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Raptors Notes: Olynyk, Brown, Quickley, Mogbo, Rhoden

December 8th, 2024 at 10:16am CST by Rory Maher

After missing the first 21 games of the season with a back injury, Raptors big man Kelly Olynyk made his season debut in Saturday’s loss to Dallas, writes Michael Grange of Sportsnet.ca. Olynyk explained that his back unexpectedly tightened up after a training camp practice, and it took six weeks for him to recover.

“Playing basketball is what I love to do,” Olynyk said of finally returning to the lineup. “So you know, whenever you get to wake up and play basketball, it’s a great day. Obviously, it took a lot longer than I wanted, probably the team wanted, everybody wanted, but those kind of things happen. You’ve got to take your time. You can’t rush it, but it’s nice to get back out there and get into the flow of things.”

The 33-year-old forward/center had an excellent night, recording 13 points, four rebounds and two steals in 14 minutes without missing a shot (3-of-3 on three-pointers, 4-of-4 on free throws).

Here’s more on the Raptors, mostly from Grange:

Bruce Brown appears to be close behind Olynyk in making his own season debut after undergoing offseason knee surgery, with Grange saying the veteran swingman “should be back any time.” Long viewed as a trade candidate, Brown is on an expiring $23MM contract.
Immanuel Quickley‘s return to action does not appear to be imminent, however. According to Grange, there’s still no recovery timeline for the 25-year-old, who sustained a torn ligament in his left elbow on November 10.
As Grange writes, despite losing to Dallas, Toronto had some impressive performances from its young players, with head coach Darko Rajakovic singling out rookie forward Jonathan Mogbo for the “awesome” job he did defending Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. “Jonathan’s super versatile. He can guard one through five,” said Olynk. “ … So that’s really exciting, and he can rebound, he can run, he can put the ball on the floor and handle it a little bit. He made some shots today. As he continues to develop that three-point shot, it’s going to be, obviously, big for him and for us, but he has that athletic ability around the rim. He caught a lob today that looked like he got boosted in the air. It was unbelievable. But you know, his skill set will definitely, I think, complement mine, and mine will complement his. So looking forward to that.” The 31st pick of June’s draft, Mogbo finished with eight points, seven rebounds, two assists, one steal and two blocks in 21 minutes.
Third-year guard Jared Rhoden spent training camp with Toronto on an Exhibit 10 contract, but was waived before the season began. Charlotte claimed him off waivers and converted him to a two-way deal, but he was recently cut by the Hornets to make room for Isaiah Wong. According to Blake Murphy of Sportsnet.ca (Twitter link), Rhoden will join Toronto’s G League affiliate, the Raptors 905, which controls his returning player rights, but the team will have to release someone to make room for him.

Hornets Sign Isaiah Wong To Two-Way Contract, Waive Jared Rhoden

December 2nd, 2024 at 12:45pm CST by Arthur Hill

DECEMBER 2: Wong has officially signed his two-way contract with the Hornets, the team announced today in a press release. He agreed to a two-year deal that will cover the 2025/26 season as well as the rest of ’24/25, Hoops Rumors has learned.

NOVEMBER 30: Isaiah Wong will join the Hornets on a two-way contract, agent Darrell Comer of Tandem tells Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link).

Two-way guard Jared Rhoden has been waived to make room on the roster, the team announced in a press release.

Wong, a 23-year-old shooting guard, is currently with the Salt Lake City Stars and ranks seventh in the G League scoring race at 24.1 points per game. He was in training camp with Utah on an Exhibit 10 contract, but was waived before the start of the season.

Wong was selected by Indiana with the 55th pick in the 2023 draft. He only appeared in one NBA game as a rookie, but averaged 14.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 30 regular season games with the G League’s Indiana Mad Ants.

The Hornets are in need of healthy players after being hampered by injuries since the season began. LaMelo Ball, who will miss at least two weeks with a strained left calf, is the latest addition to an injury list that already includes Miles Bridges, Mark Williams, Grant Williams, Tre Mann and DaQuan Jeffries.

KJ Simpson and Moussa Diabate occupy Charlotte’s other two-way spots.

Hornets Claim Jared Rhoden, Convert Him To Two-Way Deal

October 21st, 2024 at 4:42pm CST by Dana Gauruder

5:29pm: The Hornets confirmed in a press release that they’ve claimed Rhoden and converted his Exhibit 10 contract to a two-way deal.

