The Lakers lost the draft after buying the bottom! Consecutive 2-meter 03 NCAA scoring champion + 1-meter 83 North Carolina defender, who is the counterattacker?

On June 27, the Lakers quickly took action after the 2025 draft, signed the 2024-25 NCAA scoring champion Eric Dixon with a two-way contract, and signed North Carolina defender R.J. Davis with an Exhibit-10 contract. The Lakers have had a tradition of training undrafts in recent years, and Caruso and Reeves have both trained and grown up in the Lakers. This also makes some excellent undrafters more willing to join the Lakers, looking forward to making a comeback like Caruso and Reeves in Los Angeles.

Eric Dixon and R.J. Davis are both the best in the 2025 draft, and have plug and play attributes. They are both older rookies. Dixon from Villanova University is a 2.03-meter-tall striker. He was born on January 26, 2001 and is currently 24 years old. He has played in college for five seasons.

Dixon averaged 23.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.3 blocks per game in the 2024-25 season, and also had 2.1 turnovers and 2 fouls. His shooting percentage was 45.1%, his three-point shooting percentage was 40.7%, and his free throw shooting percentage reached 81.3%. His average score is ranked No. 1 in the NCAA scoring table this season.

Dixon has grown into an excellent shooter through polishing in the NCAA. He shot only 25.0% of his three-point shooting percentage in his first season in the NCAA, and became the top NCAA shooter in his last season in his college years. Dixon scored 2,314 points during his college years, becoming Villanova's scoring champion, and also broke Kittles's team record for 29 years.

Although Dickson has excellent offensive firepower, his defense and passing abilities are average, and he is already 24 years old, which makes him lose the draft this year. However, if Dixon can maintain his offensive characteristics and become a good pitcher in the NBA, he still has the opportunity to grow into a rotation player in the NBA arena.

The Lakers immediately gave Dixon a two-way contract, which also shows that the team attaches great importance to Dixon. In fact, many second-round picks in the NBA eventually signed two-way contracts with the team. The Lakers still did not choose the center when they were out of the draft when they were buying the bottom-up, which was beyond the expectations of many people. Of course, Dickson was originally the player the Lakers were considering choosing at the 52nd pick. However, the Lakers later traded the draft pick up and finally chose Thiero at the 36th pick. With Dickson losing the election, the Lakers naturally signed him.

The Lakers also signed 1.83-meter-high North Carolina defender R.J. Davis with the Exhibit-10 contract. Davis was born on October 21, 2001 and is currently 23 years old. He is also an older rookie. Davis can play in two positions: point guard and shooting guard, and his size is a little shorter among the defenders. In the 2024-25 season, Davis averaged 17.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, shooting percentage of 41.3%, three-pointers and 35.4% from the free throw percentage and 87.3%. If Davis had participated in the draft last year, the market might have been better. In the 2023-24 season, he averaged 21.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.2 steals per game, shooting percentage of 42.8%, three-point shooting percentage of 39.8%, and free throw percentage of 87.3%.

Davis is also a super scorer in the NCAA, but his passing ability is average and his defensive ability is not outstanding. The Lakers give Davis an Exhibit-10 contract. If Davis is cut by the Lakers, he will play in the Lakers' affiliate development league team, the South Bay Lakers. Of course, if Davis performs well in the summer league and training camp, he is not ruled out to get the Lakers' two-way contract.