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NBA Draft 2025: George Washington wing Darren Buchanan Jr. is a true prospect right in the Wizards backyard

During the 2024-2025 season, Darren Buchanan Jr. will look to build on a strong freshman year for George Washington and to establish himself as a bona-fide NBA Draft prospect. Last season, the 6'7 hyper-athletic wing averaged 15.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.3 steals.

Typically, a bouncy freshman putting up numbers like that would at least get some consideration leading up the draft. However, the scouts I talked to about Buchanan, while intrigued, all agreed he needed to come back for another year and show improvements as a perimeter shooter. He shot 32.3% from three on one attempt per game and 54.