4:30pm: The signing is official, the Raptors announced in a press release.
12:19pm: The Raptors are promoting former lottery pick Justise Winslow from their G League affiliate and will sign him to a 10-day contract, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link).
Winslow, the 10th overall pick in the 2015 draft, has spent time with the Grizzlies, Clippers, and Trail Blazers since playing in Miami for the first five years of his NBA career. The 27-year-old underwent ankle surgery in March 2023, which delayed his ’23/24 debut.
In 17 appearances for the Raptors 905 at the G League level this season, Winslow has averaged 16.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.8 steals in 26.8 minutes per game, with a shooting line of .514/.276/.625.
A rangy, versatile wing, Winslow will provide some depth for Toronto and fill one of the team’s two open 15-man roster spots. The Raptors traded Dennis Schröder and Thaddeus Young to Brooklyn on Thursday in exchange for Spencer Dinwiddie, then waived Dinwiddie, creating a pair of roster openings.
Winslow’s 10-day contract will cover Toronto’s final three games before the All-Star break and then expire before the Raptors’ first post-All-Star contest on February 22. The club would be able to ink him to a second 10-day deal at that point, then would have to decide whether to sign him for the rest of the season or let him go (he could report back to Raptors 905 in that scenario).
Winslow will earn $166,176 over the life of his 10-day contract, with Toronto taking on a cap hit of $116,075.
This guy & Stanley Johnson formed the most suffocating defensive pair of forwards I seen since Pip/Worm when they teamed up for USA at the FIBA U17 or U19 (can’t remember) World Cup back about 6-8yrs ago. He was incredible during Duke’s title run as well but it was always obv to me that the Harden comps were way way off. If not for his injury problems he def would still be a valuable rotation guy in the league along the lines of a stronger Herb Jones/lefty Derrick McKey type wing
Winslow & Stanley Johnson won gold together in 2012 at the U17 World Cup & again in 2014 at the U18 FIBA Americas tourney. This is them just being completely dominant, leading team USA in scoring (ahead of guys like Jaylen Brown/Jalen Brunson/more) & beating a Dillon Brooks led Canadian team in the final. Crazy that this was almost a decade ago… link to m.youtube.com
Injuries definitely slowed him down.
Nwora is still better. Why even bother with Winslow???
It’s a 10-day who cares
Gueye is a decent signing, he has played good. They need a young PF and C. They don’t need Winslow when they have a much better version in Barnes.
Some choices
Kai Jones, John Butler, Darius Bazley and Isaiah Todd. They will need to develop. Pick two
Every time I hear about Justise I cringe as a Heat fan… on draft night 2014, Danny Ainge wanted him so bad he offered the Heat 5 (YES 5!) First round picks for his draft rights. And this was after the Hornets passed on an offer of 4 for #9 pick (which became Frank Kaminsky)…. the Heat took Winslow and the rest was history. Those 5 picks? They included names like Jayson Tatum, Terry Rozier, Marcus Smart, and Jaylen Brown lol (the 5th was Robert Williams I believe)… not saying the heat woulda taken all those same names or even kept the picks… but sigh lol. Pat Riley’s personal hatred of Danny Ainge got in the way of that one.
Yeah when I saw he is only 6’4 or 6’3 instead of 6’6 then I knew he wouldn’t be as good. If all said is true then you are completely right