Raptors surprisingly busy at trade deadline

TORONTO – Brandon Ingram was the centrepiece of 3 deals the amazingly engaged Toronto Raptors made successful the 24 hours earlier Thursday’s NBA’s commercialized deadline.

Toronto acquired Ingram from the New Orleans Pelicans for Bruce Brown, Kelly Olynyk of Kamloops, B.C., a 2026 first-round prime and a 2031 second-round pick.

A root with the Raptors said that getting the offensively-oriented, 27-year-old Ingram is portion of the team’s ongoing rebuilding process arsenic he’s younger than the 28-year-old Brown and 33-year-old Olynyk.

The Raptors spot Ingram arsenic a imaginable semipermanent portion of a halfway that already includes Scottie Barnes, Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., due to the fact that Ingram is eligible for an hold connected his existent contract.

The first-round prime was the Indiana Pacers’ top-four protected enactment successful the 2026 draft.

The Raptors besides traded Davion Mitchell to the Miami Heat for seasoned guardant PJ Tucker, a 2026 second-round pick, and cash.

Toronto besides got centre James Wiseman and currency from Indiana for an as-yet chartless return.

A six-foot-eight tiny forward, Ingram is averaging 22.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists this play but hasn’t played since Dec. 7 with a sprained near ankle.

A squad authoritative said Ingram volition beryllium evaluated by Raptors aesculapian unit connected the roadworthy arsenic Toronto has stops successful Oklahoma City connected Friday and Houston connected Sunday.

Toronto acquired Brown connected Jan. 17, 2024, arsenic portion of a blockbuster woody with the Pacers 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 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.

Olynyk 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.

The Raptors acquired Mitchell successful an off-season commercialized with Sacramento. He’s averaging 6.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists successful 44 games this season.

The second-round draught prime Toronto sent to Miami is from the Los Angeles Lakers.

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.

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.

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 wide this summer

Duke Blue Devils defender Cooper Flagg is the statement apical prime successful the 2025 draft.

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