{"id":846472,"date":"2026-08-05T02:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T02:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/846472\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T02:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T02:46:08","slug":"raptors-andre-jackson-jr-agree-to-training-camp-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/846472\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors, Andre Jackson Jr. Agree To Training Camp Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Raptors have agreed to a deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jacksan01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-04_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andre Jackson Jr.<\/a> that will provide the athletic guard an opportunity to compete for a roster spot at training camp, Michael Scotto reports for HoopsHype (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/2084800035384869253?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>While terms of the deal were not disclosed, it\u2019s almost certainly a non-guaranteed contract.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson spent the first three seasons of his career with the Bucks after being drafted 36th overall in 2023. While he\u2019s a high-flier and impressive perimeter defender, his struggles to score have kept him in a limited role despite Milwaukee\u2019s need for perimeter players over the last couple of seasons. He averaged a career-low 8.5 minutes per game last season and posted .328\/.250\/.625 shooting splits.<\/p>\n<p>The Raptors currently have 10 players on guaranteed deals, excluding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dickgr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-04_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gradey Dick<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/ingrabr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-04_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brandon Ingram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/leonaka01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-04_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kawhi Leonard<\/a>, whose futures with the club remain unclear. They also have two players \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/battlja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-04_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jamison Battle<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jackstr02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-04_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trayce Jackson-Davis<\/a> \u2013 on non-guaranteed contracts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Raptors have agreed to a deal with Andre Jackson Jr. that will provide the athletic guard an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[294685,49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-846472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-andre-jackson","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846472","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=846472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}