After the 2013-14 season, the Charlotte Bobcats changed their name to the Charlotte Hornets. Despite a handful of trips to the NBA playoffs, the Bobcats did not have a very memorable run.
The Toronto Raptors are bringing Garrett Temple for another season. Temple agreed to a one-year, $3.6 million deal with the Raptors, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania: The 39-year-old will return for his 16th NBA season.
With Garrett Temple under contract, the Toronto Raptors’ roster is nearly set. Once the rookies sign their deals, the team will have 20 players signed, including 16 on standard contracts, three on two-way deals, and one on an Exhibit 10.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
Garrett Temple has no plans on quitting now. Let it be known, he told me: “Yeah, I want to be back playing. Period. Point blank.” That works for the Toronto Raptors too.
Former All-Star forward Brandon Ingram has yet to make his Raptors debut after being acquired in a trade with New Orleans ahead of last month’s deadline.
Garrett Temple remembers how it used to be. He’d wake up early, rush to turn on SportsCenter, and catch up on everything that happened overnight. Who won?
Scottie Barnes has been playing the best defense of his career. The 23-year-old has helped the Toronto Raptors turn their season around as the team has won 5 games in a row and 7 of their last 8.
The Toronto Raptors’ Garrett Temple will have an unconventional but memorable legacy on this franchise when all is said and done. There is a lot about this current Toronto Raptors team that is untested and inexperienced.
The Toronto Raptors have a new post-game prize this season. Remember last season when Toronto unveiled its player-of-the-game chain? Every time the Raptors won a game last season the coaching staff awarded a massive gold chain to the player or person who most exemplified the team’s culture in the win.
NBA GM’s think highly of Garrett Temple’s basketball IQ. The 38-year-old was voted second when looking at current players who are most likely to a great coach after their playing career is over.
Garrett Temple certainly has fans in NBA front offices. The Toronto Raptors veteran is considered the league's second most likely player to be an outstanding head coach in the NBA one day, according to league executives.
The Toronto Raptors have officially re-signed veteran guard Garrett Temple. The team did not disclose the financial terms of the contract or the length of it: The Raptors signed Temple last season.
The Toronto Raptors' roster for next season appears to be full. The re-signing of Garrett Temple to what'll reportedly be a one-year minimum contract, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, has given Toronto 15 players on guaranteed deals for next year.
Garrett Temple will return to the Raptors, giving life advice to young players and fashion tips to the rest. The NBA’s best-dressed player is staying in Toronto.
The Toronto Raptors 2023-24 season didn’t go to plan. The team underachieved which led them to officially rebuilding. Toronto made it clear that they were going to build around Scottie Barnes moving forward.
Garrett Temple’s impact cannot be measured in stats, but his handprint on the Raptors will be evident for years to come. Imagine taking a charge at 37 years old.
Longtime NBA veteran Garrett Temple has been around the block — and then some. Temple, who is currently on the Toronto Raptors roster, is just one season shy of 15 years in the league.
Temple leads the squad in games played with 49, having missed only three contests this season; while Hernangomez has averaged career-highs in points (9.2), rebounds (7.1) and assists per game.