Cleveland Cavaliers select Duke’s Tyrese Proctor in NBA Draft’s second round
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- Cavaliers drafted Duke junior Tyrese Proctor with the No. 49 pick in 2025.
- Proctor ended Duke career with 1,143 points and led team in assists two seasons.
- All five Duke starters were selected in 2025 NBA Draft, led by No. 1 pick Flagg.
The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Duke’s Tyrese Proctor in the second round with the No. 49 overall pick Thursday night at the 2025 NBA Draft.
Duke has now produced 116 NBA Draft picks — one of just four college programs to surpass 100. In the last 10 years, 30 Blue Devils have been drafted, the most in the nation.
Proctor’s selection means Duke’s entire starting five has been picked in this year’s NBA Draft.
On Wednesday, Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel and Khaman Maluach were all selected in the opening round within the first 10 draft picks, marking only the second time in draft history that three freshman from the same school were taken in the top 10. The Dallas Mavericks drafted Flagg with the No. 1 overall pick.
Sion James went to Charlotte in the second round earlier Thursday night.
Entering the second round, ESPN projected Proctor would go to the Charlotte Hornets via a trade with the New Orleans Pelicans, who possess the No. 34 overall pick.
The 6-foot-6 guard averaged 12.4 points, three rebounds, 2.2 assists and 30 minutes per game in the 2024-25 season. As a junior, Proctor helped lead Duke to a Final Four appearance and an ACC championship, earning a spot on the All-ACC Third Team.
In three seasons with the Blue Devils, Proctor scored 1,143 points, grabbed 75 steals and recorded 323 assists. He led Duke in assists in both his freshman and sophomore seasons.
In the 2023-24 season, Proctor became the fourth sophomore captain in program history, averaging 10.5 points per game. As a freshman, he was named to the ACC’s All-Freshman Team after starting in 34 of 36 games.
The Sydney, Australia native committed to Duke as a five-star guard in the 2023 class and the No. 1 recruit out of Australia. While attending the NBA Global Academy, he decided to reclassify in 2022 to join the Blue Devils a year earlier, ranking the No. 23 prospect in the nation and third-best point guard.
Proctor announced that he had declared for the 2025 NBA Draft in an Instagram post in April.