Reports: Raptors guard Trent opts in to final year of contract
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TORONTO — Shooting guard Gary Trent Jr. will opt into the final year of his contract with the Toronto Raptors, according to multiple media reports.
Trent's player option for the 2023-24 season is worth US$18.8-million. Reports say the guard and the Raptors are working on an extension.
The 24-year-old Trent averaged 17.4 points a game and shot 36.9 per cent from three-point range in 2022-23.
Those numbers were down from his strong 2021-22 campaign, when he averaged 18.3 points a game and shot 38.3 per cent from three.
Trent's return was first reported by Bleacher Report's Chris Haynes.
Trent played his first two-and-a-half NBA seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers before being acquired by the Raptors in a trade that sent Norm Powell to Oregon.
He signed a three-year, $51.8-million contract with the Raptors before the 2021-22 season.
Point guard Fred VanVleet and centre Jakob Poeltl are the Raptors' remaining key unrestricted free agents.
VanVleet reportedly declined his $22.8-million player option earlier this month.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 20, 2023.