TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors signed first-round pick Collin Murray-Boyles to a rookie-scale contract, the team announced Tuesday.
The six-foot-seven, 239-pound forward was the ninth overall pick in last week’s NBA draft coming out of the University of South Carolina.
Murray-Boyles averaged 16.8 points and eight.3 rebounds in 32 games en path to earning an All-Southeastern Conference second-team selection as a sophomore.
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He led the SEC in field-goal percentage (.586), scored 20-plus points in 12 games and had nine double-doubles for the Gamecocks.
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Toronto also signed guard Chucky Hepburn to a two-way contract Tuesday. Hepburn averaged 16.4 points and 5.8 assists in 34 games as a senior 12 months on the University of Louisville in 2024-25.
The six-foot-two, 190-pound Hepburn was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Yr and earned All-ACC first team and all-defensive team honours. He led the ACC in steals per game with 2.4.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 1, 2025.
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