Tre Johnson

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 three-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. 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 point-guard tendencies. However, Johnson can certainly make plays and find open guys when the defense collapses on him. Defensively, Johnson needs to build muscle and be more engaged. 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.