{"id":147289,"date":"2025-06-27T08:52:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=147289"},"modified":"2025-06-27T08:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:52:48","slug":"7-notable-undrafted-players-who-have-signed-two-way-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/06\/27\/7-notable-undrafted-players-who-have-signed-two-way-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Notable Undrafted Players Who Have Signed Two-Way Deals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 NBA Draft<\/a> has now come and went with 59 players hearing their name selected over its two-day period. Going undrafted certainly doesn\u2019t mean you have no shot of making it to the NBA for more than a cup of coffee. The Oklahoma City Thunder just won a championship<\/a> with two undrafted players, Alex Caruso<\/a> and Luguentz Dort<\/a>, playing large roles. Here are seven notable players (listed in alphabetical order by last name) that went undrafted and have since signed two-way deals with an NBA team.<\/p>\n

7 Notable Undrafted Players Who Have Signed Two-Way Deals<\/h2>\n

Hunter Dickinson, New Orleans Pelicans<\/h3>\n

Standing at 7-foot-1, Hunter Dickinson<\/a> was a top collegiate center both at Michigan and Kansas. He was a third team All-American in 2024-25, and he previously made the second team twice. The 24-year-old averaged a points\/rebounds double-double in both of his years at Kansas.<\/p>\n

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Mar 20, 2025; Providence, RI, USA; Kansas Jayhawks center Hunter Dickinson (1) reacts during the second half against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Amica Mutual Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eric Dixon, Los Angeles Lakers<\/h3>\n

Eric Dixon<\/a> led the nation averaging 23.3 points per outing for Villanova in 2024-25. He let it fly from deep, connecting on 40.7% of his three-point tries while attempting 7.2 per game last season. The 6-foot-8 forward is Villanova\u2019s all-time career scoring leader with 2,314 points.<\/p>\n

Vladislav Goldin, Miami Heat<\/h3>\n

Vladislav Goldin<\/a> spent last year as part of a dominant double big lineup alongside first round pick Danny Wolf<\/a>. The 7-foot-1 Goldin averaged 16.6 points (on 60.7% shooting), 7.0 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks in his lone season at Michigan after transferring from Florida Atlantic. After not attempting a three-pointer during his first four years in college, he went 11-33 from beyond the arc in 2024-25.<\/p>\n

Caleb Love, Portland Trail Blazers<\/h3>\n

Now 23 years old, Caleb Love<\/a> had five productive college seasons. The first three came at North Carolina, and the last two came with Arizona. He is 25th in men\u2019s college basketball<\/a> since 1947-48 with 2,762 career points. A third team All-American in 2023-24, he averaged 17.2 points per contest last season. Arizona fell in the Sweet 16 during both his years there, and he helped North Carolina reach the national title game in 2022.<\/p>\n

RJ Luis, Utah Jazz<\/h3>\n

It was a remarkable 2024-25 season for St. John\u2019s as they were crowned both the regular season and tournament champions of the Big East. RJ Luis<\/a> was the undisputed best player for the school and their leading scorer (18.2 PPG). The 22-year-old shooting guard\/small forward was a second team All-American and also averaged 7.2 rebounds per contest.<\/p>\n

Ryan Nembhard, Dallas Mavericks<\/h3>\n

The NCAA leader in assists per game (9.8), Ryan Nembhard<\/a> is the younger brother of Indiana Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard<\/a>. Spending the last two seasons at Gonzaga, the younger Nembhard also led the WCC averaging 1.7 steals per contest. The 22-year-old measured at under 6-foot at the combine, but he has clearly shown the ability to be a masterful facilitator.<\/p>\n

Mark Sears, New Orleans Pelicans<\/h3>\n

A first team All-American, Mark Sears<\/a> helped lead Alabama to the Elite Eight last season. The 6-foot-1 guard has been one of the more prolific college players the last couple years. He also was a second team All-American in 2023-24. Sears has proven to be an excellent shooter as evidenced by his career 37.5% three-point and 85.8% free-throw shooting in college.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2025 NBA Draft has now come and went with 59 players hearing their name selected over its two-day period. Going undrafted certainly doesn\u2019t mean you have no shot of making it to the NBA for more than a cup of coffee. The Oklahoma City Thunder just won a championship with two undrafted players, Alex […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5060,"featured_media":147324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,62,556,3],"tags":[49375,4547,49707,4128,50126,50024,50063,49875],"class_list":["post-147289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-nba","category-nba-draft","category-news","tag-2025-nba-draft","tag-caleb-love","tag-eric-dixon","tag-hunter-dickinson","tag-mark-sears","tag-ryan-nembhard","tag-two-way-contract","tag-vlad-goldin"],"modified_by":"Kenny Kluska","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147289"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147329,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147289\/revisions\/147329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}