Thursday afternoon, the Toronto Raptors announced their 16-man roster for the 2026 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas:
The Raptors summer league squad, headlined by Collin Murray-Boyles, who made the 2025-26 NBA All-Rookie second team, will begin their summer league games on Friday, July 10 against the Boston Celtics at 9pm ET.
Murray-Boyles is joined by this year’s draft selections Allen Graves and Jaden Bradley, as well as multiple members of last year’s Raptors 905 team, including Alijah Martin, Chucky Heburn, AJ Hoggard, Tyson Degenhart, and Tyreke Key.
Other members of the Raptors team include Nate Bittle (signed an Exhibit-10 contract with Toronto), Nimari Burnett (signed an Exhibit-10 contract with Toronto), Brandon Angel (last played overseas) , Aziz Bandaogo (last played overseas), Jalen Celestine (last played at Cincinnati), Seth Lundy (last played on a two-way contract with the Los Angeles Clippers), Jamarion Sharp (last played for the Dallas Mavericks G-League team), and Malik Thomas (last played for the Virginia Cavaliers).
The team is led by head coach Ivo Simovic, who currently serves as an assistant coach on newly extended head coach Darko Rajakovic’s coaching staff.
The Raptors are guaranteed to play at least five games, and depending on how they do, they could play more. The Raptors schedule is as follows:
July 10th vs. Boston Celtics at 9pm ET
July 11th vs. Houston Rockets at 9:30pm ET
July 13th vs. Indiana Pacers at 4:30pm ET
July 16th vs. Miami Heat at 9pm ET
A fifth game will be scheduled once the standings are finalized after the game against the Heat. Last season the Raptors finished with a 4-1 record and fell in the semi-finals against the Sacramento Kings. The NBA summer league is an excellent first opportunity for a team to set their identity, last year’s Raptors squad was extremely scrappy on defense and we saw that carry into the regular season.
Mark your calendars because there’s only eight days left until Raptors basketball is back!
