Advertisement - scroll for more content
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement - scroll for more content
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Collin Murray-Boyles: "If we stay healthy, I think we're a top-three team in the East for sure. Obviously, the East got way deeper this year, but I think that we're up there with the best of the best. If we can stay consistent, I think we had a very young team last year. A lot of our pieces that were playing in the playoffs, that was their first time. So, just everybody taking what we learned from the playoffs, how we approach each game, the things that we didn't do as well that we needed to do, just carry that through this whole season. And adding the playoff experience from Kawhi is going to be tremendous for everybody's growth."
Marc Stein: The Raptors say Collin Murray-Boyles has changed his jersey number from No. 12 to No. 30 … same as he wore at South Carolina.
Josh Lewenberg: The Raptors’ Summer League roster features sophomores Collin Murray-Boyles, Alijah Martin and Chucky Hepburn, as well as rookies Allen Graves and Jaden Bradley. Will be coached by Ivo Simovic
The Raptors’ Summer League roster features sophomores Collin Murray-Boyles, Alijah Martin and Chucky Hepburn, as well as rookies Allen Graves and Jaden Bradley. Will be coached by Ivo Simovic.
— Josh Lewenberg (@jlewenberg.bsky.social) 2026-07-02T19:03:39.214Z
The deal came together over the past 48 hours. Per sources, the two sides engaged in elevated discussions over the weekend but seemingly came to an impasse on Sunday as the Clippers were asking for more than the Raptors were willing to give: three first-round picks and some of the Raptors' top young players. The Raptors turned away requests for all-NBA rookie Collin Murray-Boyles and breakout second-year wing Ja’Kobe Walter. Even as negotiations picked up on Monday, one league source suggested that the Clippers were trying to extract second-year point guard Jamal Shead. No dice.
Michael Grange: Plenty of noise around Kawhi Leonard/Clippers/Raptors *potential* deal, but my understanding is second-year wing Ja’Kobe Walter would NOT be part of any deal the Raptors might make, per sources. It almost goes without saying prize rookie Colin Murray-Boyles is off limits also:
Advertisement
NBA Communications: The 2025-26 Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team: Ace Bailey, @utahjazz Jeremiah Fears, @PelicansNBA Collin Murray-Boyles, @Raptors Derik Queen, @PelicansNBA Maxime Raynaud, @SacramentoKings
Josh Lewenberg: Webster on Barnes and CMB and building around defence: "Clearly the defensive ability of those two is special... What do you surround them with?... We're going to focus on the strength of those two."
Josh Lewenberg: Darko on CMB: “Getting to understand who he is as a person & what he’s about made me fall in love with this guy. He’s an amazing human being… We’re so lucky to have him.” Plan for summer is to keep getting stronger/faster to sustain full season, develop face-up game + shooting
Michael Grange: Darko Rajakovic has a long list of things that Collin Murray-Boyles will be tasked with over the summer, but shooting is down the list: “He's going to obviously be working on his shooting, but I'm not putting prime on that in his development at this point.”
Josh Lewenberg: Collin Murray-Boyles said his nagging thumb injury has felt better the past month or so, but doesn't sound like it's fully healed. He'll talk to the trainers and maybe see a hand specialist before determining a treatment plan. Will he need surgery? "We'll see. Pray I don't."
Advertisement
Josh Lewenberg: CMB, going into his first full NBA offseason: “It’ll do tremendous wonders for me. I feel like having 5 months to just get better… that’s going to be a lot of time to work on a lot of things… Just trying to get as good as possible for next season.”
Josh Lewenberg: Sounds like CMB even surprised himself with his rookie season. “I wasn’t expecting it to go like this, but it was really good for me.”
Danny Cunningham: The NBA’s Last 2 Minute Report had two incorrect non-calls on it in overtime. - A defensive three seconds should have been called on Collin Murray-Boyles at the 1:46 mark of overtime. - RJ Barrett took longer than five seconds to inbound the basketball at the 33.7 mark of overtime.
Now, Raptors general manager Bobby Webster says Temple has been a key mentor for their young players. “He’s invaluable,” Webster said. “Three years ago, when we met him in Vegas, we didn’t have a great personal relationship with him. There is nobody on the team I trust more about the pulse of the team, what I need to watch and what messaging you can help us with, especially in today’s NBA with so many young kids coming in. “He’s been [mentoring] Scottie [Barnes] for a couple years; we have this young kid Collin Murray-Boyles. He’s a huge mentor and invaluable to us.”