Tres Anthony Tinkle (born June 3, 1996) is an American professional

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player for Darüşşafaka of the

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(BSL). He played

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for the

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Early life

Tinkle was born in

Missoula, Montana Missoula ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot and Blackfoot rivers in western Montana and at the convergence of five ...

to Lisa and

Wayne Tinkle Wayne Francis Tinkle II (born January 26, 1966) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball, Oregon State Beavers men's team of the West Coast Conference. Prior to his arrival in Corv ...

on June 3, 1996. He played high school basketball at

Hellgate High School Hellgate High School is a four-year public high school in the western United States, located in Missoula, Montana. The second largest high school in the Missoula County Public Schools District, Hellgate has approximately 1300 students and a facu ...

for coach Jeff Hays, lettering all four years. He averaged over 20 points and 7 rebounds his sophomore, junior, and senior years, finishing his high school career with a school-record of 1,580 points. He led the team to the 2013 Class AA state championship as a sophomore, the state title game as a junior, and third place as a senior. He was named First Team All-State and All-Western Conference all four years and was named Gatorade Montana Boys' Basketball Player of the Year in 2014 and 2015. He also played AAU basketball with Anthony Davis Idaho Select and Earl Watson Elite. Tinkle attended the Nike EYBL,

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Top 100 Camp,

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Skills Academy and the

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Skills Academy. A consensus four-star recruit, he was ranked 91st overall by

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, 82nd overall by

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, 88th overall by

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and 93rd overall by

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College career

As a freshman, Tinkle played in 27 games, starting 11, before missing the final five games with a right foot injury. He averaged 13.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.5 blocked shots in 27.7 minutes per game, earning a

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All-Freshman Honorable Mention. As a sophomore, Tinkle started six games, averaging 20.2 points before being sidelined for the rest of the season with a broken right wrist. Tinkle met the requirements for a medical redshirt, and regained his year of eligibility. Tinkle averaged 17.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game as a redshirt sophomore as Oregon State finished 16–16. As a redshirt junior, Tinkle averaged 20.8 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, helping the Beavers finish 18–13 overall and 10–8 in the Pac-12 — their best in-league record since 1990. He considered jumping to the pros after the season, but came back to Oregon State for his final year. Tinkle scored his 2,000th career point on January 18, 2020, in a loss to

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, becoming the 16th Pac-12 player in history to surpass the milestone. Tinkle shot 9 for 20 from the field and scored 22 points as well as collecting eight rebounds as the Beavers fell to the Cougars 89–76. At the conclusion of the regular season, Tinkle was named the first-team All-Pac-12 for the third consecutive season.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Tinkle signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the

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. He was waived by the Lakers on December 15. On December 19, he was signed and immediately waived by the

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for the purpose of joining their G-League team,

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, as an affiliate player. On August 18, 2021, Tinkle signed with

Vanoli Cremona Guerino Vanoli Basket, also known as Vanoli Cremona, is a professional basketball team of the city of Cremona. The team played in the Lega Basket Serie A, LBA, the top Italian basketball league, for 12 years until 2021. From 1999 to 2011 the soci ...

of the Italian

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(LBA). On June 14, 2022, Tinkle signed with

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of the French

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. On August 5, 2023, he signed with Monbus Obradoiro of the Spanish

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. On September 1, 2024, he signed with Darüşşafaka of the

(BSL).

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;", Oregon State , 27 , , 11 , , 27.7 , , .441 , , .363 , , .735 , , 5.4 , , 1.1 , , 1.2 , , .5 , , 13.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Oregon State , 6 , , 6 , , 34.8 , , .444 , , .160 , , .776 , , 8.3 , , 2.3 , , 2.2 , , .8 , , 20.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", Oregon State , 32 , , 32 , , 36.4 , , .472 , , .327 , , .840 , , 7.2 , , 3.7 , , 1.4 , , .6 , , 17.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;", Oregon State , 30 , , 30 , , 36.5 , , .482 , , .329 , , .770 , , 8.1 , , 3.8 , , 1.7 , , .5 , , 20.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;", Oregon State , 31 , , 31 , , 34.5 , , .440 , , .345 , , .810 , , 6.8 , , 3.2 , , 1.7 , , .5 , , 18.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 126 , , 110 , , 34.0 , , .460 , , .330 , , .788 , , 7.0 , , 3.0 , , 1.6 , , .5 , , 17.7

Personal life

Tinkle's father, Wayne, is the current Men's Basketball Coach at Oregon State. His mother Lisa formerly played basketball at the

University of Montana The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana, United States. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. Fall 2024 saw total enrollment hit 10,811, marki ...

. He has two sisters, Joslyn, who played professionally for the Seattle Storm and the

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professional women's basketball team, and Elle, formerly a member of the

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women's basketball team. He chose to go to Oregon State to play basketball under his dad. His favorite athlete is

Dwyane Wade Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. ( or , born January 17, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently the co-owner of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. He is also currently the host of the American a ...

. Tinkle graduated high school with a 3.9 GPA and is majoring in University Exploratory Studies.

References

External links

Oregon State Beavers bio
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