'It's been a big summer for me': Trey Galloway confident in his game as he seeks professional opportunity

Former Indiana guard Trey Galloway knew this summer was critical for him in order to have a chance at breaking into the NBA. Whether that was a G-League invite or just a chance to compete during the NBA Summer League next month, what he’s showing in workouts leading up to the NBA Draft will go a long way in his next step.

With 21 days to go until the NBA Draft, Galloway completed his fourth workout — this time with the Golden State Warriors.

“It’s been a big summer for me,” Galloway when speaking to a select group of media that included TheHoosier.com. “I missed last summer with an injury, so I really didn’t get much time to work on my game. But this summer just been really focused on shooting the bull with different movements and like I said, I’ve watched a lot of film and seeing a lot of things. Honestly, watched a lot of NBA playoffs and just seeing shots that guys that I think my role could be — just being able to see what kind of shots they get and being able to knock those in. So just continuing to shoot off of the catch and off of the move.”

Part of his development and feedback from teams throughout the NBA pre-draft process has been around his ability to shoot the ball.

Galloway shot just 31 percent from three across 140 games in his Indiana career. He shot 18.2 percent as a freshman, 21.4 percent the next season, 46.2 percent as a junior, 26.7 percent the following season. Last year he shot 32.7 percent.

His attempts went from just 1.3 a game his first two seasons, to 2.0 during his career-best year, and then 3.3 attempts across his final two seasons.

Part of his inconsistency came with different roles with Indiana. He went from being a role player — and mainly energy player off the bench — to a key player in the rotation, but still mainly playing off the ball. His final two seasons saw him with the ball in his hands as both a scorer and facilitator on nearly every possession.

So where does Trey Galloway feel his shot is at currently?

“I think overall, my shot has felt good,” Galloway said. “I’m shooting it pretty well right now and continue to work on it over and over again, just so I can — like I said, when I have an open shot to be able to knock it down and do that with confidence.”

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Between workouts with NBA teams, Galloway is spending time with local trainer Jason Smeathers. Smeathers has worked with NBA players like Trayce Jackson-Davis, Gordon Hayward, Kelly Olynyk and others.

“It’s helped me a lot … it’s been a lot of one on one work with him, just me and him and continuing to kind of just have very focused reps,” Galloway said. “He’s worked with a lot of great players and a lot of players that he’s worked with, that’s where I’m trying to get to. So continuing just to listen to him because he knows the game and continue to try to trust myself.”

While Trey Galloway isn’t getting bypassed for pre-draft workouts, he wasn’t on either of the lists for the NBA Draft Combine or the G-League Elite Camp last month.

He’s confident in the player he is — and has become. He’s not going to dwell on the past and what didn’t happen. He’s always been someone to attack each day head on and make something happen for himself.

That’s not changing now.

“I knew about those invites and, I mean, it is what it is. I can’t dwell on it, and I can’t really worry about it,” Galloway said. “All I can worry about is myself and continuing to get better and put myself in position to achieve my goal, which is to make a summer league roster and to compete.

“With how the year ended for me, I think that has really helped me as a player and as a person, continue to grow. And that hunger is continuing to grow even more because obviously it was a very hard ending. That really kind of helped me. Once the season ended, I took some time off, but since I think early April, I’ve been at it ever since and I’ve really seen some improvements in my game. I think I’ve really prepared myself to have a chance.

“Just will be continuing to work on my game and come in here with the right attitude, and confidence and the self belief. It’s been doing really good, so I’ll continue to do that.”

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