Raptors hand out $104 million contract after career year

Alex Walsh

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Myles Turner was just handed a 4-yr/$107 million contract by the Bucks.

He was one of the biggest free agent names available, yet another center just got a very similar deal to Turner's in free agency.

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What center just got a huge contract?

ESPN's Shams Charania reported that the Raptors would be extending center Jakob Poeltl to a 4-yr/$104 million contract.

Poeltl was originally drafted by the Raptors, but played for the Spurs for a while before being traded back to the Raptors in 2023.

It paid off, because Poeltl averaged 14.5 PPG, 9.6 RPG and 1.2 BPG in the 2024-25 season.

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The Raptors are starting to put together a quality roster and are extending players who can help them get back into playoff positioning.

Poeltl famously said in an interview before last season that Toronto wasn't chasing a championship.

Last season, they dealt with health issues and were a fairly young team, but after acquiring Brandon Ingram and getting players back healthy, Toronto could be back to being a competitive team in the East sooner rather than later.

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Alex Walsh

Alex is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. A current Sports Media major at Hofstra University in New York, he is a huge Celtics and NBA fan who gets way too many notifications from NBA insiders on X. He became interested in PDC Darts at the beginning of 2024 and has been obsessed ever since.