Tre Johnson's Pre-Draft Workout
2025 NBA Draft prospect Tre Johnson talks about what hes been working on in lead up to the NBA Draft.
Overview
Tre Johnson led Lake Highlands High School to a state championship in 2023 and was named Texas Mr. Basketball before transferring to Link Academy in Missouri for his senior season. He started 33 games as a freshman at Texas, averaging 19.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 0.8 steals in 34.7 minutes per game while posting 43/40/87 shooting splits on 15.9 field goal attempts, 6.8 3-point tries and 4.2 free throw trips per game. Johnson was named SEC Freshman of the Year, earned Second-Team All-SEC honors and broke a freshman school record by dropping 39 points on Arkansas, topping Kevin Durant’s previous high of 37.
Analysis
Johnson is a pure three-level scorer. At 6-foot-6, Johnson has the size to get his shot up over smaller defenders whenever he wants, the quickness to blow by anyone sitting on his jumper and the athleticism to finish over help with authority. He loves to face up, jab and pump fake like Carmelo Anthony when given a 1-on-1, but Johnson really excels off screens and in transition. He’s naturally an off guard and doesn’t show playmaking tendencies. However, Johnson can certainly create and find open teammates when the defense collapses on him. Defensively, Johnson needs to build muscle and be more engaged.
Quotable
“I got a chance to coach Kevin Durant for one year at Texas, and [Johnson] and Kevin have a lot of things that kind of come from the same cloth, in terms of incredible work ethic. A guy that we have to literally push him out of the gym. … You put the scoreboard on, and he’s competing at another level.” — Former Texas head coach Rodney Terry, who coached Johnson during his freshman year
Some stats & tidbits
Johnson led the SEC in minutes per game with 34.7 in 2024-25, including two games of more than 40 minutes … Became the sixth freshman in SEC history to lead the league in scoring (19.9 ppg) … Ranked 21st in the nation in scoring and tops among freshmen … Finished fourth in the SEC in 3-pointers made per game (2.7) and seventh in free throw percentage (87.1) … Goes by “Tre” since he is Richard III … Father, Richard Jr., played college basketball at Baylor and Midwestern State … Tre wears jersey No. 20 to pay tribute to his father, who wore the number during his playing career … Favorite NBA players include Kevin Durant and Devin Booker
Projection
Jordan Clarkson (6-5), Cam Thomas (6-3) and CJ McCollum (6-3) are good examples of bigger, score-first guards who developed into solid playmakers at the NBA level. Johnson also shares a lot of similarities with Terrence Shannon (6-6), but Johnson spent only one year in college, while Shannon was a 24-year-old rookie in 2024-25. Johnson has a similar frame to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6-6, 200), but SGA was more of a true point guard coming out of Kentucky. Clarkson is the most likely comparison for Johnson, but the Texas product has immense upside if he lands in the right spot.
— Profile by RotoWire.com