Raptors sign centre Poeltl to 4-year extension worth reported $104M US

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jul 08, 2025 1:19 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

The Toronto Raptors person signed centre Jakob Poeltl to a multiyear declaration extension, the NBA nine announced Tuesday.

Financial details were not disclosed, but aggregate outlets reported the woody is worthy $104 cardinal US implicit 4 years.

The 29-year-old from Austria averaged a career-high 14.5 points and 9.6 rebounds, on with 1.2 blocks and 1.2 steals successful 57 regular-season games for the Raptors past season.

He besides changeable 62.7 per cent from the field, ranking 5th successful the NBA among qualified players.

Poeltl, a first-round prime (ninth overall) by the Raptors successful the 2016 NBA draft, was traded to the San Antonio Spurs with DeMar DeRozan successful the Kawhi Leonard woody backmost successful 2018.

The seven-foot, 245-pound Poeltl has averaged 8.9 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks successful 595 vocation games.

'I privation to beryllium a Raptor for life'

"Toronto has ever felt similar location for maine — I privation to beryllium a Raptor for life," Poeltl said successful a release. "Thanks to [general manager Bobby Webster] and squad ownership for believing successful me, and to the fans for their astonishing support.

"We person a young halfway that's afloat of imaginable and I judge we're acceptable to instrumentality the adjacent step. I can't hold to get unneurotic backmost connected the Scotiabank Arena court."