Raptors, Thaddeus Young agree to two-year, $16M deal

The Toronto Raptors are re-signing forward Thaddeus Young, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, who hears from agents Jim Tanner and Max Wiepking that Young will get a two-year, $16M deal that includes incentives.

Toronto held Young’s Bird rights after acquiring him from San Antonio at February’s trade deadline, giving the Raptors the ability to exceed the salary cap to retain him.

Young, who turned 34 on June 21, averaged modest totals of 6.2 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.0 APG and 1.0 SPG on .518/.354/.469 shooting in 52 regular season games between the two teams last season (16.3 MPG).

The 15th pick of the 2007 draft, 2021-22 was Young’s 15th NBA season. He played for Philadelphia during his first seven seasons before bouncing around the league, making stops in Minnesota, Brooklyn, Indiana and Chicago prior to last season.

Young holds career averages of 12.8 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.8 APG and 1.4 SPG on .502/.332/.663 shooting in 1085 games (29.3 MPG). He’s unlikely to find a large role with Toronto over the next couple of seasons, but the Raptors traded their first-round pick in the draft to acquire him, so obviously they made re-signing him a priority.