Denzel Valentine

Valentine fascinates me as a college basketball story above all. In 2016 he swept the major national honors and became the first Michigan State player ever named AP National Player of the Year, which at a program that storied is a genuinely heavy crown. What I admire even more is what came after: rather than coast, he kept chasing the game across the Atlantic, suiting up for Reyer Venezia in Italy. That willingness to reinvent and keep competing far from home is what separates a one-season highlight from a lifelong competitor, and it earns my respect.

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Name (English)

Denzel Valentine

Name (Japanese)

デンゼル・バレンタイン

Reading

でんぜる・ばれんたいん

Born

November 16, 1993 (age 32)

Origin

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Height

196 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

High school

J. W. Sexton High School

University

Michigan State University

Awards & achievements

• 2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
• 2016 NABC Player of the Year
• 2016 Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/denzelvalentine/
• Xhttps://x.com/denzelvalentine
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzel%20Valentine
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865640

Tags

• Michigan
• basketball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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