4:42pm: The Hornets have claimed Jared Rhoden off waivers, Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype tweets. He is expected to have his Exhibit 10 contract converted into a two-way deal, Scotto adds.

The Raptors placed Rhoden on waivers over the weekend. He had signed his camp deal in August and lost a battle to gain a two-way spot on Toronto’s roster.

Rhoden, 24, played the past two years on two-way contracts with the Pistons, appearing in 31 total games. Last season he averaged 4.9 points and 1.9 rebounds in 17 games while shooting 50% from the field and 38.7% from three-point range.

Charlotte has a two-way opening to fit Rhoden onto that portion of its roster. KJ Simpson and Moussa Diabate currently hold the other two two-way slots.

Raptors Cut Branden Carlson, Two Others; Convert Jamison Battle To Two-Way

October 19th, 2024 at 1:39pm CST by Luke Adams

The Raptors have placed three players on waivers, according to Blake Murphy of Sportsnet.ca (Twitter link), who says that center Branden Carlson and guards Jared Rhoden and Jahmi’us Ramsey are the roster casualties in Toronto.

Carlson was on a two-way contract, while Rhoden and Ramsey were in camp on non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 contracts.

Forward Jamison Battle, the team’s other Exhibit 10 recipient, has had his contract converted into a two-way deal, replacing Carlson, Murphy adds.

Battle, who went undrafted out of Ohio State in June, impressed the Raptors at the Las Vegas Summer League, where he averaged 7.4 points per game on .565/.600/1.000 shooting in five outings (14.0 MPG). He also had a strong preseason, putting up 6.4 PPG in just 9.8 MPG in five appearances off the bench, with a .545 FG% (and a .571 3PT%).

Battle will help provide depth early in the season on the wing, where RJ Barrett and Bruce Brown are among the projected rotation players dealing with injuries.

As Murphy tweets, Rhoden will likely report to the Raptors 905, since they control his rights, and the team should have the ability to designate Carlson as an affiliate player even though he was on a two-way deal. Ramsey’s returning rights are still controlled by the Oklahoma City Blue, so the 905 would have to acquire them in order to get him on their roster.

Toronto is now carrying 14 players on fully guaranteed contracts, plus Bruno Fernando on a non-guaranteed deal, and three players on two-way pacts. Assuming Fernando makes the opening night roster, his full minimum salary will become guaranteed.

And-Ones: G League Trades, Charania, Breakout Candidates, More

October 8th, 2024 at 4:00pm CST by Luke Adams

A pair of teams have acquired the G League rights for players who are in camp with them on Exhibit 10 contracts.

The Wisconsin Herd (Bucks) sent Marquese Chriss‘ rights and a 2025 first-round pick to the Birmingham Squadron (Pelicans) in exchange for Liam Robbins‘ rights (Twitter link), while the Raptors 905 are receiving Jared Rhoden‘s rights from the College Park Skyhawks (Hawks) in exchange for the rights to Omari Moore and a 2025 first-rounder (Twitter link via Blake Murphy of Sportsnet).

Robbins is currently on Milwaukee’s preseason roster, while Rhoden is under contract with Toronto.

In other G League trade news, the Austin Spurs announced (via Twitter) that they’ve sent the returning rights for Yauhen Massalski to the San Diego Clippers in exchange for a 2025 second-round pick, while the Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers) acquired Elijah Hughes‘ rights from the Wisconsin Herd (Bucks) in exchange for the rights to Sam Merrill and a 2025 second-rounder.

Trading away Merrill’s returning rights won’t mean anything for the Cavaliers as long as he remains on Cleveland’s NBA roster, but if he were to be waived down the road, the Bucks’ affiliate would have first dibs on him as a G Leaguer.

Here are more odds and ends from around the basketball world:

Shams Charania, who has spent the past few years with The Athletic, is making the move to ESPN to replace Adrian Wojnarowski as the network’s senior NBA insider, Charania announced on Twitter. Recent reporting suggested that ESPN news-breakers currently covering other sports – including Jeff Passan (MLB) or Adam Schefter (NFL) – were among the candidates being considered to replace Wojnarowski, but Charania was always the more logical choice, given his lengthy history of major NBA scoops.
In an Insider-only story for ESPN, Jeremy Woo identifies 11 players he believes are prime breakout candidates in 2024/25. Woo’s 11 candidates fall into four groups: players who could make the leap to an All-Star level, such as Cavaliers big man Evan Mobley; players who could ascend to borderline All-Stars, like Hawks forward Jalen Johnson; players who will benefit from taking on larger roles, including Bulls guard Josh Giddey; and role players who could make bigger impacts, such as Kings guard Keon Ellis.
Kurt Helin of NBC Sports predicts the 10 players most likely to be traded in 2024/25, ranging from big names like Brandon Ingram and Zach LaVine to role players such as Bruce Brown and Jonas Valanciunas. Three of the players in Helin’s top 10 – Bojan Bogdanovic, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Cameron Johnson – are currently members of the Nets.

