Raptors' Allen Graves: Coming off encouraging SL run
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Graves has an opportunity to battle for a reserve role during his rookie year with the Raptors.
Provided the league eventually makes the Kawhi Leonard trade official, Graves appears set to contend primarily with Jamison Battle for the backup role at small forward in 2026-27. The rookie first-rounder showed plenty of promise on both sides of the floor over four Summer League appearances, having averaged 16.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.2 steals, 1.0 blocks and 2.8 three-pointers per game while shooting 50.0 percent from beyond the arc.
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Raptors' Allen Graves: Out for SL finale
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Graves is out for Sunday's Summer League finale for rest purposes, Zulfi Sheikh of Sportsnet reports.
Graves will get the night off to close out Summer League after a productive four appearances. Across those four games, he averaged 16.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.0 blocks in 27.3 minutes per contest.
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Raptors' Allen Graves: Another solid SL effort Thursday
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Graves finished with 23 points (8-16 FG, 4-6 3Pt, 2-2 FT), six rebounds, four assists, one steal and two blocks over 27 minutes in Thursday's 99-90 Summer League win over Miami.
Graves has played well throughout four appearances in the Las Vegas Summer League. However, he had his best game Thursday, recording 23 points, his highest-scoring performance during his time in Las Vegas, while shooting an efficient 4-for-6 from deep. The 19-year-old has shown he can be a difference-maker on both ends of the floor. While that doesn't necessarily mean Graves will see consistent playing time with the Raptors to begin his career, it certainly doesn't hurt his chances either.
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Raptors' Allen Graves: Heading to Toronto
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Graves was selected by the Raptors with the No. 19 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.
Graves averaged 11.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.9 blocks and 1.9 steals while shooting 41.3 percent from deep across 22.6 minutes in 35 regular-season contests with Santa Clara in 2025-26. He started four games in his only year at the collegiate level. Still, Graves did enough to be named the WCC Freshman of the Year and WCC Sixth Man of the Year. With that in mind, the 19-year-old will presumably come off the bench for a Toronto team that will be looking to contend in 2026-27, though he should hold a stable role at both forward positions.
