Suns draft Rasheer Fleming with the 31st pick

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Post All-Star, Rasheer Fleming has the best NETRTG of any Sun at 11.6 (and the Suns are just 7-9 in those games).

Among players with at least 7 losses over that span, he has the best NETRTG in the NBA.

The Suns are at their best with him on the floor — an unparalleled boost.
 

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Best Defensive Field Goal Percentage (DFG%) Among Rookies In The 2025-26 NBA Regular Season (Min. 100 Total DFGA) :

1. Rasheer Fleming — 40.8%
2. Hugo Gonzalez — 41.6%
3. Carter Bryant — 42.3%
4. Dylan Harper — 42.7%
5. Khaman Maluach — 42.8%
6. Micah Peavy — 43.3%
6. Ethan Thompson — 43.3%
8. Tyrese Proctor — 44.2%
9. Kon Knueppel — 44.3%
10. Sion James — 44.4%
 

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Post All-Star, Rasheer Fleming has the best NETRTG of any Sun at 11.6 (and the Suns are just 7-9 in those games).

Among players with at least 7 losses over that span, he has the best NETRTG in the NBA.

The Suns are at their best with him on the floor — an unparalleled boost.
well he is the only legit PF on the roster.... so there's that
 

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We're getting healthy again and anyone who takes minutes from Flemming is a criminal.

He's the best young player to roll through here in several years. He should get 20 minutes a night, easy. I don't care who loses minutes...

Also, I do care, TAKE MINUTES FROM GREEN! Please lord please, especially in the 4th, don't play Green over this guy.
 
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We're getting healthy again and anyone who takes minutes from Flemming is a criminal.

He's the best young player to roll through here in several years. He should get 20 minutes a night, easy. I don't care who loses minutes...

Also, I do care, TAKE MINUTES FROM GREEN! Please lord please, especially in the 4th, don't play Green over this guy.
You got your wish last game!
 

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We're getting healthy again and anyone who takes minutes from Flemming is a criminal.

He's the best young player to roll through here in several years. He should get 20 minutes a night, easy. I don't care who loses minutes...

Also, I do care, TAKE MINUTES FROM GREEN! Please lord please, especially in the 4th, don't play Green over this guy.
The only criminal then can be Coach Ott. He's got the power! Dunt dunt... dunt dunt dunt!

Oh, and people who spell Fleming's name wrong. :p
 

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Rasheer Fleming has played in 19 of the Suns' last 20 games (19.0 mpg). That stretch has featured Phoenix winning 6 of 7 as well as a 5-game losing streak. In those 19 games played, Fleming has registered just 3 negative plus-minus appearances.
 

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Rasheer Fleming has played in 19 of the Suns' last 20 games (19.0 mpg). That stretch has featured Phoenix winning 6 of 7 as well as a 5-game losing streak. In those 19 games played, Fleming has registered just 3 negative plus-minus appearances.
He is only going to be 22 years old next year. Bright future
 

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About time they take notice. Rasheer Fleming was the first pick in the second round.

I had him going later in the first round. If the Suns had traded down in the draft, he was on my wish list.
 
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I was listening to a podcast about our game versus Chicago. The point was, you can't NOT play Rasheer at this point. Probably Royce's minutes could be cut a bit. The podcast they were saying how could you not start him at this point, especially against the taller teams we will be playing. Ott, I think sees how teams are picking on Gillespie when we go three guard line ups. That was probably why he went with Goodie starting. If you are going to start Goodie, and not three guards, why not go with a taller forward? IDK, we need ti give this guy minutes. He will make mistakes as a rookie, but no one is playing defense like he is. No one is erasing shots from behind like he does. Or causes steals with his long reach. He is hitting the three now. You have to get this guy at lest 15 minutes a game.
 

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Rasheer Fleming finished his rookie season with a team-best NETRTG of 6.1.His DFG% of 41.2% not only ranked 1st on the Suns, but 9th in the entire NBA (min. 200 DFGA).A breakout rookie season for the 31st pick of the 2025 NBA Draft.
 
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