Raptors small forward Justin Champagnie has been waived by the team, per Blake Murphy of Sportsnet.ca (Twitter link). The club officially confirmed the move in a press release.
An injury after training camp seemed to kill Champagnie’s chances of making the club’s rotation, Murphy observes. He appeared in just three games for Toronto this year.
Champagnie’s contract was only partially guaranteed for $825K. Toronto would have owed the 6’6″ swingman the entirety of his $1,637,966 contract for 2022/23 if he had remained on the roster beyond January 1, tweets Bobby Marks of ESPN.
Murphy believes Champagnie has a good chance to join another club on a two-way deal at some point this season. Since making his NBA debut in October 2021, the former Pitt standout has appeared in 39 games for Toronto, averaging 2.2 PPG and 1.9 RPG across just 7.5 MPG.
With Champagnie coming off their books, the Raptors now have an available spot on their 15-man standard roster. Murphy adds that, thanks to that opening, Toronto will have more flexibility when discussing trades and will be in better position to consider 10-day signings. As we outlined earlier this week, teams can begin signing players to 10-day contracts as of January 5.
Options from their g league for their last roster spot on a 10-day:
Saben Lee
Reggie Perry
Sterling Brown
Gabe Brown
Hassani Gravett and
Melvin Frazier Jr.
They better wait until after the trade deadline to sign a ten day?
Why? It’s only a ten day, that is pro rated if waived.
How do you call yourselves the Toronto Raptors and waive Champagnie Papi
Raps need to strip it down to the studs, trade Trent Jr. and FVV at the deadline and entertain offers for OG and Siakam at the draft.
They need to find an athletic center, the position has been ignored for too long.
No they don’t. SMH. This is why none of you keyboard GMs get past the fry station.
No defense, no shooting, no control of the paint, little to no size. Yea, they’re probably good.
yup damn straight direct honest objective . corporate sports media spins and spins apologizes justifies . so fed up with lies. Raptors ownership and management needs to retool fast and shift gears
yup damn straight direct honest objective . corporate sports media spins and spins apologizes justifies . so fed up with lies. Raptors ownership and management needs to retool fast and shift gears find height in guards too and a tall physical presence centre