No one of St. John’s team last season last season was selected in the NBA 2025 draft, but opportunities remain.
Four players on this list by St. John’s participate in the NBA Summer League this month, notably RJ Luis Jr., who has a double-meaning contract with Utah Jazz, and Kadary Richmond, who signed a bidirectional agreement with Washington Wizards.
Aaron Scott has signed a summer league contract with the Boston Celtics, while DeIvon Smith signed a summer league agreement with the Atlanta Hawks.
Luis the deepest of the group is Luis, the prevailing player of the year Big East, who predicts his last year of college eligibility to become pro.
Luis was excluded from his second consecutive summer championship match on Monday with pain in the left knee. This means that Tuesday evening’s match against Oklahoma City Thunder will be the last opportunity for the recruit to adapt to a match this summer.
The jazz game in the Salt Lake City stage of the summer league, which takes place from July 5 to 8.
Luis, 22, collected an average of 18.2 points and 7.2 rebounds per game last year. Luis was not going to return to St. John’s, and although he could have ordered a raised pay day in the NCAA transfer portal, he chose to stay in the project.
His bidirectional agreement with jazz will allow him to bounce back between the NBA and the G League during the regular season.
“He’s going to be a big pro,” said St. John’s coach Rick Pitino last month. “What people do not realize, because they have not trained it is how good it is, how good it is, it is good, how it is an offensive rebounder.
“They just see the notation capacity, so he will improve his shooting at 3 points once he has reached this level, then I think he will be fatal with what he can do.”
Wizards, Celtics and Hawks play their summer league slates in Las Vegas, where matches should start on Thursday and take place until July 20.
Richmond’s first opportunity to adapt to Washington comes Friday evening, when the Wizards face the Phoenix Suns.
The goalkeeper born in Brooklyn collected an average of 12.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.0 interceptions per game as a year with St. John’s, but has drawn a career of 17.5% over the 3 points.
Meanwhile, the summer league contracts signed by Scott and Smith offer them a hearing that could turn into a double -meaning agreement. The first matches of the Boston and Atlanta summer league are also scheduled for Friday.
Scott, a wing of 6-7, collected an average of 8.4 points per match on 38.9% shooting as a senior, but acquired a reputation for his energy and his desire to do the dirty work.
Smith, a 6-1 quick playmaker, was one of the best transitional players for johnnies and ball defenders, but also had a hard time shooting, doing 38.0% of his goals on the field during his senior season.
