New players in the backcourt: I chose the Lakers among the Bucks and Lakers, I think this is my best place to go

The undrafted in this year's NBA draft, Augustas Marciulionis, a Lithuanian senior backcourt player who played for St. Mary's University last season, was ultimately out of the NBA draft this year. After the draft, Matthew Leonis chose to sign a training camp contract with the Los Angeles Lakers that includes Exhibit 10 terms, and he will also appear in the Lakers' training camp next.

In an interview with European basketball media BasketNews, Matthew Leonis said that he finally chose the Lakers as his first NBA opportunity between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Lakers. He said: The interest and attention from these two teams are actually similar, but in Los Angeles, my agent and I have more connections, and we also know more about the local situation. For some reason, I feel that Los Angeles is the right choice. But it wasn't an easy thing for me anyway, because I don't know the environment and situation of the NBA, but I think it's the best place for me.

Matthew Leonis was born in May 2002 and is 23 years old, 193cm tall and weighs 88kg. He is the undraft in this year's NBA draft. In the NCAA game last season, Matthew Leonis played 35 times in total for St. Mary's University, with averaging 34.9 minutes per game, with averaging 14.2 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.3 steals, and 0.1 blocks. He also had 2.1 turnovers and 2 fouls. His shooting percentage was 44.6%, his three-point shooting percentage was 34.7%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 79.3%. With his outstanding performance, Matthew Leonis was selected as the WCC League's Best Player for two consecutive years and was shortlisted for the WCC League's First Team and the Best Championship Team for two consecutive years. His performance in the NCAA arena is still very outstanding. However, due to a foot fracture, Matthew Leonis failed to participate in the previous NBA summer league games.

Matthew Leonis is actually a player with very comprehensive abilities. He has good scoring ability, rich offensive methods, and quite good passing and organizational skills. His ability on the offensive end is very outstanding, and his maturity is also very high. However, his physical talent and athletic ability are slightly average, and his age is relatively high, which also leads to him becoming a undrafted draft. It is worth mentioning that he is also the son of Hall of Fame member Sarunas Marciulionis, who is the first player to use the European Step in the NBA and is known as the "father of European Steps". As the saying goes, a tiger father has no dog and son. Perhaps Matthew Leonis will have the opportunity to show off his characteristics in the next training camp and preseason?