[The following scouting report is part of a series on potential 2025 draft prospects from Sports Business Classroom alumni.]

Rasheer Fleming
Frame: 6’9″, 230 lbs
Position: Forward
Team: St. Joseph’s Hawks
2025 Draft Age: 20
Stats via www.sports-reference.com

Offense

Fleming burst onto the scene in his junior year due to his improved perimeter shooting. He finished the season shooting 39.0 percent on 159 attempts from three (96.8 percent assisted). Despite shooting 29.7 percent and 32.4 percent from three in his first two collegiate seasons, respectively, Fleming has always had upside as a shooter due to relatively clean mechanics. They haven’t changed much, with a high release and a 7’5″ wingspan that makes his shot difficult to contest. He has a compact base; however, he does bring the ball across his body, with his shooting motion starting toward the left side of his hip, and finishing above his right shoulder, which could be something to monitor.

Fleming is a viable weapon around the rim, possessing an acute feel for finding open spaces on the floor, knowing when to cut weak side, 45 cuts, or to the dunker’s spot. His size and wingspan give his teammates a big target to hit, and he uses both hands well for catching and finishing. Fleming has flashed acrobatic moves through contact and is capable of powerful flushes with his frame, rising off one foot in transition, or planting off two feet where he springs up with authority. Fleming is a versatile screener, shooting off the pop or rolling to the rim to finish at the basket. During the season, Fleming shot 69.9 percent at the rim on 173 attempts (64.5 percent assisted), completing 43 of 45 dunk attempts. 

Fleming excels as an off-ball weapon and thrives in his role, but he is not much of a creator for himself or others. Having a career-best 20.4 usage rate this past season, Fleming rarely puts the ball on the floor past attacking a closeout or looking to create for others. His handle and vision are limited, as he struggles with counters or pressure from defenders, and he is late primarily on any advanced passes he makes. Although Fleming’s creation shortcomings aren’t as much of a problem since he knows what he is and plays to his strengths. Fleming averaged 1.3 assists to 1.5 turnovers per game, with an assist percentage of 8.5 percent and a turnover percentage of 14.2 percent. 

Defense

Fleming shines as one of the best off-ball defenders in this class, particularly on the weak side. He’s alert and keeps his head constantly on a swivel. He moves through off-ball actions well and directs his teammates through traffic well. Fleming will switch onto an open man that his teammate couldn’t stick to and is particularly good at offering weak-side rim protection, where his timing and frame allow him to cover ground and send or alter shots. As a strong side defender, Fleming has active hands and is very aggressive in passing lanes, so much so that he tends to gamble too much, resulting in an advantage for the offense. However, he does a good job of sliding over and blowing up actions, and can bail out teammates if they get stuck in a dribble-handoff, or whatever action may be occurring next to him. Fleming finished the season averaging 1.4 steals and 1.5 blocks, with a steal percentage of 2.6 percent, and a block percentage of 4.9 percent. 

On the ball, Fleming has some deficiencies guarding in space. His length and frame allow him to stay in front of wings and big men, but he sometimes struggles with guarding smaller ball handlers. His size gives him the versatility to guard wings and big men alike, as he has the strength and length to withstand most big men, but he may be overwhelmed by bigger competition in the NBA. His hands and motor help him when he is overmatched size-wise or against a guard. In pick and rolls Fleming excels guarding the roll man, he is capable playing soft hedges and baiting the ball handler into dumping the ball off to his man, or coming to the level of the ball screen, freezing the ball handler, and retreating to the roll man to contest a shot or deflect a pass. Fleming has also shown the ability to switch onto ball handlers.

Looking Ahead

Fleming is an enticing two-way forward with the skillset to be an impact player from day one. With impressive intangibles, a newfound shooting stroke, and defensive versatility, Fleming should draw plenty of interest from the NBA teams despite not having as high a ceiling as some of his peers. 

Fleming projects to be a late first-round pick in the 2025 NBA draft. He has the floor of a rotation forward and the potential to be a quality starter with the translation of his shot.