{"id":2369,"date":"2025-07-11T20:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/2369\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T20:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:04:08","slug":"toronto-raptors-sign-martin-to-two-way-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/2369\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors sign Martin to two-way contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy n        The Canadian Pressn      <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted July 10, 2025 5:06 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2013 The Toronto Raptors continued to flesh out their roster by signing Alijah Martin and David Roddy, the NBA team announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Raptors signed Martin, a six-foot-two, 208-pound guard, to a two-way contract after he was selected by the Raptors in the second round (39th overall) in the 2025 NBA draft.<\/p>\n<p>Martin spent last season with the 2025 NCAA-champion Florida Gators, averaging 14.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 30.4 minutes in 38 games (36 starts).<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated Videos\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: '\u2018I love you Toronto\u2019: Masai Ujiri speaks for the first time since Raptors departure'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/THU_MASAI_SITE_THUMB_070325.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t0:40<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2018I love you Toronto\u2019: Masai Ujiri speaks for the first time since Raptors departure\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPrevious Video<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNext Video<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He shot 45.2 per cent from the field, including 35 per cent from three-point range, and reached double figures in 31 contests.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>Martin, from Summit, Miss., played four seasons (2020-24) at Florida Atlantic University before transferring to Florida.<\/p>\n<p>As a junior, he earned All-Conference USA honours and helped lead the Owls to a Final Four appearance in the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Martin is one of just four players in NCAA Division l history to reach the Final Four with two different programs.<\/p>\n<p>Roddy, a six-foot-five, 255-pound forward, averaged 4.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 12.4 minutes in 33 games (three starts) with Atlanta, Philadelphia and Houston last season.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11284225\/trump-35-per-cent-canada-tariff\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2e42e3b52737b80d4b9b646177fd0325fc4aeb65fe97a6f6f48f4c878967b9bb_08f4e7.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" 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reacquired by Atlanta as part of the seven-team trade that sent Kevin Durant to Houston and was subsequently waived.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 10, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Sports<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By n The Canadian Pressn The Canadian Press Posted July 10, 2025 5:06 pm 1 min read 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