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Zyon Pullin

Zyon Pullin is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association, on a two-way contract with the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the UC Riverside Highlanders and Florida Gators.

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Zyon Pullin
Pullin with Florida in 2024
No. 15 – Minnesota Timberwolves
PositionPoint guard
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (2001-03-03) March 3, 2001
Pleasant Hill, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight206 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolCollege Park
(Pleasant Hill, California)
College
NBA draft2024: undrafted
Playing career2024–present
Career history
2024–2025Sioux Falls Skyforce
2025Memphis Grizzlies
2025→Memphis Hustle
2025–2026→Iowa Wolves
2026–presentMinnesota Timberwolves
2026–present→Iowa Wolves
Career highlights
  • First-team All-SEC (2024)
  • First-team All-Big West (2023)
  • Second-team All-Big West (2022)
Stats at NBA.com 
Stats at Basketball Reference 

Zyon Pullin (born March 3, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association, on a two-way contract with the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the UC Riverside Highlanders and Florida Gators.

Early life and high school career

Pullin grew up in Pleasant Hill, California and attended College Park High School.1

College career

Pullin began his college career at UC Riverside. He averaged 14.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game and was named second-team All-Big West during his junior season.2 Pullin was named first-team All-Big West as a senior after averaging 18.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game as the Highlanders had their winningest season ever.3 After the season, Pullin decided to utilize the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to COVID-19 pandemic and entered the NCAA transfer portal.4

Pullin transferred to Florida.5 He was suspended for the first three games of the season by the NCAA for his participation in the 2023 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, a non-sanctioned offseason tournament for recently graduated players pursuing a professional career.6 Pullin was named first-team All-Southeastern Conference in his only season with the Gators after averaging 15.5 points and 4.9 assists per game.7

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2024 NBA draft, Pullin signed a two-way contract with the Miami Heat on July 1, 2024.8 However, he was waived on July 259 and signed an Exhibit 10 contract on August 5,10 being later waived on October 19.11 On October 28, he joined the Sioux Falls Skyforce.12

On January 10, 2025, Pullin signed a two-way contract with the Memphis Grizzlies.13 Pullin played three games for the Grizzlies, scoring no points. In eleven G League games for the Memphis Hustle, Pullin averaged 18.8 points per game. Pullin was waived by the Grizzlies on November 20, following the signing of PJ Hall.14

On November 6, 2025, Pullin was named to the Iowa Wolves' opening night roster.15 On March 2, 2026, Pullin signed a two-way contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.16

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2024–25 Memphis 3 0 1.0 .000 — — .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
2025–26 Minnesota 5 0 8.6 .692 .333 1.000 .6 1.8 .2 .0 4.6
Career 8 0 5.8 .643 .333 1.000 .4 1.1 .1 .0 2.9

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019–20 UC Riverside 31 0 17.6 .355 .286 .659 2.1 1.8 .3 .1 4.1
2020–21 UC Riverside 22 22 31.4 .479 .396 .800 4.9 4.5 .7 .0 12.1
2021–22 UC Riverside 27 26 34.7 .473 .311 .767 5.6 4.3 .8 .0 14.3
2022–23 UC Riverside 29 29 33.9 .486 .394 .771 4.4 4.2 .9 .1 18.3
2023–24 Florida 33 27 33.5 .444 .449 .847 3.9 4.9 .9 .1 15.5
Career 142 104 30.0 .460 .378 .790 4.1 3.9 .7 .1 12.8
References

References

  1. Lawson, Theo (May 31, 2023). "UC Riverside transfer Zyon Pullin includes Gonzaga in top five". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  2. "NBA 2024 Draft Prospects: Zyon Pullin". NBA.com. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  3. Kahn, Andrew (June 1, 2023). "Michigan basketball in mix for transfer from UC Riverside". MLive.com. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  4. Borzello, Jeff (May 17, 2023). "All-Big West guard Zyon Pullin expected to enter transfer portal". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  5. Borzello, Jeff (June 7, 2023). "Florida lands UC Riverside transfer point guard Zyon Pullin". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  6. Brockway, Kevin (September 29, 2023). "Florida basketball PG Zyon Pullin suspended 3 games by NCAA". Gainesville Sun. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  7. Truax, Barkley (May 6, 2024). "Report: Florida guard Zyon Pullin receives invite to G League Elite Camp". On3.com. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  8. "HEAT SIGN ZYON PULLIN TO TWO-WAY CONTRACT". NBA.com. July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  9. "HEAT SIGN JOSH CHRISTOPHER TO TWO-WAY CONTRACT". NBA.com. July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  10. "HEAT SIGN ZYON PULLIN". NBA.com. August 5, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  11. "HEAT WAIVE LITTLE, PULLIN, STEVENS AND WASHINGTON". NBA.com. October 19, 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  12. "Skyforce Announces Training Camp Roster Ahead of 2024-25 Season". NBA.com. October 28, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  13. "Grizzlies sign Zyon Pullin to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. January 10, 2025. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  14. "Grizzlies sign PJ Hall to Two-Way Contract". nba.com. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
  15. "Iowa Wolves Announce Opening Night Roster". gleague.nba.com. November 6, 2025. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  16. "Timberwolves Sign Zyon Pullin to Two-Way Contract". noblesville.gleague.nba.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
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