Gary Trent Jr. Opens Up About Unrestricted Free Agency

The Toronto Raptors have officially entered their offseason. The team will have their sights set on a busy draft and then free agency. When it comes to this Raptors roster there is a lot of work that still needs to be done. Scottie Barnes, Immanuel Quickley, RJ Barrett and Gradey Dick seem like the only untouchables going into next season. The Raptors will have many important decisions to make this summer. One of them is will the team bring back Gary Trent Jr. who is an unrestricted free agent? Trent Jr. is free to sign with any team. He is coming off a season with the Raptors that first saw him as the team’s sixth-man. Then he became a starter after Toronto decided to enter a rebuild. Trent Jr. played 70 games with the Raptors this season. He averaged 13.7 points on 42.9 percent shooting from the field and 37.5 percent from deep in 28 minutes per contest. He saw his scoring average decline from the 2022-23 season where he averaged 17.4 points per game in 32 minutes per contest. Trent Jr. recently spoke about his upcoming unrestricted free agency via Sportsnet’s Michael Grange:

“To be honest it’s really not my choice. They gotta want me, so it’s like I could say I want to come here, but it doesn’t matter if they don’t want me here. So again, at the end of the day, I would love to be anywhere I’m wanted, anywhere I can help contribute towards winning, anywhere that can see me as part of their future or sees me as part of something they got going on that would be great to be a part of.”

Grange believes Trent Jr. will have plenty of interest at the full mid-level this offseason, which would start at $12.4 million.

Will the Raptors bring back Trent Jr.?

Trent Jr. is 25-years-old so he definitely still fits the Raptors rebuilding timeline. However, the Raptors main priority this offseason is to lock up Immanuel Quickley who is in line for a big contract.

For the Raptors to bring back Trent Jr. it will come down to if they can get him on a reasonable deal and if they see him part of the long-term plan in Toronto.