"It's tough for me to get super excited about this one, as even though the Raptors do need a center, I think they needed someone with more size. TJD is listed at 6-foot-9, the same height as Sandro Mamukelashvili and Jonathan Mogbo. He is already in his third season as an NBA pro and is 25 years old, so he isn't as young as a one-and-done rookie; in fact, he played a full four seasons in the NCAA with the Indiana Hoosiers."
"In some ways, TJD is a traditional old-school centre in the sense that he doesn't shoot the 3-ball and struggles at the free-throw line (career 56.8 percent shooter at the line). The problem is, he doesn't have the size of an old-school center, but he has a much burlier build to him than Sandro Mamukelashvili (although there is only a 5-pound difference between the two; Sandro is listed at 240 lbs while TJD is at 245),"
Toronto acquired Trayce Jackson-Davis from Golden State in exchange for a 2026 second-round pick routed via the Los Angeles Lakers. The Raptors used roster space from the Ochai Agbaji trade and remained under the luxury tax while adding frontcourt size. Jackson-Davis is a 25-year-old, third-season pro listed at 6-foot-9 and 245 pounds who played four college seasons at Indiana. He is an efficient finisher with a 63.5 percent career field-goal rate, does not shoot threes, and struggles at the free-throw line with a 56.8 percent career mark. The cost was a low second-round pick.
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