The Toronto Raptors already changed the scope of the franchise when they acquired Dennis Schroder following the departure of Fred VanVleet and brought Jakob Poeltl back on an $80 million contract, but Masai Ujiri was far from finished in free agency.
The Raptors were able to add Jalen McDaniels, formerly of the Charlotte Hornets and Philadelphia 76ers, via the team’s bi-annual exception. McDaniels will come to town on a two-year, $9.3 million deal that seems fairly economical for a player that is as young and desired as he is.
McDaniels not only fits in with Ujiri’s overall team-building philosophy and is weakening a rival in Philadelphia by leaving, but he is still just 25 years old and coming off the best season of his career.