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Tre Johnson's Final NBA Mock Draft Predictions Revealed

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Sam Dunn | Last updated Jun 23, 2025 5:46 PM ET

What were you doing when summertime hit when you were 19? Working as a lifeguard at the local pool? Caddying at the country club in the scorching summer heat? Reaching new levels of universal consciousness at Lollapalooza? That's all fine, but Tre Johnson has bigger ideas.

The Texas Longhorns shooting guard, fresh off a banger of a freshman season in Austin that saw him snag SEC Freshman of the Year and all-conference second team honors, is moving on up. The NBA is calling, and he wasted no time at the end of the 2024-25 campaign in declaring his intentions to answer.

Given that the hype came early and often for Johnson ever since making a name for himself at Lake Highlands High School in Dallas and subsequently Branson, Missouri's Link Academy, what are top NBA Draft prognosticators saying about the rangy marksman's likeliest professional destinations?

Let's take a closer look.

Final Tre Johnson NBA Draft Projections 2025

ESPN: New Orleans Pelicans, No. 7 overall
The Athletic: Philadelphia 76ers, No. 3 overall
USA Today: Utah Jazz, No. 5 overall
Yahoo Sports: Washington Wizards, No. 6 overall
The Ringer: Philadelphia 76ers, No. 3 overall
Fox Sports: Washington Wizards, No. 6 overall
Bleacher Report: New Orleans Pelicans, No. 7 overall

The outlook is plainly auspicious for the Dallas native, who averaged 19.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game on 42.7% shooting in 2024-25, including a fraction under 40% from three-point range.

The Horns finished 19-16 under second-year coach Rodney Terry, reaching as far as the NCAA Tournament's First Four.

Whether he ends up spacing the floor for Joel Embiid in Philly, taking the reins front and center in the nation's capital, or getting snatched by a surprise team desperate to trade up for this smoothest of snipers, the NBA world is more than sold on Tre Johnson's upside with the ball in his hands.

This Texan may still be a teen, sure. But on Wednesday, Johnson will get himself paid like a grown man.

Round 1 of the 2025 NBA Draft takes place Wednesday, June 23 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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