Raptors Sign Jared Rhoden To Exhibit 10 Contract

August 19th, 2024 at 11:56am CST by Arthur Hill

The Raptors have signed free agent guard Jared Rhoden, the team announced (via Twitter).

It’s an Exhibit 10 deal, a source tells Blake Murphy of Sportsnet (Twitter link), which means Rhoden will be invited to camp with no assurances of earning a roster spot or a two-way contract. He can receive a bonus worth up to $77.5K if he’s waived and spends at least 60 days with Toronto’s G League affiliate.

Rhoden, 24, played the past two years on two-way contracts with the Pistons, appearing in 31 total games. Last season he averaged 4.9 points and 1.9 rebounds in 17 games while shooting 50% from the field and 38.7% from three-point range.

A former standout at Seton Hall, Rhoden signed with the Trail Blazers after going undrafted in 2022. He was waived before the start of the season and claimed by the Hawks, who waived him the next day.

Toronto has now reached the training camp limit of 21 players, Murphy adds (Twitter link). That total breaks down to 14 guaranteed contracts, Bruno Fernando‘s non-guaranteed deal, three two-way players and three with Exhibit 10 contracts. That includes Quincy Guerrier, whose Exhibit 10 deal has been reported, but not confirmed by the Raptors. Murphy notes that the team has plenty of room below the tax line to make in-season roster moves.

Pistons Sign Ausar Thompson, Jared Rhoden, Malcolm Cazalon

July 2nd, 2023 at 11:14am CST by Arthur Hill

The Pistons have signed Ausar Thompson to his rookie scale contract, the team announced (via Twitter).

The fifth overall pick in this year’s draft, Thompson is eligible to receive $7,977,480 in his first season and can make $36,246,405 over the four-year contract, as our breakdown of rookie scale salaries shows.

Thompson, 20, was named MVP and Finals MVP last season in the Overtime Elite league. The versatile small forward averaged 17.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.8 assists as the City Reapers captured the championship.

Detroit also announced the signing of guards Jared Rhoden and Malcolm Cazalon to two-way contracts (Twitter link).

Rhoden was a two-way player last season with the Pistons’ G League affiliate, the Motor City Cruise, and played 14 games in the NBA. He received a two-way qualifying offer to make him a restricted free agent.

Cazalon spent the past three seasons with Mega MIS in Serbia. In 25 games last season, he averaged 11.3 PPG, 3.4 RPG, and 2.6 APG with a .462/.337/.800 shooting line in 25.5 minutes per night. He’s still just 21 years old.

The Pistons still have one two-way slot open.

Wolves’ Garza, Ryan Among Players Receiving Two-Way QOs

June 29th, 2023 at 6:48am CST by Luke Adams

Timberwolves forward Luka Garza and wing Matt Ryan are among several players on two-way contracts who received qualifying offers on Wednesday, according to the official transaction log at RealGM.com.

Besides Garza and Ryan, the following two-way players were issued qualifying offers, making them restricted free agents:

Isaiah Mobley (Cavaliers)
Jared Rhoden (Pistons)
Nico Mannion (Warriors)
Lester Quinones (Warriors)
A.J. Green (Bucks)

The default qualifying offer for a player on a two-way contract is another one-year, two-way deal, with a small partial guarantee.

A player who has four years of experience or who has spent the last two seasons on a two-way contract with the same time becomes eligible for a QO equivalent to a standard, minimum-salary deal. However, none of these seven players fit that bill.

These two-way restricted free agents will have the option of accepting their qualifying offers or trying to negotiate new contracts. They’re all technically eligible to sign offer sheets with new teams, which their current clubs would have the ability to match. However, that outcome has been a rarity for players coming off two-way deals.

While Garza, Ryan, Mobley, Rhoden, Quinones, and Green all finished the 2022/23 season under contract with their respective teams, Mannion has been out of the NBA since 2021 and recently signed with Baskonia in Spain. Having issued him a qualifying offer in each of the last three seasons, Golden State continues to retain Mannion’s RFA rights in the event that he eventually returns stateside.

