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Tyrese Proctor Draft Projection – Where Will the Duke Blue Devils Guard Land in the 2025 NBA Draft?

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Tyrese Proctor, a 6-foot-5 guard from Sydney, Australia, has emerged as a promising talent who played for the Duke Blue Devils showcasing his skills as a poised combo guard. He’s is a product of the NBA Global Academy in Canberra, who reclassified to join the Duke Blue Devils in 2022, earning ACC All-Freshman honors with 9.4 points and 3.3 assists per game.

By his junior year in 2024-25, he averaged 12.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 2.2 assists, shooting an impressive 40.5% from the three-point land, a testament to his growth as a sharpshooter. Drawing inspiration from NBA greats, Steve Nash and Chris Paul, Proctor’s high basketball IQ and creative playmaking shine in pick & roll situations, even though his scoring assertiveness and physicality may need to improve, going into the NBA. Despite drawing some comparisons to players like Dante Exum, whose career was hampered by injuries, Proctor’s size, defensive versatility, and his sweet looking jumper position him as a potential NBA rotational contributor.

Proctor, a former five-star guard, has a high upside to his game, and if he can translate his scoring and playmaking into the NBA, we could be looking at a future NBA All-Star. With that said, let us take a look at his strengths and weaknesses going into day 2 of the NBA draft.

Rese will elevate any NBA backcourt. Shoots, defends, handles, plays to win, team guy.

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— Duke Men’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) June 25, 2025

Tyrese Proctor’s Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

A combo guard who can play as either a point guard or a shooting guard
Has good size at 6’5″
Basketball IQ already at a very high level
A soft shooting touch
Is an improved shooter who has emerged as a three-point threat
Can be a spot-up shooter or be a secondary ball-handler
Create create his own shot in the mid-range
Can catch-and-shoot coming off screens
Is still growing as a facilitator
low assists-to-turnover ratio, showcasing his rising decision-making skills

Weaknesses

While a decent ball-handler, he still needs to improve to become a primary ball-handler
Lacks burst or tight ball handling to get past defenders
Is not an explosive athlete
First-step quickness and speed is a concern
For a guard, he shoots only 68% from the free-throw line
Needs to learn how to create foul calls to his advantage
Struggles to finish through contact and tends to settle for jumpers
He is most likely still dealing with confidence issues, as he can disappear at times
While a solid defender, quicker guard could exploit his lack of lateral quickness

Standing 6'5, with dynamic shot-making ability, creativity as a playmaker, winning intangibles and competitiveness defensively, Tyrese Proctor has a chance to emerge as one of the top point guards in college basketball and a candidate for ACC player of the year honors next season https://t.co/kj1nVXcsL5 pic.twitter.com/4NcKuubhKp
— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) March 27, 2023

Tyrese Proctor’s Stats and Accomplishments

Tyrese Proctor, a guard for the Duke Blue Devils, averaged 12.4 points per game, 3.0 rebounds, and 2.2 assists on 45.2 percent shooting from the field and 40.5% from the three-point land. His assist-to-turnover ratio ranked 25th nationally, but shot only 68% from the free-throw line. His steals numbers were climbing up every season, going from 0.6 steals per game in 2022-23, to 0.8 steals in 2024-25.

Tyrese Proctor’s accomplishments include;

2024-25 Third Team All-ACC honors
2025 All-ACC Tourney
ACC All-Freshman 2023

Tyrese Proctor’s Draft Projection

Tyrese Proctor is projected to be drafted in the second round of the 2025 NBA Draft. According to the latest mock drafts, Proctor could be drafted as the 38th overall pick by the Indiana Pacers.

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