The Raptors finally did something! There’s been roughly 24 hours of radio silence from the organization since the the moratorium was lifted on free agent negotiations yesterday at 6:00 PM. It’s not Kawhi Leonard, but the Raptors finally cracked that silence by signing 3-point sharpshooting guard Matt Thomas, most recently of Valencia in Spain’s ACB.
Thomas is just 24, only two years removed from playing his college basketball at Iowa State. Then and now Thomas hung his hat on one thing, jump-shooting. He was a career 40% 3-point shooter in college on a high volume, and followed that up by shooting 47% (!