Can RJ Davis find his way onto an NBA roster come June?
Despite being one of the older college players hoping to hear his name called in June’s 2025 NBA Draft, RJ Davis proved – in five years at UNC – that he is capable of playing professional basketball at a high level.
RJ blossomed over the course of his 5-year career as a Tar Heel, capped off by his 2024 ACC Player of the Year award, in which he averaged a career-high 21.2 points per game. After only starting 10 of North Carolina’s 29 games his freshman season (2020-2021), RJ started every game for the next four years.
Though RJ may not make his way onto a roster via the NBA Draft, he has a great, upcoming opportunity to showcase his talents and land on a team.
On Sunday, May 4, RJ earned an invite to the NBA G League Elite Camp from May 9-11. Via Keeping It Heel’s Nick Delahanty, the official G League website defines this camp as, “a two-day event that gives NBA Draft prospects an opportunity to showcase their skills – in front of NBA and NBA G League scouts, coaches and front-office executives.”
If RJ performs well enough at the G League Camp, he’ll receive an invitation to the succeeding NBA Draft Combine. How amazing would that be?
We know that RJ can score the basketball and run an offense, but the NBA is gold standard for professional basketball around the world, proving to be tougher than the college game. Luckily for RJ, he played five years in the ACC – despite another down year for the conference in 2024-2025, RJ faced some of the best competition in college basketball.
Which NBA teams do you think would be the best fit for RJ? I’d love to see him don a Charlotte Hornets uniform, but Michael Jordan is no longer the team’s owner.
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