RJ Davis is getting a new Summer League stop.
After a rookie pro season that earned him All-NBA G League Rookie Team honors, the former North Carolina star was widely expected to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers for NBA Summer League action. Instead, the second all-time leading scorer in UNC basketball history is headed elsewhere.
Davis will play for the San Antonio Spurs in the 2026 NBA Summer League.
The Spurs, coming off an NBA Finals loss to the New York Knicks, unveiled their Summer League roster and Davis was one of the more notable names on it. The move caught plenty of people off guard, especially after he spent this past season with the South Bay Lakers and looked like a natural fit to remain in that orbit for the summer.
Davis put together a strong rookie campaign in the G League. He appeared in 36 regular-season games, starting 31 of them, and averaged 18.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.9 assists in 29.2 minutes while shooting 45.9% from three-point range.
In 13 Tip-Off Tournament games, he made 10 starts and posted 18.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.8 assists in 30.6 minutes. That body of work earned him a spot in the NBA G League Next Up Game during NBA All-Star Weekend.
None of that production should shock UNC fans. Davis was a nightly bucket at North Carolina, scoring in double figures in 38 games and topping 20 points in 24 of them. He also filled the box score in more ways than one, finishing with two double-doubles and a triple-double during his college career.
The concern around Davis has always been his size, but the league has started to give undersized guards more room to shine again. Still, the question remains why he hasn’t drawn more attention from NBA teams after the season he just put together.
For now, Davis is taking the next chance in front of him with San Antonio, continuing to bet on himself as he looks to land an NBA spot. The scoring is there.
The playmaking is there. The rebounding from a guard spot is there, too.
And if he keeps doing what he has done all along, he’ll keep making it hard for teams to ignore him.
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