TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors have announced that they have signed point guard Fred VanVleet to a two-year contract.
The deal, worth a reported US$18 million, was reported earlier this week, but couldn’t be officially confirmed until the NBA’s free agency moratorium period ended on Friday.
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VanVleet was the force that drove the Raptors’ highly effective bench last season and was a finalist for the NBA’s sixth man of the year award.
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The 24-year-old, who stands just six feet tall, averaged 8.6 points and 3.2 assists, and shot 41.4 per cent from three-point range.
His steady hand in guiding the team’s second unit was a big reason the Raptors won a franchise-high 59 games and secured the No. 1 seed in the east.
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