Swingman Garrett Temple will return to the Raptors on a one-year, $3.6MM contract, sources tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). It’s a minimum-salary deal for Temple in his 16th NBA season.
Temple, who turned 39 last month, has been a veteran leader with a limited on-court role since signing with Toronto in 2023. He has appeared in 27 and 28 games the past two years and averaged 1.9 points, 1.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 8.1 minutes per night in 2024/25.
The Raptors are the 12th NBA team for Temple, whose career began when he signed with Houston after going undrafted in 2009.
Temple will be the 12th guaranteed contract for the Raptors, per Blake Murphy of Sportsnet (Twitter link). In addition, Jamison Battle has a $977,689 guarantee on his $1,955,377 salary for the upcoming season, which will become fully guaranteed on July 1. He’s due to make $2.3MM in 2026/27, but none of that is guaranteed if he gets released.
Toronto also has to determine whether to give a roster spot to Alijah Martin, who was the 39th pick in this week’s draft.