Apr 19, 2021
Raptors sign Watanabe to standard contract
The Toronto Raptors signed forward Yuta Watanabe to a standard NBA contract on Monday. Watanabe is averaging four points, 3.3 rebounds and 13.4 minutes in 39 games with the Raptors this season.
TSN.ca Staff
The Toronto Raptors signed forward Yuta Watanabe to a standard NBA contract on Monday.
Watanabe is averaging four points, 3.3 rebounds and 13.4 minutes in 39 games with the Raptors this season. The 26-year-old is shooting .448 from the field, including .400 from three-point range, and has scored in double figures six times. He recorded a career-high 21 points Apr. 16 vs. Orlando.
A native of Japan, Watanabe spent the last two seasons as a two-way player with the Memphis Grizzlies.