The National Basketball Association announced Tuesday that guard Malachi Flynn has been named Eastern Conference rookie of the month for April. Flynn becomes the ninth player in franchise history to earn the honour and the first since Jonas Valanciunas in March 2013. The other players that have earned rookie of the month honours for Toronto were Damon Stoudamire, Marcus Camby, Vince Carter, Charlie Villanueva, Jorge Garbajosa, Andrea Bargnani and Jamario Moon.
Flynn appeared in 15 games (eight starts) during the month of April for Toronto and helped the Raptors to an 8-7 record. He posted averages of 12.