Raptors signal Garrett Temple, Mouhamadou Gueye and Kevin Obanor – NBA Weblog – NBA Basketball Weblog
The Toronto Raptors have signed guard-forward Garrett Temple, and forwards Mouhamadou Gueye and Kevin Obanor.
Each Gueye and Obanor not too long ago performed for the Raptors at NBA Summer time League 2023 in Las Vegas.
Temple, 6-foot-5, 190 kilos, spent final yr with New Orleans and has performed 13 seasons within the NBA (2009-11, 2012-23) with 11 groups – Houston, Sacramento, San Antonio, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Washington, Memphis, LA Clippers, Brooklyn, Chicago and New Orleans. He owns profession averages of 6.2 factors, 2.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 20.9 minutes in 716 video games (288 begins). Temple additionally performed one season abroad, showing in 28 video games with Novipiù Casale Monferrato in Italy through the 2011-12 marketing campaign.
A local of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Temple went undrafted in 2009 earlier than signing with the Rockets. He performed collegiately at Louisiana State College (2005-09), the place he left LSU because the all-time chief in video games performed (134), begins (131) and minutes performed (4,432). As a senior, Temple was named Second Group All-SEC and earned SEC All-Defensive Group honours for the second straight yr.
Gueye, 6-foot-9, 210 kilos, averaged 8.6 factors, 5.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.9 blocks and 20.7 minutes in 29 Showcase Cup and common season video games with the Texas Legends within the NBA G League final season. He shot .576 (102-177) from the sphere and scored in double figures 13 occasions. A local of Staten Island, New York, Gueye performed two seasons at Stony Brook (2019-21) earlier than transferring to Pittsburgh (2021-22) the place he turned the primary participant in Panthers historical past to steer the group in each three-point area targets (43) and blocks (67) in the identical season.
Obanor, 6-foot-8, 235 kilos, was an All-Large 12 Honourable Point out final season after averaging group highs of 14.4 factors, 6.4 rebounds and 31.0 minutes in 32 video games (all begins) as a fifth-year senior at Texas Tech. He scored in double digits in 24 contests, together with 20 or extra eight occasions, and recorded two double-doubles. The Houston native performed three seasons at Oral Roberts (2018-21) previous to transferring to Texas Tech for his closing two years of school eligibility (2021-23).
