The Raptors have converted Jaden Bradley’s two-way deal to a multiyear standard contract, the team announced today (Twitter link via Blake Murphy of Sportsnet.ca).
As Murphy notes, Toronto is pushing right up against its first-apron hard cap, but had enough room below that threshold to promote Bradley to the 14th spot on the standard roster.
According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link), Bradley received a four-year, $9.3MM contract from the Raptors, who used the second-round pick exception to complete the signing. Only the first year of the deal is guaranteed, league sources tell Scotto.
The exact value of Bradley’s new standard contract will be $9,264,648. He’ll earn $1.36MM this season, the rookie minimum, and that will also be his cap hit. The fourth year of the deal is a team option.
The 50th overall pick in June’s draft, Bradley averaged 13.3 points, 4.4 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.4 steals on .463/.394/.809 shooting in 39 games as a senior for Arizona last season (30.6 minutes per game).
The 6’3″ guard helped the Wildcats go 36-3 in 2025/26 and reach the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. Bradley won numerous accolades during his senior season, including Big 12 Player of the Year honors, a spot on the conference’s All-Defensive team, MVP of the Big 12 Tournament and third-team All-America recognition from the NABC, TSN and USBWA.
The Raptors won’t waste any time filling the two-way spot previously held by Bradley. Guard Malachi Smith, who’s currently on an Exhibit 10 deal for training camp, will be converted to a two-way contract, Scotto reports (via Twitter).
Smith, 26, went undrafted out of Gonzaga in 2023 and played in the G League for the majority of his first three professional seasons before catching on with the Nets this past March. The 6’4″ shooting guard signed a pair of 10-day contracts with Brooklyn before agreeing to a two-year, minimum-salary contract.
Smith’s deal included a second-year team option for 2026/27, which the Nets exercised in June. However, his $2.15MM salary remained fully non-guaranteed, and he was waived last month as Brooklyn looked to maximize its cap space.
Smith played a regular role for a lottery-bound Nets team down the stretch and was relatively productive in his first 15 NBA games (four starts), averaging 8.3 PPG, 3.3 APG and 3.4 RPG in 23.9 MPG on .485/.435/1.000 shooting. Before his call-up to the NBA, he averaged 14.4 PPG, 5.7 APG and 5.6 RPG in 39 outings (28.7 MPG) in the G League for the Long Island Nets, with a shooting line of .520/.422/.769.
