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2026 Clippers Player Preview: Trentyn Flowers
Our player preview series for the 2026 Clippers continues with Trentyn Flowers, one of the Clippers’ three two-way players.
Basic Information
Height: 6’7
Weight: 185 pounds
Position: Small Forward/Shooting Guard
Age: 20
Years in NBA: 1
Regular Season Stats: 1.8 points, 0.7 rebounds, 0.0 assists, 0.0 steals, and 0.2 turnovers in 4.5 minutes per game across 6 games played (zero starts) on 36.4/0/100 shooting splits (4/11, 0/2, 3/3)
Contract Status: Signed to a two-way deal
Expectations
There are zero expectations for Flowers, who is a raw
prospect that barely played for the Clippers last year (27 minutes total, 21st
out of 23rd in total minutes on the 2025 Clippers) and is still just
20 years old. If anything, there’s actually some doubt about whether Flowers will
make the team – beat reporter Law Murray has stated that Jordan Miller and Kobe
Sanders are secure in their two-way slots but that Flowers is not, and will
have to beat out the Clippers’ Exhibit 10 signings in training camp. If Flowers
does stick around, it’s safe to assume he will spend just about the entire year
down in the G-League developing and will play similarly few minutes in the NBA
this season.
Strengths
Trentyn’s biggest strengths at this point are his youth, size, and athleticism. He has the build of a true wing, which is rare enough on its own, and has the athleticism to hang around the NBA. Wings are the slowest position to develop at the NBA level, with most wing players not becoming truly effective until their mid-20s. Thus, Flowers’ rawness is not unusual.
It must also be said that Flowers shot pretty well from three in the G-League last year, making 38.5% of his attempts on 4.3 shots per game. That’s not huge volume (around 180 threes attempted total) but it’s something to build on. If Flowers can be a solid shooter at the NBA level, there might be a real role for him in the big leagues.
Weaknesses
While Flowers has talent, he is very raw, and is not
particularly adept at several facets of high-level basketball, including ballhandling,
playmaking, and defense. Flowers was able to score decently against G-League
competition, but his handle is too sloppy to create against NBA-level defenses.
He also gets lost on defense at a semi-frequent rate, which is something that
coaches really, really don’t like. In short, he’s not ready for NBA minutes –
and that’s ok.
Summary
Trentyn is very young (he’s almost exactly two years younger
than the Clippers’ first round pick in 2025, Yanic Konan Niederhauser) and has
some tantalizing upside. However, the Clippers do not have much invested in
him, and two-way spots are turned over frequently. If Flowers continues to hone
his game in the G-League and shows more polish, he could put himself in
position for a full roster spot on the Clippers in the 2027 season. If not, the
Clippers could easily move on from him, whether during the season or next
summer. It would be nice if he became a long-term piece for the Clippers, but
the odds are against him.