Jakob Poeltl has agreed to a four-year, $80 million contract to return to the Toronto Raptors, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, taking one of the best available big men off the market early in the NBA's 2023 free agency period.
four-year, $80 million contract to return to the Toronto Raptors, according to, taking one of the best available big men off the market early in the NBA's 2023 free agency period.
The 27-year-old Poeltl averaged 12.5 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.2 blocks in 26.5 minutes per game across 72 appearances last season for both the San Antonio Spurs, with whom he began the season, and the Toronto Raptors, who brought Poeltl into the fold at February’s trade deadline. The swap marked a homecoming of sorts for Poeltl, whom the Raptors drafted out of Utah with the ninth overall pick in 2016. The 7-footer spent his first two seasons in Toronto, developing from a lightly used reserve into a stalwart member of a dynamic second unit featuring future All-Stars Pascal Siakam and Fred VanVleet.
After being shipped to San Antonio in the summer 2018 swap that made Kawhi Leonard a Raptor, Poeltl earned a starting job and became one of the NBA's better defensive centers, routinely ranking among the league leaders in block percentage and defensive field-goal percentage allowed at the rim. He's proven to be a strong offensive rebounder and interior finisher, both at the rim and from floater range, shooting better than 60% from the field in each of the last six seasons.
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