Duke guard Tyrese Proctor is entering the NBA draft and skipping his senior season.
The team announced Proctor's move . The 6-foot-6, 183-pound junior from Australia was a three-year starter and one of Jon Scheyer鈥檚 first incoming recruits when he took over for retired Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski.
Proctor, who reclassified to get to college a year early in 2022, came on in the second half of his freshman season, then was a complementary scorer averaging in double figures for the rest of his college career. He also worked as a reliable defender, a combination that could make him a possible first-round pick.
Proctor averaged 12.4 points while shooting a career-best 45.2% from the field and 40.5% from 3-point range this year to help Duke win a second Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title in Scheyer's three seasons and reach the Final Four. His March Madness run included in which he made 13 of 16 3-pointers, though he had quiet games in the Sweet 16 win against Arizona and the
by the program, Scheyer said it had been 鈥渁n incredible ride鈥� for Proctor and called him a 鈥渟teadying force on the floor.鈥�
鈥淚t's time for him to chase that NBA dream,鈥� Scheyer said.
Freshman wing Kon Knueppel was the first Blue Devils player earlier this week.
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