point guard in the class of 2011 by ESPN.

Trey Burke played in the Amateur Athletic Union national competitions with All-Ohio Red, coached by Benji Trey Burke, his father.

Trey Burke led all Big Ten freshman in scoring and assists per conference game.

Trey Burke concluded the season as the team leader in points, assists, blocks and steals.

Trey Burke became Michigan's first Associated Press All-American honoree since Robert Traylor and Louis Bullock in 1998.

Trey Burke became the eighth Michigan freshman to earn team MVP.

Trey Burke finished with 156 assists, and his single-season total of 1,227 minutes ranked second in school history.

Immediately after the season ended, Trey Burke said he was uninterested in declaring for the 2012 NBA draft.

Trey Burke was named a second-team All-American by the website based on the premise that every team needed a "dribbler".

Trey Burke decided to wait in hopes of becoming a more likely first round selection.

One year after enrolling, Trey Burke had improved his vertical jump 4 inches.

Trey Burke missed a three-point shot with 17 seconds remaining that would have given Michigan a one-point lead.

Trey Burke was Michigan's first conference games scoring leader since Glen Rice in 1989 and Michigan's first conference games assist leader since Gary Grant in 1988.

Trey Burke was the only player to score 15 points in all 18 conference games.

Trey Burke scored all 23 points in the second half and overtime, including a game-tying deep three-pointer with 4.2 seconds remaining.

Trey Burke gave the team its first lead since very early in the game in overtime with a three-point shot.

Trey Burke was joined on the 5-man South All-Regional team by teammates Mitch McGary and Nik Stauskas.

The turning point of the game was when Louisville Junior Luke Hancock hit four consecutive three-pointers to rally the Cardinals back from 12 down in the first half while Trey Burke was on the bench after 2 quick fouls that led to Spike Albrecht leading the Wolverines to an early big lead.

Trey Burke finished his sophomore season with 1,231 points, surpassing the former school record for sophomore season career point total of 1,218 by Chris Webber.

Trey Burke was one of 85 2013 Cousy Award watch list candidates on December 20,2012.

Multiple NBA analysts expected Trey Burke to be picked first overall.

Trey Burke was one of 60 players invited to the NBA Draft Combine.

Trey Burke was invited to sit in the "green room" during the 2013 NBA draft.

Trey Burke became the fifth Consensus All-American in school history.

On June 27,2013, Trey Burke was selected 9th in the 2013 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves and then traded to the Utah Jazz for the 14th and 21st picks.

Trey Burke became the first Wolverine selection in the top 10 of the first round since Jamal Crawford in the 2000 NBA draft.

Trey Burke again played for 20 minutes, but only tallied four points and four assists.

Trey Burke had 3 assists and established career highs with 14 points and 6 rebounds in 34 minutes of play.

Trey Burke was named Western Conference NBA Rookie of the Month for December, becoming the first rookie of the Month honoree for the Jazz franchise since Karl Malone in December 1985.

Trey Burke finished third in the NBA Rookie of the Year Award balloting behind Carter-Williams and Oladipo.

Trey Burke committed to represent the Jazz in 2014 NBA Summer League.

However, Jazz coach Quin Snyder announced that Raul Neto would be starting over Trey Burke to begin the season.

On July 7,2016, Trey Burke was traded to the Washington Wizards in exchange for a 2021 second-round pick.

Trey Burke made his first seven shots of the game and scored 20 in the first half on a night when his former Michigan one-on-one training partner Caris LeVert had his first double digit scoring night for the Brooklyn Nets.

On October 11,2017, Trey Burke signed with the New York Knicks.

On December 11,2017, Trey Burke earned G League Performer of the Week recognition after averaging 31.3 points per game over four games in the prior week.

On January 14,2018, Trey Burke signed with the New York Knicks after averaging 26.6 points, while averaging 5.4 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.9 steals with Westchester.

The Knicks had waived Ramon Sessions the day before to make way for Trey Burke to join the Knick point guard rotation along with Jarrett Jack and Frank Ntilikina.

On February 2,2018, Trey Burke was one of 24 players selected to the Midseason All-NBA G League Team.

Trey Burke became the first Knick to have a 40+ point and 10+ assist game since Stephon Marbury on March 29,2005.

On November 18,2018, Trey Burke posted an early season high of 31 points against the Orlando Magic.

On January 31,2019, Trey Burke was traded to the Dallas Mavericks along with Kristaps Porzingis, Tim Hardaway Jr.

On July 30,2019, Trey Burke signed with the Philadelphia 76ers.

On December 7,2019, Trey Burke scored a season-high 21 points in a win over the Cavaliers.

On July 1,2020, following the suspension of the NBA season, Trey Burke signed with the Dallas Mavericks in replacement of the injured Jalen Brunson.

On December 1,2020, Trey Burke signed a three-year, $10 million contract with the Mavericks.

On September 30,2022, Trey Burke was traded, along with David Nwaba, Sterling Brown, and Marquese Chriss, to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Derrick Favors, Ty Jerome, Maurice Harkless, Theo Maledon and a future second-round pick.

Trey Burke never joined the Thunder for the 2022 preseason, and he was waived on October 17 following the conclusion of the preseason schedule.

On December 9,2022, Trey Burke was acquired by the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League.

On July 23,2024, Trey Burke signed with the Mets de Guaynabo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.

On February 7,2025, Trey Burke signed with the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.

Trey Burke's grandfather starred at East High School in Columbus in the 1950s and his father starred at Eastmoor Academy in the 1980s before going on to set records at Northwest Missouri State University.

On October 8,2017, Trey Burke married his high school sweetheart, De'Monique Chenault, and together they have two children, a son, who was born in 2014, and a daughter, who was born in 2018.