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Rasheer Fleming

Rasheer Fleming is the projected last regular forward in Phoenix's base rotation, offering developmental threes-and-stocks upside but not enough minutes or efficiency for normal redraft use.

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Role and evidence

Fleming arrived in the 2025 seven-team Kevin Durant trade package and appeared in 55 games as a rookie. His fantasy baseline was 4.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.8 threes, 0.4 steals, and 0.4 blocks in 12.2 minutes, with .403 FG and .559 FT exposing the developmental gap. Sources: Suns transaction release, 2025-07-06, Hashtag Basketball, updated 2026-07-02. Confidence: medium-high.

The first post-transaction local rotation projected Fleming in the playing group, ahead of reserves Ryan Dunn, Haywood Highsmith, and rookie Koa Peat. That ordering is uncertain, but his combination of length, shooting willingness, and small-ball center utility provides a coherent path. Source: Suns on SI rotation analysis, 2026-07-02. Confidence: medium-low.

Fleming scored 16 points with six rebounds, two steals, and a block in the short-handed April 12 finale. That is an upside example, not a representative role sample. Source: official NBA gamebook, 2026-04-12. Confidence: high on game, low on translation.

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Points and dynasty outlook

Hashtag ranked Fleming No. 204 in dynasty in early July. That price assumes his three-and-D toolkit earns a larger role over time; his rookie efficiency says patience is required. Source: Hashtag dynasty rankings, updated 2026-07-02. Confidence: low-medium.

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Draft verdict

Fleming is a watchlist player in redraft and a reasonable deep-dynasty hold. Do not mistake a nominal rotation place for bankable minutes: four other young forwards are competing for a narrow lane.

Career record

Pre-NBA: Saint Joseph's, three seasons — 2022-23: 5.8 PTS, 5.0 REB, 0.9 BLK in 20.5 MPG on .427/.297/.690 (31 GP); 2023-24: 10.7/7.4/1.5 BLK in 26.8 MPG on .528/.324/.612 (35 GP); 2024-25: 14.7 PTS, 8.5 REB, 1.3 AST, 1.4 STL, 1.5 BLK in 31.3 MPG on .531/.390/.743 (35 GP), with 62 threes — more than his previous two seasons combined. First-team All-Atlantic 10 (2025); 7'5" wingspan was the draft headline. Draft: 2025, Round 2, Pick 31 — selected by Minnesota, rights routed to Phoenix in the July seven-team Durant transaction.

Season Age Team GP MPG PTS REB AST STL BLK 3PM FG% FT% TO
2025-26 21 PHX 55 12.2 4.3 2.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.8 .405 .559 0.5
Career 55 12.2 4.3 2.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.8 .405 .559 0.5

Durability: 101 games in three college seasons and 55 NBA appearances as a rookie — no injury flags; rookie-year absences were rotation decisions. Trajectory: The college record shows a genuine three-year growth curve (5.8 to 14.7 PPG with the three-point stroke arriving last), and the rookie NBA season shows the tools transferring before the skill: real threes-and-stocks events per minute, but .405/.559 shooting that says the efficiency floor is not yet NBA-grade. In 2026-27 he competes with Dunn, Highsmith, and Peat for the last regular forward spot in Phoenix. He becomes fantasy-relevant only on a minutes jump to roughly 20+ MPG with FG% normalizing toward his college marks — at which point 1.5 threes plus 1.5 stocks makes him a deep-league stocks streamer. Career sources: StatMuse 2025-26 averages · Wikipedia · Sports-Reference college page · Basketball-Reference

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