Raptors send Davion Mitchell to Heat for PJ Tucker

TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors person traded defender Davion Mitchell to the Miami Heat for seasoned guardant PJ Tucker, a 2026 second-round prime and cash.

The woody was reported hours earlier the NBA’s commercialized deadline Thursday, but confirmed hours afterwards.

The Raptors acquired Mitchell successful an off-season commercialized with Sacramento.

The second-round draught prime is from the Los Angeles Lakers.

Mitchell is averaging 6.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists successful 44 games this season.

The 26-year-old defender has impressed with his defence this season. He missed back-to-back games earlier playing successful Toronto’s nonaccomplishment to Memphis connected Wednesday.

The 39-year-old Tucker, who had 2 erstwhile stints with the Raptors, is averaging 1.7 points and 2.7 rebounds successful 31 games this season.

Just arsenic the commercialized deadline passed, media reports said that James Wiseman and currency were traded from the Indiana Pacers to Toronto.

Wiseman had six points and a rebound for the Pacers. He tore his Achilles tendon aft shooting a three-pointer successful his archetypal crippled of the season.

Thursday’s trades came aft aggregate reports Wednesday that the Raptors acquired tiny guardant Brandon Ingram from New Orleans for Bruce Brown, Kelly Olynyk, a 2026 first-round prime and a second-round prime from an undisclosed year.

A six-foot-eight tiny forward, Ingram is averaging 22.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists this season. Ingram has not played since Dec. 7 with a sprained near ankle.

Toronto acquired Brown connected Jan. 17, 2024, arsenic portion of a blockbuster woody with Indiana for all-star Pascal Siakam. He’s averaged 8.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists this play aft missing clip pursuing off-season arthroscopic genu surgery.

Olynyk grew up successful Toronto earlier moving to Kamloops, B.C., arsenic a teen and was traded to his boyhood squad by the Utah Jazz connected Feb. 8, 2024, up of past season’s commercialized deadline. He signed a two-year hold with the Raptors connected March 4 worthy a reported US$26.25 million.

He besides started the 2024-25 run injured with backmost issues, but has averaged 7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists truthful acold this season.

Toronto (16-36) presently has a 42.1 per cent accidental of getting a apical 4 prime successful the NBA draught lottery and a 10.5 per cent accidental of selecting archetypal overall.

Duke Blue Devils defender Cooper Flagg is the statement apical prime successful this summer’s draft.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Feb. 6, 2025.