The Raptors are re-signing forward Thaddeus Young, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports ( Twitter link ), who is hearing from agents Jim Tanner and Max Wiepking that Young will receive a two-year, $16 million deal that includes incentives.
Toronto held Bird’s rights to Young after acquiring him from San Antonio at the February trade deadline, giving the Raptors the ability to exceed the salary cap to retain him.
Young, who turned 34 on June 21, averaged 6.2 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.0 APG and 1.0 SPG on .518/.354/.469 shooting in 52 regular season games between both teams last season (16.3 MPG). Still, he was productive per minute and is a smart player on both ends of the court who provides veteran leadership to a relatively young Raptors team.
The 15th overall pick in the 2007 draft, 2021/22 was Young’s 15th NBA season. He played for Philadelphia his first seven seasons before bouncing around a bit, making stops in Minnesota, Brooklyn, Indiana and Chicago before last season.
Young holds career averages of 12.8 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.8 APG and 1.4 SPG on .502/.332/.663 shooting in 1,085 games (29.3 MPG). He’s unlikely to find a big role in Toronto over the next few seasons, but the Raptors traded their first-round draft pick (and acquired an early second-rounder) to acquire him, so they clearly made re-signing him a priority.
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