Bleacher Report’s Greg Swartz wrote a piece making one prediction for every NBA team’s rookie class, and the Cleveland Cavaliers had an interesting one.

Even though the Cavaliers didn’t have a first round pick, in the 2025 NBA Draft, they used their second rounder rather wisely by selecting guard Tyrese Proctor out of Duke.

Swartz seems to think that Proctor is going to get an early look as a member of Cleveland’s rotation.

As solid as the Cavs’ backcourt may seem, there are some major question marks as well.

For the time being, All Star Darius Garland is still out with a toe injury, while Sam Merrill has been absent this preseason with a minor injury. Also factor in that Cleveland will be starting the season without sharpshooter Max Strus.

Swartz wrote, “Despite being the No. 49 overall pick in the draft and selected by a team that won 64 games last season, Tyrese Proctor actually has a path to playing time to begin his career… Lonzo Ball won't play back-to-backs to begin the season and Ty Jerome left for the Memphis Grizzlies in free agency. Proctor could actually see rotation minutes towards the beginning of the season for the guard-needy Cavs.”

Proctor isn’t a guard that will blow you away, but he’s as serviceable as it gets with supreme confidence, averaging just under 11 points per game in his three years at Duke.

In his final season, Proctor managed to start every game for the Blue Devils, while averaging career highs all over the board.

He averaged 12.4 points per game, while shooting 45% from the field, and 40% from 3-point range.

The one problem was that his assists numbers went down, as did his free throw shooting, which could inevitably hurt his stock should he not address it.

As a guard who shoots the ball at a consistent pace, Proctor only shot 68% from the charity stripe in his junior season, which is unacceptable by his standards.

It will also hurt him moving forward in the starting lineup.

Coach Kenny Atkinson has been opting to start second year guard Jaylon Tyson alongside Donovan Mitchell this preseason, which leaves Craig Porter Jr. and Ball waiting on the bench.

For the first three quarters of Cleveland’s preseason game on Thursday, Proctor didn’t see the floor once which isn’t the best of looks for the rookie out of Australia.

Regardless, the door is wide open for Proctor to take an early role, but as the season inches closer, time may be running out.