According to Anthony Slater of The Athletic, the Warriors aren’t expected to tender qualifying offers to Anthony Lamb and Ty Jerome (two-way). The team still has some level of interest in re-signing one or both players, but that interest may hinge on how the free agent market plays out, Slater explains.

Pistons Waive Braxton Key, Sign Jared Rhoden To Two-Way Deal

December 27th, 2022 at 6:38am CST by Rory Maher

DECEMBER 27: The Pistons officially waived Key and signed Rhoden on Monday, per NBA.com’s transaction log.

DECEMBER 26: The Pistons are waiving two-way forward Braxton Key and signing guard/forward Jared Rhoden to fill their open two-way spot, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic (via Twitter).

Rhoden, 23, went undrafted over the summer after four years with Seton Hall. He played for Sacramento’s Summer League team and then signed an Exhibit 10 deal with the Trail Blazers, but Portland doesn’t have a G League affiliate and he was waived before the season started.

The College Park Skyhawks (Atlanta’s affiliate) secured Rhoden’s G League rights in the NBA G League draft in October. In 16 games (25.3 minutes) with the Skyhawks, he put up 13.9 points and 6.4 rebounds on .547/.514/.821 shooting.

Rhoden is the second Skyhawk who will be promoted to a two-way deal today, joining A.J. Lawson, who is reportedly signing with the Mavericks.

Key, 25, spent most of last season in the G League with Philadelphia’s affiliate, the Delaware Blue Coats, earning a spot on the NBAGL All-Defensive Team. He signed a 10-day hardship deal with the Sixers and appeared in a couple games, then caught on with the Pistons at the end of 2021/22, first on a 10-day contract, then a two-way deal, averaging 8.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.0 steal and 1.2 blocks in nine games (21.2 minutes).

The 6’8″ forward has rarely seen the court for the Pistons this season, making just three appearances for nine total minutes. He has spent most of ’22/23 with their G League affiliate, the Motor City Cruise, averaging 17.0 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks on .441/.256/.615 shooting in 13 games (31.3 minutes).

2022/23 NBA G League Draft Results

October 22nd, 2022 at 1:47pm CST by Luke Adams

The NBA G League held its draft for the 2022/23 season on Saturday afternoon.

The 28 G League teams affiliated with NBA franchises participated in the event, as did – for the first time – the Mexico City Capitanes. The G League Ignite, which is made up of top prospects and veteran mentors, doesn’t take part in the draft.

The first player selected in today’s G League draft was 2020 second-round pick Sam Merrill, a swingman who was in camp with the Kings this fall but missed out on earning a regular season roster spot.

Merrill’s contract with Sacramento included a partial guarantee of $150K, making him ineligible to suit up for the Kings’ G League affiliate in Stockton this season. The Cleveland Charge, the Cavaliers‘ affiliate, snared him with the No. 1 overall pick.

The No. 2 pick was another player who was under contract with an NBA team up until last week. Joe Wieskamp was the odd man out in San Antonio, having been waived by the Spurs (despite having a guaranteed 2022/23 salary) to help the team get down to 15 players for the start of the season. The Wisconsin Herd, the Bucks‘ affiliate, grabbed him with the second overall selection today.

Among the other notable picks was No. 4 overall Jared Rhoden, who was selected by the Hawks‘ affiliate, the College Park Skyhawks. Atlanta claimed Rhoden off waivers near the end of the preseason in the hopes of securing his affiliate rights, but it appears he didn’t meet the criteria — the Skyhawks instead secured his G League rights in today’s draft.

The player with the most NBA experience selected in today’s draft was Norris Cole. The veteran guard, with 360 NBA regular season appearances under his belt, went 48th overall to the Grand Rapids Gold, the Nuggets‘ affiliate. Cole, who turned 34 this month, will be looking to take the same path Isaiah Thomas and Lance Stephenson did last season, making an NBA comeback after impressing in Grand Rapids.

Finally, it’s also worth noting that today’s No. 10 overall pick, Amauri Hardy, is the older brother of Mavericks rookie Jaden Hardy. Dallas’ affiliate, the Texas Legends, picked him.

