{"id":30151,"date":"2025-07-28T20:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/30151\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:02:08","slug":"toronto-raptors-release-2-year-nba-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/30151\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors Release 2-Year NBA Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_zubi3batj\">Colin Castleton is coming off a season where he appeared in 26 games for the Toronto Raptors, Philadlephia 76ers and Memphis Grizzlies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_orswgj7m8\">He had averages of 4.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per contest while shooting 46.9% from the field. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_7d4hafx94\">On Monday, the Raptors waived the 25-year-old. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_zb9b2n8r7\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/1949917424230281670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via Michael Scotto of HoopsHype:<\/a> &#8220;The Toronto Raptors have waived center Colin Castleton. The 25-year-old center averaged 7.2 points on 50% shooting from the field and 6.9 rebounds in 26 minutes during 11 games played, including four starts, for Toronto last season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Toronto Raptors have waived center Colin Castleton. The 25-year-old center averaged 7.2 points on 50% shooting from the field and 6.9 rebounds in 26 minutes during 11 games played, including four starts, for Toronto last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/1949917424230281670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hwfxfpp6p\">Castleton has played part of two seasons in the NBA. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_lslqxu1aj\">He was with the Los Angeles Lakers during his rookie season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_u9grcbgya\">His career averages are 3.5 points and 3.2 rebounds per contest while shooting 48.2% from the field in 42 games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_mfnfxihas\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JLew1050\/status\/1949916454570066355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via Josh Lewenberg of TSN:<\/a> &#8220;The Raptors have waived Colin Castleton, who is coming off a rough Summer League showing in Vegas and was on a non-guaranteed deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Raptors have waived Colin Castleton, who is coming off a rough Summer League showing in Vegas and was on a non-guaranteed deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JLew1050\/status\/1949916454570066355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_wh670fk4n\">The former Florida star has also spent a lot of time playing in the G League. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_in5fmahje\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nbagleague\/status\/1794836816501387773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via NBA G League (on May 26, 2024):<\/a> &#8220;Colin Castleton is a double-double MACHINE! The @Lakers two-way signee averaged 16.4 PPG, 10.6 RPG, and 3.2 APG during his rookie year with the @southbaylakers. He had fourteen double-doubles including a career-high 21 REB vs. the Magic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colin Castleton is a double-double MACHINE! The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lakers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Lakers<\/a> two-way signee averaged 16.4 PPG, 10.6 RPG, and 3.2 APG during his rookie year with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthBayLakers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@southbaylakers<\/a>. He had fourteen double-doubles including a career-high 21 REB vs. the Magic. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SsHiIXp9Ew\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/SsHiIXp9Ew<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA G League (@nbagleague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbagleague\/status\/1794836816501387773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_1qgh9ucul\">As for the Raptors, they finished this past year as the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference with a 30-52 record. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_0cm4imozi\">They last made the NBA playoffs during the 2022 season. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colin Castleton is coming off a season where he appeared in 26 games for the Toronto Raptors, Philadlephia&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-30151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}