NCAA Basketball: Malachi Flynn is the must-have transfer this off-season

One of the best players in the Pac-12 Malachi Flynn has decided to transfer from Washington State. He could be the best player to switch teams this off-season.

The transfer season of college basketball has officially begun, with already over 100 players declaring their intentions to leave their current teams. There will be many different paths these young men take, from switching mid-major programs to taking a step up or down the totem pole of conferences.

Some players will be making a huge impact on whatever team they choose to go, especially now Malachi Flynn, a high scoring guard out of Washington State. He had a solid freshman campaign but has added six more points per game this season to get to 15.8 ppg, second on the team. His 4.3 apg also was the best for the Cougars for the season.

What makes him such a coveted player is his ability to score at a high volume. There were at least 10 occasions where he dropped at least 20 points in a game, including a career-high 30 points in a win over the Colorado Buffalos. Flynn came onto the scene earlier in the season in the Wooden Legacy Classic, where he scored a combined 50 points in upset wins over two good defenses in Saint Mary’s and San Diego State to win the tournament.

The upcoming junior will now be on the market for many teams to go after. He’s a Washington State native, so there’s a chance that he’ll stay on the west coast. That means that mid-major heavyweights Nevada and Gonzaga, who have built their programs through transfers like Flynn, could be early favorites. Expect in a couple of days a list to be circulating about his potential suitors.

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There’s going to be hundreds of more players announcing that they’re transferring away from their original team. But I doubt there will be many guys better than Flynn, who’ll have two years left after sitting out per NCAA rules. Whoever gets him will have a solid future backcourt.