Played for the Timberwolves entry in the 2024 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, averaging 13.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 7.6 assists and 1.0 steals in 29.8 minutes per game… Acquired on draft night via trade from the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for future draft picks.…Signed a multi-year contract on July 8, 2024.

COLLEGE NOTES

Played one season (2023-24) at the University of Kentucky, appearing in 32 games (one start), averaging 15.2 points on 47.5% shooting, including 44.4% from three, 2.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game…He earned 2023-24 SEC Sixth Man of the Year honors and was named to the 2023-24 All-SEC Second Team as well as to the 2023-24 All-SEC Freshman Team…Dillingham’s 44.4% from three-point range as a Kentucky freshman was the fourth-best mark in the SEC among players who made at least 2.0 threes per game…He finished his only season at Kentucky scoring in double-figures 27 times, including eight games with 20+ points…Dillingham led the Wildcats in scoring eight times and in assists on 12 occasions…His best game of the season came against fifth ranked Tennessee on Feb. 3 when he finished with a career-high 35 points on 14-of-20 shooting, including 6-of-8 from deep and four assists…Following his top performance of last season against Tennessee, Dillingham earned both SEC Freshman of the Week and AP National Player of the Week honors.

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Prior to his lone season at Kentucky, the Hickory, N.C. native spent the 2022-23 season with Overtime Elite where he averaged 14.7 points, 4.9 assists and 2.5 steals per game…Before his time with Overtime Elite, Dillingham was named the Charlotte Observer High School Basketball Player of the Year in 2020-21. 

Born Jan. 4 in Hickory, North Carolina…Parents are Valaaulia Tailele and Donald Dillingham…Has two siblings, Pai Tailele and Denzel Dillingham…First car he drove was a Tesla…Dunked for the first time during the summer of his ninth-grade year in Rock Hill, South Carolina…Superpower he most wishes he had is tuberculation…Lists Kobe Bryant as his favorite player and Malik Monk as his favorite former Wildcat…His brother has influenced his life the most…Favorite food is Japanese…The Matrix is his favorite movie