Per the Raptors, it’s official: for their team’s 17th man, the holder of one of two 2-way contract slots, Toronto has signed guard Shamorie Ponds. Reports of the signing have been in the air for the past two days — ever since Oshae Brissett claimed the other two-way spot — with the man himself even getting in on the action:
Ponds joins the Raptors and the G-League’s 905 as a 21-year-old guard listed at 6’1” and 180 pounds. Hailing from Brooklyn, he’s spent the past three seasons playing for St. John’s in the Big East Conference, averaging 19.