Tres Tinkle

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Tres Tinkle

| image = Tres Tinkle 13 Darüşşafaka SK TBSL 20241202 (1) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Tinkle with Darüşşafaka in 2024

| position = Small forward / power forward

| height_m = 2.03

| weight_kg = 102

| league = Basketbol Süper Ligi

| team = Darüşşafaka Lassa

| number = 13

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|6|3}}

| birth_place = Missoula, Montana, U.S.

| high_school = Hellgate
(Missoula, Montana)

| college = Oregon State (2015–2020)

| draft_year = 2020

| career_start = 2021

| career_end =

| years1 = 2021

| team1 = Raptors 905

| years3 = 2021–2022

| team3 = Vanoli Cremona

| years4 = 2022–2023

| team4 = Le Mans

| years5 = 2023–2024

| team5 = Monbus Obradoiro

| years6 = 2024–present

| team6 = Darüşşafaka

| highlights =

3× First-team All-Pac-12 (2018–2020)

}}

File:Tres Tinkle.jpg in 2020]]

Tres Anthony Tinkle (born June 3, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Darüşşafaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers.

Early life

Tinkle was born in Missoula, Montana to Lisa and Wayne Tinkle on June 3, 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.osubeavers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3201|title=Tres Tinkle|accessdate=March 22, 2017|publisher=Oregon State Athletics|website=OSUBeavers.com}} He played high school basketball at Hellgate High School 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.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Tinkle attended the Nike EYBL, NBA Top 100 Camp, Kevin Durant Skills Academy and the LeBron James Skills Academy. A consensus four-star recruit, he was ranked 91st overall by ESPN, 82nd overall by 247Sports, 88th overall by Scout and 93rd overall by Rivals.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

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 Pac-12 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/collegebasketball/index.ssf/2017/01/tres_tinkle_dillon_brooks_inju.html|title=Tres Tinkle, Dillon Brooks injuries have defined Beavers and Ducks seasons|accessdate=March 22, 2017|publisher=Oregon Live LLC|website=OregonLive.com|date=January 13, 2017 }} Tinkle met the requirements for a medical redshirt, and regained his year of eligibility.{{cite web|url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/sports/2017/03/09/osu-has-tools-quick-rebound-next-season/98960632/|title=Oregon State Beavers have tools for quick rebound next season|accessdate=March 22, 2017|publisher=USA Today|website=StatesmanJournal.com}}

Tinkle averaged 17.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game as a redshirt sophomore as Oregon State finished 16–16.{{cite news |title=Oregon State Preview Capsule |url=https://sports.usatoday.com/2018/10/26/oregon-state-preview-capsule-3/ |accessdate=January 18, 2020 |work=USA Today |date=October 26, 2018}} 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.{{cite news |title=Beavers have lofty goals in Tres Tinkle's last season |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2019/10/24/beavers-have-lofty-goals-in-tres-tinkles-last-season/40413991/ |accessdate=January 18, 2020 |work=USA Today |agency=Associated Press |date=October 24, 2019}}

Tinkle scored his 2,000th career point on January 18, 2020, in a loss to Washington State, 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.{{cite news|last=Hansen|first=Kyle|title= Missoula's Tres Tinkle surpasses 2,000 career points at Oregon State|url= https://www.montanasports.com/sports/ncaa/missoulas-tres-tinkle-surpasses-2-000-career-points-at-oregon-state|accessdate=January 18, 2020 |work=montanasports.com|date=January 18, 2020}} At the conclusion of the regular season, Tinkle was named the first-team All-Pac-12 for the third consecutive season.{{Cite web|url=https://pac-12.com/article/2020/03/08/2019-20-pac-12-mens-basketball-all-conference-awards-announced|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326010600/https://pac-12.com/article/2020/03/08/2019-20-pac-12-mens-basketball-all-conference-awards-announced|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 26, 2020|title=Pac-12 announces 2019-20 Men's Basketball annual major awards|date=March 9, 2020|website=pac-12.com|access-date=March 9, 2020}}

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft, Tinkle signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.{{cite news |last1=Daschel |first1=Nick |title=Tres Tinkle, Oregon State's all-time leading scorer, agrees to Exhibit 10 contract with Los Angeles Lakers |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2020/11/tres-tinkle-oregon-states-all-time-leading-scorer-agrees-to-exhibit-10-contract-with-los-angeles-lakers.html |access-date=November 22, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=November 20, 2020}} He was waived by the Lakers on December 15.{{cite web|url=https://www.montanasports.com/more-sports/missoulas-tres-tinkle-waived-by-los-angeles-lakers|title=Missoula's Tres Tinkle waived by Los Angeles Lakers|first=Kyle|last=Hansen|date=December 15, 2020|work=Montana Sports}} On December 19, he was signed and immediately waived by the Toronto Raptors for the purpose of joining their G-League team, Raptors 905, as an affiliate player.{{cite web|url=https://www.raptorshq.com/2020/12/20/22191448/raptors-905-report-add-affliliate-players-dewan-hernandez|title=Raptors 905 look to add affiliate players, including Dewan Hernandez|date=December 20, 2020|first=JD|last=Quirante|work=Raptors HQ}}

On August 18, 2021, Tinkle signed with Vanoli Cremona of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/vanoli-cremona-lands-tres-tinkle/|title=Vanoli Cremona lands Tres Tinkle|last=|first=|date=August 18, 2021|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 18, 2021 |last1=Carchia |first1=Emiliano }}

On June 14, 2022, Tinkle signed with Le Mans of the French LNB Pro A.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/tres-tinkle-joins-le-mans/|title=Tres Tinkle joins Le Mans|last=|first=|date=June 14, 2022|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=June 15, 2022 |last1=Skerletic |first1=Dario }}

On August 5, 2023, he signed with Monbus Obradoiro of the Spanish Liga ACB.{{Cite web|url=https://www.obradoirocab.com/publicaciones/el-monbus-obradoiro-ficha-a-tres-tinkle/162249/|title=El Monbus Obradoiro ficha a Tres Tinkle|last=|first=|date=August 5, 2023|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 8, 2023}}

On September 1, 2024, he signed with Darüşşafaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).{{Cite tweet |user=dackabasket |number=1830227731008946473 |title=Kulübümüz geçtiğimiz sezon İspanya’nın Monbus Obradoiro takımında forma giyen ve forvet pozisyonunda oynayan Tres Tinkle ile anlaştı. }}

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. He has two sisters, Joslyn, who played professionally for the Seattle Storm and the Sydney Uni Flames professional women's basketball team, and Elle, formerly a member of the Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team. He chose to go to Oregon State to play basketball under his dad. His favorite athlete is Dwyane Wade. Tinkle graduated high school with a 3.9 GPA and is majoring in University Exploratory Studies.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}