{"id":761010,"date":"2026-06-25T21:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/761010\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T21:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:05:15","slug":"report-raptors-exercise-team-option-on-jamal-shead-for-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/761010\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Raptors exercise team option on Jamal Shead for next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Raptors picked up their team option on Shead for next season worth $2.3 million, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/2070226785229271502\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Shead, 23, is coming off a solid sophomore season as the Raptors&#8217; backup point guard, averaging 6.6 points, 5.4 assists and 1.7 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n<p>The Houston product will likely reprise his role behind Immanuel Quickley next season while also facing some competition from Raptors second-round pick Jaden Bradley, a point guard out of Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/michaelgrange\/status\/2070106493588746370\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sportsnet&#8217;s Michael Grange <\/a>reported that the Raptors added guard Jalen Celestine, an Ajax, Ont. native, to their Summer League roster.<\/p>\n<p>Celestine joins his hometown team after spending his fifth NCAA season with the Cincinnati Bearcats, averaging 8.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 32 games. The 24-year-old also shot 40.5 per cent from beyond the arc on 5.4 three-point attempts per game.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopshype.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2026\/06\/22\/2026-nba-draft-prospect-workout-tracker\/89950924007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HoopsHype<\/a>, Celestine worked out with the Raptors leading into the draft, where Toronto took Allen Graves (19th overall) and Bradley (50th).<\/p>\n<p>Burnett averaged 8.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists while shooting 37.5 per cent from beyond the arc as a senior starter through 40 games with the national-champion Wolverines.<\/p>\n<p>Bittle made 25 appearances for the Oregon Ducks and averaged 16.8 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.8 blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas Summer League action is set to begin on July 9. Last season, the Raptors went 4-1 during the off-season tournament but lost to the Sacramento Kings in the semifinals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Raptors picked up their team option on Shead for next season worth $2.3 million, Michael Scotto of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-761010","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\/761010","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=761010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}