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Texas shooting guard Tre Johnson selected 6th overall by the Washington Wizards

by: Keenan Womack06/26/25
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Texas shooting guard Tre Johnson was selected 6th overall tonight by the Wizards in the 2025 NBA Draft after completing the most impressive freshman season for a Longhorn basketball player since Kevin Durant. The SEC Freshman of the Year was one of the best pure scorers in the nation, leading all first-year NCAA players in scoring with 19.9 points per game, and doing so efficiently by connecting on 39.7% of his 6.8 three-point attempts per game.

At 6-foot-6, Johnson has the size to play the wing spot, but is most naturally suited as an off-ball guard that can create for himself. Still, he thrives even more in an offense that allows him to move without the ball in his hands, something that NBA spacing will provide. Handicapped by an archaic offense in his only collegiate season with the Longhorns, Johnson was still able to be a force of nature on the offensive end of the floor, and is widely considered the best shooter in the class.

He joins a long list of Texas prospects selected in the top 10 of the NBA Draft, including center Chris Mihm (2000, pick no. 7, Cavaliers via Bulls), point guard TJ Ford (2003, pick no. 8, Bucks), power forward LaMarcus Aldridge (2006, pick 2, Blazers via Bulls), wing Kevin Durant (2007, pick no. 2, SuperSonics/Thunder), point guard DJ Augustin (2008, pick no. 9, Bobcats), power forward Tristan Thompson (2011, pick no. 4, Cavaliers), center Mo Bamba (2018, pick no. 6, Orlando Magic), and center Jaxson Hayes (2019, pick no. 8, Hawks).

Coming out of Link Academy last summer, Johnson was a unanimous five-star ranked fifth overall in the nation and second overall at his position behind only Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe, who went third overall to the Philadelphia 76ers. The Wizards are getting a motivated, high-motor scorer with endurance that will allow him to continually shoot off of screens without tiring. Even with some of the criticisms to his game, Johnson is a polished plug-and-play shooter that can raise the floor for a Washington team that needed his scoring ability from the off-guard/wing spot.

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