Avila, Brown Signal NBA Exhibit 10 Contracts

ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis males’s basketball standouts Robbie Avila and Dion Brown have signed NBA Exhibit 10 contracts following the 2026 NBA Draft, the gamers introduced.

Avila signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, whereas Brown agreed to phrases with the Brooklyn Nets. Both gamers will report back to their respective organizations for NBA Summer League and coaching camp alternatives.

Avila earned Atlantic 10 Player of the Year honors this previous season. The expert 6-foot-10 heart averaged 12.8 factors, 4.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists per recreation whereas capturing higher than 40 % from 3-point vary. Avila concluded his SLU profession with 983 factors and 122 3-pointers. Across his four-year NCAA profession, which included two seasons at Indiana State, he compiled 1,990 factors, 473 assists and 214 3-pointers.

Brown averaged 11.4 factors and 5.1 rebounds per recreation whereas beginning all 35 contests in his lone season with the Billikens. The switch from Boston College and UMBC earned A-10 All-Defensive Team honors as a senior. He ranked among the many NCAA’s high rebounding guards and shot 61.6 % from the sphere, the fifth-best single-season discipline aim proportion in class historical past.

Avila and Brown helped lead Saint Louis to a school-record 29 victories, a share of the Atlantic 10 regular-season championship and an NCAA Tournament look in 2025-26.

An Exhibit 10 contract is a one-year, minimum-salary NBA settlement that permits groups to carry gamers to coaching camp and/or NBA Summer League whereas providing the chance to earn a bonus if they’re waived and signal with the crew’s NBA G League affiliate. Exhibit 10 contracts additionally may be transformed into two-way contracts previous to the beginning of the common season.

Avila and Brown develop into the newest Billikens to earn alternatives within the NBA. Recent SLU graduates Yuri Collins (Warriors and Nets) and Terrence Hargrove Jr. (Nuggets) have competed within the NBA Summer League. Collins additionally earned a 10-day contract with the Golden State Warriors and appeared in two NBA video games in the course of the 2024-25 season.

Jordan Goodwin, a 2021 SLU graduate, agreed earlier this month to a three-year contract with the Phoenix Suns. His NBA profession has spanned 5 seasons, and he has appeared in 220 video games.