2:30pm: The signing is now official, the Raptors confirmed in a press release.
8:21am: Dalano Banton is signing a two-year, $2.5MM contract with the Raptors, Shams Charania and Blake Murphy of The Athletic tweet.
It’s a minimum deal for a rookie and will be fully guaranteed in the first year and partially guaranteed in the second year, Murphy reports in another tweet.
The second-round pick has averaged 7.7 PPG, 6.0 RPG and 2.0 BPG in three summer league contests in Las Vegas. Banton spent two seasons in college, first at Western Kentucky and then at Nebraska after sitting out a year due to the transfer. He averaged 9.6 PPG, 5.9 RPG and 3.9 APG for the Cornhuskers.
The 6’9” forward, who was chosen with the No. 46 overall pick, projects to spend a good chunk of his rookie season with the franchise’s G League team, Raptors 905.
Never hurts to have so much multi positional depth, as they do. If they can add a knock down shooter, they might be a scary team for a while
Only getting 2 years, instead of 3 might come back to hurt them though, but we’ll see how much playing time he ends up getting
Looks like a Luis Scola Jr.
I was thinking a faster kyle anderson
David Johnson was better. Shoulda gave the developmental piece Banton a Two Way and David Johnson a nice two year guarantee
Cdn kid plays PG and looks great in the Summer League games. Turns the corner and finishes all his drives. His length could dominate. His shooting needs work. Greater potential than the current GL backup.