NOVEMBER 6: The team has officially waived Dekker, Josh Lewenberg of TSN Sports tweets. Bonga’s $1.67MM contract has been fully guaranteed, Lewenberg adds.
NOVEMBER 5: The Raptors are waiving forward Sam Dekker, tweets Blake Murphy of Sportsnet.ca. Dekker was on a partially guaranteed deal, so he will still earn $350K, the guaranteed portion of his contract.
Dekker had been in a battle with Isaac Bonga for the 14th spot on the roster. Both players previously agreed to push back their guarantee date to November 6.
Dekker only appeared in one regular season game for the Raptors, logging one minute, though he had some nice performances in the preseason. He last played in the NBA in 2018/19, having spent the past two seasons playing in Europe.
The move allows the Raptors to stay under the luxury tax threshold, as was mentioned in our previous articles.
Assuming he clears waivers, Dekker will become an unrestricted free agent.
As for Bonga, it’s unclear if the Raptors intend to guarantee his minimum salary for 2021/22. It’s possible the two sides could agree to push his guarantee date back. He could even be waived too, though the team would have to get back up to 14 players within two weeks in that scenario. For now, his spot on the roster at least appears safer than Dekker’s.
I liked Dekker when Houston drafted him, too bad his NBA career didn’t work out.
His home town in Wisconsin is called Sheboygan, it’s such a funny name.
Not really, it’s obviously Native American. Guess that’s funny.
It is funny
The word used by the Menominee tribe is actually Sāpīwāēhekaneh, which bears little resemblance to the word Sheboygan.
You must be a hit at parties
Go away
Come on even John candy referenced Sheboygan in home alone. It’s FUNNY
Gonna have to weigh in here. Sheboygan is a funny place name.
Admins
Ban them all
We won’t see Dekker back in the Association.