Here are the full 2022/23 G League draft results:

Round One:

Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers): Sam Merrill
Wisconsin Herd (Bucks): Joe Wieskamp
Greensboro Swarm (Hornets): Aaron Wheeler
College Park Skyhawks (Hawks): Jared Rhoden
Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder): Jericole Hellems
Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Kadeem Jack
College Park Skyhawks (Hawks): Terrell Brown Jr.
Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder): Michael Weathers
Texas Legends (Mavericks): Taze Moore
Texas Legends (Mavericks): Amauri Hardy
Memphis Hustle (Grizzlies): Ty Gordon
Iowa Wolves (Timberwolves): Mamoudou Diarra
Fort Wayne Mad Ants (Pacers): Abu Kigab
Ontario Clippers (Clippers): Warith Alatishe
Westchester Knicks (Knicks): Mayan Kiir
Capital City Go-Go (Wizards): Theo John
South Bay Lakers (Lakers): Nate Roberts
Memphis Hustle (Grizzlies): Keith Williams
Long Island Nets (Nets): Taz Sherman
Raptors 905 (Raptors): Devon Daniels
Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Jai Smith (Overtime Elite)
College Park Skyhawks (Hawks): Adrian Delph
Wisconsin Herd (Bucks): Tyrn Flowers
Windy City Bulls (Bulls): Nick King
Ontario Clippers (Clippers): David Collins
Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers): Derek Culver
Motor City Cruise (Pistons): Ryan Turell (Yeshiva — Division III)
Motor City Cruise (Pistons): Tom Digbeu
Maine Celtics (Celtics): Kendall Smith

Round Two:

Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers): Rashad Vaughn
Mexico City Capitanes (N/A): Jassel Perez (Dominican Republic)
Greensboro Swarm (Hornets): Tyson Jolly
Raptors 905 (Raptors): Hasahn French
Greensboro Swarm (Hornets): No pick
Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Landon Kirkwood
Austin Spurs (Spurs): Justin Kier
Iowa Wolves (Timberwolves): No pick
Santa Cruz Warriors (Warriors): Jayce Johnson
Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers): No pick
Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers): Remy Martin
Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder): Noah Starkey (Southern Nazarene – Division II)
Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder): Philip Flory
Maine Celtics (Celtics): Zak Irvin
Westchester Knicks (Knicks): Jahvon Blair
Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Brandon McCoy
South Bay Lakers (Lakers): John Meeks
Stockton Kings (Kings): Seth Allen
Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets): Norris Cole
Memphis Hustle (Grizzlies): No pick
Stockton Kings (Kings): Austin Trice
College Park Skyhawks (Hawks): No pick
Greensboro Swarm (Hornets): No pick
Stockton Kings (Kings): Isaac Johnson
Salt Lake City Stars (Jazz): Elijah Lufile
Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers): No pick
Rio Grande Valley Vipers (Rockets): Eron Gordon
Santa Cruz Warriors (Warriors): Jack Nolan (Washington University in St. Louis – Division III)
Salt Lake City Stars (Jazz): Armon Fletcher

Round Three:

Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers): J.J. Moore
College Park Skyhawks (Hawks): No pick
Greensboro Swarm (Hornets): No pick
Lakeland Magic (Magic): Jachai Taylor
Lakeland Magic (Magic): No pick
Birmingham Squadron (Pelicans): Trey McGowens
Austin Spurs (Spurs): No pick
Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder): Kevin Kangu
Windy City Bulls (Bulls): Wayne Stewart Jr. (Texas A&M-Commerce – Division II)
Fort Wayne Mad Ants (Pacers): No pick
Maine Celtics (Celtics): No pick
Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers): No pick
Fort Wayne Mad Ants (Pacers): No pick
Maine Celtics (Celtics): No pick
Westchester Knicks (Knicks): Dazon Ingram
Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets): No pick
Mexico City Capitanes (N/A): No pick
Windy City Bulls (Bulls): No pick
Long Island Nets (Nets): Alan Griffin
Austin Spurs (Spurs): No pick
Austin Spurs (Spurs): No pick
College Park Skyhawks (Hawks): No pick
Wisconsin Herd (Bucks): No pick
Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets): No pick
Ontario Clippers (Clippers): No pick
Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers): No pick
Santa Cruz Warriors (Warriors): No pick
Capital City Go-Go (Wizards): Nick Hornsby
Raptors 905 (Raptors): No pick

Teams will fill out their rosters with affiliate players, returning-rights players, tryout players, and players who are assigned to the G League from the NBA roster (including those on two-way contracts).

G League training camps open on Monday, with this year’s NBAGL Showcase Cup tournament tipping off on November 4.