Report: Raptors to sign Brady Heslip to camp deal

Following up on yesterday’s news that Rapotrs 905 acquired the rights to Brady Heslip, Shams Charania of The Vertical reports that Heslip will also be joining the Toronto Raptors for training camp.

Heslip will sign a partially guaranteed deal that, as you should be accustomed to hearing by now, will act as a supplement to the small salary he’d earned in the D-League. It’s the same thing the Raptors did with four players a year ago and have done again this summer – Jarrod Uthoff and Fred VanVleet received $50,000 partial guarantees, and Heslip and E.J. Singler have yet-to-be-disclosed guarantees. Those amounts move the needle little for the Raptors but help sweeten the pot in an attempt to keep talent within the organization should they fail to make the NBA team.

Make no mistake, Heslip has little chance of actually making the Raptors. While on paper he’s now competing with the three players mentioned above, Drew Crawford, and Yanick Moreira for the 15th and final roster spot, he would probably have the longest odds of making the squad, save for maybe Moreira. And as Raptors Republic reported yesterday, Heslip, like Singler, has agreed to play for the 905 if he doesn’t crack the Raptors.

Here’s how the Raptors roster looks ahead of camp:

PG: Kyle Lowry, Cory Joseph, (Delon Wright – injured), Fred VanVleet
SG: DeMar DeRozan, Norman Powell, Drew Crawford, Brady Heslip
SF: DeMarre Carroll, Terrence Ross, Bruno Caboclo, E.J. Singler
PF: Jared Sullinger, Patrick Patterson, Pascal Siakam, Jarrod Uthoff (more of a 3/4, but we’ll slot him here)
C: Jonas Valanciunas, Lucas Nogueira, Jakob Poeltl, Yanick Moreira

And here’s how the Raptors 905 rights sheet looks:

You can read more about Heslip and his potential impact with the 905 in yesterday’s news post.