Toronto Raptors Rumors
Blake Murphy: The Raptors have signed Matt Morgan. This is the “Exhibit 10 & waive for 905” procedural move I’d mentioned after the Konate waiver. Morgan gets $50K bump to the G League salary, Raptors get a sharpshooter they liked at Summer League.
With the deadline looming, Siakam’s representatives are on their way to Toronto and further meetings are expected over the coming days. While Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports reported Wednesday that it was “almost a certainty” the team will reach an agreement with Siakam before Monday’s deadline, no one I spoke with was quite as definitive, although both sides said things were trending positively and hopeful that Monday’s deadline will get them to the finish line.
Josh Lewenberg: The Raptors have waived Sagaba Konate, who was in camp on an Exhibit 10 deal. The roster now stands at 19 – 12 players on guaranteed deals and 7 on partial or non guaranteed contracts competing for 3 roster spots and 2 2-way spots.
Siakam, Raptors a lock for an extension agreement?
It’s almost a certainty that emerging star Pascal Siakam and the Toronto Raptors will come to terms on an extension before Monday’s deadline for rookie-scale extension candidates. The Cameroon native is the only player remaining from the 2016 NBA draft class considered to be a virtual lock to get a deal completed before the deadline, which is quite an accomplishment for the No. 27 overall pick. However, in order to finalize the agreement between the two sides, a maximum contract offer will be required, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
