The 2025 NBA Draft has concluded after the second round came and went on Thursday. The [Los Angeles Lakers](https://lakersdaily.com/) ended up with just one pick in the entire draft, and it was the No. 36 overall selection.
The Lakers traded up to select University of Arkansas product Adou Thiero, but they’ve signed a number of undrafted free agents as well. As of Friday morning, the storied franchise has reportedly agreed to deals with guards RJ Davis, Augustas Marciulionis and TY Johnson along with forwards Eric Dixon and Arthur Kaluma.
Without further ado, let’s break down every one of the Lakers’ rookie additions so far and see what they are getting with these players.
Drafted Players
---------------
**Adou Thiero (second-round pick)**
The Lakers traded from the No. 55 overall pick to the No. 45 overall pick, then they moved from the No. 45 pick to the No. 36 selection in order to draft Adou Thiero, who boasts an impressive physical profile and standout scoring chops.
The 6-foot-8 wing averaged 15.1 points per game while shooting an impressive 60.5 percent from inside the 3-point line across 27 games played with the Razorbacks in the 2024-25 collegiate campaign.
The biggest hole in Thiero’s offensive game might be his lack of a dependable 3-point shot. So many players at the highest level make a living off scoring the ball from 3-point range, yet Thiero was a career 28.4 percent 3-point shooter in the collegiate ranks and shot just 25.6 percent from deep in his third and final season of college basketball.
Still, there’s a lot to like about Thiero, who also showed some strong defensive tools in college. He could turn into a nice piece for Los Angeles.
Undrafted Signings
------------------
**Eric Dixon (two-way deal)**
The Lakers were linked to Eric Dixon, a Villanova University product, well before the start of the 2025 NBA Draft. After all, Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman predicted last month that the Lakers [would draft him](https://lakersdaily.com/lakers-projected-to-pick-2024-25-ncaa-scoring-leader-in-recent-2025-nba-mock-draft/) with the No. 55 overall pick.
Now, the Lakers are going to get Dixon in their system without using a single pick on him, and that should be considered a major win for the team. Dixon might not have an incredibly high ceiling considering he’s already 24 years old, but he has the scoring toolbox necessary to one day be an effective offensive player at the highest level.
Dixon was the top scorer in all of NCAA Division I men’s hoops with Villanova last season. He led the way with a scoring average of 23.3 points per game and put the ball through the net in a cornucopia of ways, as he shot 48.3 percent from inside the 3-point line, 40.7 percent from deep and 81.3 percent from the charity stripe.
**TY Johnson (unknown deal)**
TY Johnson is said to be joining the Lakers for Summer League action. He is an intriguing prospect in the sense that he led his entire conference in scoring with the University of California, Davis in the 2024-25 campaign and also ranked tops on his team in assists and steals per game.
He is clearly a confident offensive player, as he averaged 18.5 shot attempts per contest in his senior season. However, his scoring efficiency with such a large offensive role in his swan song at the collegiate level left a lot to be desired.
Johnson shot just 38.7 percent from the field and 28.1 percent from 3-point range across 32 games played last season for an Aggies team that lost more games than it won.
**Arthur Kaluma (Exhibit 10 contract)**
Arthur Kaluma played four seasons of college basketball with three distinguished programs — Creighton University, Kansas State University and the University of Texas at Austin — and was a productive starter at the forward spot for all of those squads.
The Boston native made his presence felt as a scorer and rebounder with the Longhorns last season, considering he averaged 12.3 points on 46.2 percent shooting from the floor and 35.9 percent from 3-point range to go along with 7.5 rebounds per contest.
Kaluma also has some intriguing defensive tools, and he averaged 1.8 combined blocks and steals per game across 32 appearances with Texas.
**Augustas Marciulionis (Exhibit 10 contract)**
The son of one of the greatest international players in the history of basketball, Augustas Marciulionis turned heads with his playmaking chops in his senior campaign at Saint Mary’s College of California. He dished out a whopping 5.9 assists per game and ranked in the top 20 among all players in the nation (for Division I men’s) in that stat.
Playmaking is Marciulionis’ defining attribute, but he’s proven capable of putting the ball through the net as well. He averaged 14.2 points per game in the 2024-25 campaign on 44.6 percent shooting from the floor and 34.7 percent shooting from deep.
**RJ Davis (Exhibit 10 contract)**
RJ Davis had a highly productive five-season career playing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as he averaged 15-plus points, three-plus rebounds and three-plus assists per game in his combined years with the Tar Heels.
However, it’s somewhat concerning that Davis wasn’t as effective in his fifth and final year with UNC as he was in his fourth season. Not only did his scoring average take a dip from 21.2 to 17.2 points per game, but he also shot the ball a bit worse.
Davis is still a low-risk, high-reward gamble for the Lakers, though, and it’s not as if the team had to give up any assets to acquire him. There’s a lot to like about the 23-year-old, who took home All-American and ACC Player of the Year honors in the 2023-24 campaign.