The improvements made in Saint Joseph’s forward Rasheer Fleming‘s game make him an enticing prospect in the 2025 NBA Draft. Fleming’s combination of athleticism, size, shooting, and defensive versatility is exactly what teams look for in role players at the next level.
Rasheer Fleming 2025 NBA Draft Profile
College Career
The 6-foot-9 forward has spent his entire collegiate career at Saint Joseph’s. His minutes and production increased each year, improving his stats and efficiency. This past season, the 20-year-old prospect has taken a massive jump as a player, averaging career bests across the board. Specifically, Fleming averaged 14.7 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.4 steals, and 1.5 blocks per game. Furthermore, Fleming shot an efficient 53.1% from the field, 39% from three, and 74.3% from the line on career-high attempts. Fleming’s increase in production and efficiency helped showcase his 3-and-D potential. As a result of his success this year, Fleming was selected to be on the 2024-2025 All-A-10 First Team.
Strengths
As a player, Fleming possesses many desirable traits and abilities that teams would love to have. Standing at 6-foot-9, he is extremely athletic and has an absurd 7-foot-5 wingspan. His athletic build gives Fleming great versatility on the defensive end. He can guard multiple positions and can switch onto wings if needed. Fleming is great at using his physical tools to generate steals and blocks, operating well as a weakside shot blocker in particular.
Crucially, he has the versatility to play in many different defensive schemes. Fleming also uses his length well on the boards, actively chasing every rebound on both ends. Most importantly, Fleming plays with great energy and effort on defense and rebounding, always finding ways to make a winning impact.
On the offensive end, Fleming operates well as a play finisher for his team. He moves well without the ball as a roller, transition threat, and cutter, shooting an efficient 69.9% at the rim. As a shooter, Fleming has massively improved his efficiency from three. He made a big jump, going from 32.4% to 39% from beyond the arc this year.
Not only that, but he also upped his attempts, increasing from 3.0 to 4.5 per game. Also, Fleming’s free-throw percentage is up to 74.3%, jumping from 61.2%. Fleming’s improved shooting shows that he has the potential to be a shooter at the NBA level. Fleming clearly has the skills to fill a 3-and-D role in the NBA, and those types of players are highly coveted by teams. With those skills, Fleming will have plenty of suitors in the NBA Draft.
Weaknesses
Fleming has the skills to be an elite 3-and-D player at the NBA level, however, he does have gaps in his game. In particular, Fleming has basically no ability to create shots for himself or others. Furthermore, Fleming isn’t a capable ball-handler or passer. This is most noticeable in his turnovers, as he averages 1.5 turnovers compared to his 1.3 assists. Essentially, Fleming is completely reliant on others to create offense for him. To be fair, Fleming is excellent as a play finisher, but his complete lack of self-creation limits his offensive ceiling. On defense, Fleming can struggle to guard quicker perimeter players, and he can improve his defensive discipline. Given that he had these struggles against lower competition in the Atlantic 10, it brings into question how he compares to NBA-level talents.
NBA Comparison
Fleming’s ability to knock down threes and play high-level defense brings to mind several names. One comparison is current Lakers forward Dorian Finney-Smith, as they both are versatile defensive pieces who can shoot spot-up threes. Finney-Smith is geared more towards defending wings, while Fleming is taller and better at defending bigs, but they are still similar. Another name that comes to mind is Robert Covington, as they are bigger forwards who also have 3-and-D skill sets.
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