The 2025 NBA Draft has many winner talent, but Jeremiah’s fear may be worth the investment by the reconstruction team.
The 2025 NBA Draft doesn’t lack talent. Apart from the Cooper Flag, there are plenty of winner players with high advantages. Ace Bailey, VJ Edgecombe and Dylan Harper all stand out, but they land shocking players, even if teams outside the early lottery are choosing.
Jeremiah’s fear has all the tools to become a good NBA guard, but there are also some very harsh weaknesses. Fortunately, none of them were impossible to fix and they managed to deal with it in just one offseason, but the team aiming to take time with prospects can make the most of him.
After an individual season has been successful in the freshman campaign against Oklahoma, the fear is ready to be drafted and could land in the top 10, but the first round pick is more reasonable.
- Age/Date of Birth: 18 (October 14, 2006)
- Nationality: America
- Height/Weight: 6ft 4, 182lbs
- College: Oklahoma Souler
- Career Statistics: 17.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1.6 steel, 43.4 fg%, 28.4 3pt%
- NCAA Tournament Statistics: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steels, 35.7 FG%, 66.7 3pt%
- Career Highs: 31 points (Missouri vs.), 9 rebounds (South Carolina vs.), 10 assists (Vs. Mississippi)
- NBA comparison: Jordan Pool
He has a quick and extremely tight handle with or without a ball. He can change his pace and stop at the dime and take off the shot without getting up from midrange and reaching the rim, but he can also get to the basket.
He needs to improve his 3-point shot, but the elite 85.1% from the free throw line suggests that his shot can be improved. Plus, the free throw percentage should work for him as he gets into contact on his way to the NBA rim.
He is also a great playmaker, especially when defense collapses when he drives and works on pick-and-rolls (more on that later).
His Sooners lost to UConn Huskies in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, but he played very well in the SEC Tournament.
He basically needs to start now, as there is a very real concern for a large NBA player that his wi frame will prevent him from terminating through contact.
On top of that, his sub-30% mark from Deep cannot be ignored. It can be improved, but that’s not a guarantee and it’s rare in the league that security guards can’t film.
His shot diet is questionable and he has high sales, but that is true for most university security guards, so that’s a big concern and just something to be warned.
Like Pool, his professional comparison, he is distracted by defense and often abandons his duties. When his man has the ball, he’s solid, but if he’s on off-ball defense, expect him to realize that his man is opening himself up at the horns more than the fans want.
If the team is patient with him (he has been reclassified from the 2026 class and is a year younger than most of his counterparts), he should be able to overcome most, if not all of those concerns.
The fear is likely to land best on a team with kick-out threats, opening as future lead guards, and pick-and-roll threats. He also did the best job on the off-ball defender and team, and was able to become a point guard defender first and foremost.
The best ones appear to be alongside Tyler Hero, Andrew Wiggins, Haywood Highsmith and Bum Adebayo in the Heat in Miami. They own their own picks (the lottery is protected) and should be able to draft fears.
If he doesn’t crack the starting lineup, he could play alongside Kel Elwere, Kyle Anderson and Duncan Robinson, and perhaps he could find the same success.
Fever has a track record of developing young talent, and fear could be next in line.