Proctor is shooting 52.2 per cent and has more than doubled his rebounding in his second NBA season<\/p>\n
Tyrese Proctor works out with James Harden after every Cleveland shootaround.He is averaging 5.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 13 minutes.Assistant Omar Cook, a two-time EuroLeague assists leader, is also mentoring him.<\/p>\n
Australian Boomer<\/a> and former Duke Blue Devil<\/a> guard Tyrese Proctor<\/a> goes up against two of the best guards in the NBA<\/a> every day in practice: James Harden<\/a> and Donovan Mitchell<\/a>.<\/p>\n And what he\u2019s learned: \u201cI know that I belong, so just playing my game.\u201d<\/p>\n Proctor, 22, is in his second year in the NBA<\/a> and is already showing growth on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel really comfortable, especially on the court,\u201d he said before the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> fell 117-112 to the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> today.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously, I\u2019ve only been in the league for one year, but I think the more reps I\u2019m getting (obviously, I played a lot of minutes last year), I\u2019m getting a lot more confident, a lot more comfortable out there.\u201d<\/p>\n In six of Cleveland’s seven games, he is averaging 5.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 13 minutes, compared with 5.4 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 11 minutes across 50 games as a rookie in 2025-26. He has more than doubled his rebounding, lifted his assists, and cut his turnovers from 0.8 a game to 0.3, while shooting 52.2 per cent from the field, up from 41.3. He is taking fewer threes, 2.0 a game down from 2.6 last season, and making more of them: 7-for-12 (58.3 per cent) versus 35.1 per cent.<\/p>\n Tyrese Proctor has played six of Cleveland’s seven games, all off the bench, and sat out the overtime win over Minnesota on a coach’s decision. His best night was 10 points on 3-from-4 shooting in the home loss to Oklahoma City, and he has made 7 of his 12 three-point attempts.<\/p>\n Where these numbers come from<\/p>\n Every line is from the official box score of each game. The season row and its percentages are worked out from his season totals, not by averaging the game-by-game percentages, which would give a different and wrong answer. The Cleveland record and the season row count only the games he played.<\/p>\n Dates are Australian (AEDT). A dash in a percentage column means he did not attempt a shot of that type in that game, which is different from missing them all. DNP means he did not play.\n <\/p>\n Proctor played for the Boomers mid-year in Perth<\/a>, then worked out<\/a> with Patty Mills<\/a> in Hawaii before heading back to Ohio for training camp and preseason.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been huge. I think in all parts of my game,\u201d he said of his offseason physical development.<\/p>\n \u201cMy rebounding specifically, it\u2019s helped me in that, just crashing the glass, trying to be a better rebounder. It also allows me to push the ball in transition, keep that pace we want to play with.<\/p>\n