Shams: Raptors re-sign Garrett Temple (1yr/3.6mil)

[Zeno]

I guess I have to take the word of the team that this is important to do. I believe the league pays a certain amount of the salary and only a portion counts against the tax and aprons but I forgot how much.

[ArthurVandelay]

Genuinely surprised by this one, thought the injury was going to be the end

Need Dhackett to weigh in on this, but it seems like bringing back Temple points to good things about the Raps being willing to flirt with the tax line this season

He only counts as $2m towards cap

League reimburses difference of these vet minimum deals

[Grew]

Lmao at people saying it’s a waste. Y’all have no clue how important great vets are in a lockerroom. We need them, especially with how young our team is.

I would hope guys like Yak, Ingram and Scottie could lead at this point. Even RJ and Quick are young vets. I guess these guys aren't mature enough.

[djsunyc]

first official new era transaction!

[Boardbreaker]

I guess this is one way to help out locker room morale this year

[HumbleRen]

Lmao at people saying it’s a waste. Y’all have no clue how important great vets are in a lockerroom. We need them, especially with how young our team is.

Give him an assistant coach position then. The guy barely plays anyways so why waste a spot.

You’re not playing 15 guys on a roster lol. Having a valuable voice that can be the middle man between a coaching staff and the players is way more valuable than some 25 year dude from the g league on some 2 way contract.

[WuTang_CMB]

Great to have him back.

[dkb964]

Not mad at this at all. It is what it is. He clearly must be beneficial in terms of being a good example for the younger players on the roster.

[HumbleRen]

Lmao at people saying it’s a waste. Y’all have no clue how important great vets are in a lockerroom. We need them, especially with how young our team is.

I would hope guys like Yak, Ingram and Scottie could lead at this point. Even RJ and Quick are young vets. I guess these guys aren't mature enough.

Not everyone is a leader. Look at KD, he’s a top 20 player of all time and he still can’t lead a team for ****.

Those guys can be on court leaders but off the court? That’s a different ball game.

[And1Skip]

Is it really worth wasting a roster spot on this guy?

See Indiana and James Johnson

[MavCarter]

Lmao at people saying it’s a waste. Y’all have no clue how important great vets are in a lockerroom. We need them, especially with how young our team is.

Give him an assistant coach position then. The guy barely plays anyways so why waste a spot.

Being a coach is different than being a teammate

[DreamTeam09]

Lmao at people saying it’s a waste. Y’all have no clue how important great vets are in a lockerroom. We need them, especially with how young our team is.

I would hope guys like Yak, Ingram and Scottie could lead at this point. Even RJ and Quick are young vets. I guess these guys aren't mature enough.

lol lol come on, there has to be multiple other explanations you could've come up with other than "the guys aren't mature enough" that's like saying a father isn't mature just because the grandfather looks after the grandkids too

[Scase]

Bobby making a huge splash as day one of being a big boy.

[Brinbe]

fantastic vet to have for a young locker room, temple is a great example to follow for any young pro. but I hope they have a plan to fill that C position that isn't just CMB or Castleton

[DreamTeam09]

So was that our last roster spot on the main squad? Lawson n Castleton will not make the team

[SpezNc]

I am a bit surprise because I wasn’t sure if we would have a 15th man or 14th lineup in order to avoid luxury tax (if no trade )

Already we have

Barnes 1
Ingram 2
Quickley 3
Barrett 4
Poeltl 5
Agbaji 6
Gradey 7
Ja'Kobe 8
Murray-Boyles 9 (Unsigned but it’s a formality)
Shead 10
Mogbo 11
Temple 12
Battle 13 (get guaranteed on July 1st)
Castleton 14 (non guaranteed)
Lawson 15 (non guaranteed)
Martin (unsigned)
Chomche (2w)
Chuck (2w)
Rhoden (2w)

-I am assuming that Battle stays but one or both of Castleton and Lawson get waived?

- Maybe Rhoden is waived and Martin only gets a 2w?

- Do we start the season over the tax (and duck it on trade deadline )?

- Do we make a trade during the off season to gets below before the start of the season ?

- Do we add a veteran minimum back up C ?

While Temple is a no brainer for the culture , for some reason it’s surprise me. But definitely the right move for the vibes !

[djsunyc]

So was that our last roster spot on the main squad? Lawson n Castleton will not make the team

you can have 20 on the roster before the season starts then 17 by opening night.

still have a full summer of trades that can happen.

[Asif16]

Great to have him back but I thought for sure we were going to try and use this Vet Min money on a back Center (like a Marvin Bagley for example), due to the limited cap-space we had.

That's pretty much our off-season unless a trade gets made.

[alpngso]

last year sure it made sense but next season again?
so status quo it is

[Asif16]

I am a bit surprise because I wasn’t sure if we would have a 15th man or 14th lineup in order to avoid luxury tax (if no trade )

Already we have

Barnes 1
Ingram 2
Quickley 3
Barrett 4
Poeltl 5
Agbaji 6
Gradey 7
Ja'Kobe 8
Murray-Boyles 9 (Unsigned but it’s a formality)
Shead 10
Mogbo 11
Temple 12
Battle 13 (get guaranteed on July 1st)
Castleton 14 (non guaranteed)
Lawson 15 (non guaranteed)
Martin (unsigned)
Chomche (2w)
Chuck (2w)
Rhoden (2w)

-I am assuming that Battle stays but one or both of Castleton and Lawson get waived?

-Maybe Rhoden is waived and Martin only gets a 2w?

-Do we start the season over the tax (and duck it on trade deadline )?

- Do we make a trade to gets below ?

- Do we add a veteran minimum back up C ?

While Temple is a no brainer for the culture , for some reason it’s surprise me. But definitely the right move for the vibes !

I thought the bolded was a given, but we just used up that Veteran Minimum money on Temple no?