Terence Davis was an undrafted free agent out of Ole Miss and the physical, 6-foot-4 wing has impressed enough to deserve a permanent spot in the Toronto Raptors rotation.

Terence Davis is stepping into an extremely unique position in his rookie season of NBA basketball. The Toronto Raptors won the 2019 NBA Championship and essentially went right into a semi-rebuilding year as Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard bolted in free agency for the Los Angeles Clippers.

Davis bet on himself by turning down contract offers during the 2019 NBA Draft, mostly because these offers were two-way contracts that would have made Davis a half NBA player, half NBA G League player. Davis felt that he definitely an NBA-caliber player, and after one stellar performance as a member of the Denver Nuggets summer league roster, he was proved to be correct.

The Toronto Raptors signed Davis to a two-year contract with the first year being guaranteed and the second year having a team-option, quite a turnaround for an undrafted rookie who took a huge gamble. In that summer league game that likely confirmed what the Raptors front office had seen from Davis, he put up 22 points, five rebounds, three assists, a steal, a block, and he shot 5-7 from the 3-point line. Obviously, it was a monster performance but it was more of the way he accumulated the numbers that drew the Raptors to him.

Over the NBA Summer League, Terence Davis did almost all of the things that Toronto looks for out of their wings. In moments Davis looked like not just a solid player, but someone who could be a key cog in Nick Nurse’s new-look bench unit.