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Collin Murray-Boyles Rumors
A left-handed player himself, Murray-Boyles grew up watching and trying to emulate James Harden, but as his game started to take shape, his influences changed. He admired like-minded forwards such as Draymond Green, Aaron Gordon, Jalen Williams, Toumani Camara, and another player with famously big and quick hands, former Raptor Kawhi Leonard. He studied the way they used their length, physicality and anticipation, and how they balanced being aggressive without taking too many unnecessary risks.
But for Murray-Boyles, it’s just that: a starting point, a foundation on which to build. “Every first-year player has to find something that they can contribute immediately,” he said. “That’s how you can grow. That’s something I’m trying to do, find that one thing I’m good at, which is defence – on the ball, off the ball, just being somebody that my team can rely on to get stops and disrupt offences. I feel like that’s something that makes a rookie successful and that’s what I’m going to do.”
The Raptors ultimately used the pick, drafting forward Collin Murray-Boyles from South Carolina with Khaman Maluach, Cedric Coward and various center prospects available. New Orleans traded up to No. 13 overall to select Derik Queen, sending its unprotected 2026 Bucks pick to the Hawks for the selection. The Celtics stayed at No. 28 and took Hugo González before trading back from No. 32 in the second round. “I don’t think Boston ever really was so interested in that selection for one of those types of guys,” Fischer said. “Golden State definitely called for Derrick White too, but there’s just nothing that I know for Jaylen that got really close or for Derrick too.”
Josh Lewenberg: Collin Murray-Boyles will make his Summer League debut vs Orlando today and start alongside Shead, Walter, Battle and Castleton.
Josh Lewenberg: Raptors rookie Collin Murray-Boyles will miss tonight’s Summer League debut with a left adductor strain. He was limping pretty badly after practice yesterday. Word is he should be back for Game 2.
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According to Zach Lowe of The Ringer, the Toronto Raptors sniffed around White and offered the No. 9 pick (which they used to select South Carolina forward Colin Murray-Boyles). “There were reports that the Raptors offered the No. 9 pick for Derrick White,” Lowe said on his podcast “The Zach Lowe Show” on June 26. “I’m told that’s true, but that it happened a month and a half ago after Jayson Tatum got hurt, and Boston laughed at that offer and said, ‘We need way more than No. 9 for Derrick White.’”
Wasserman and CAA tied for the most first-round picks of the 2025 NBA Draft with six selections from each agency. Though Wasserman pulled ahead in the early hours at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, CAA mounted a late comeback with more than half of the overall selections through the 22nd and 30th picks. Wasserman was a consistent agency throughout the early two thirds of the draft, seeing clients like Baylor G VJ Edgecombe (3rd pick), South Carolina F Collin Murray-Boyles (9th pick), Arizona F Carter Bryant (14th pick), Cedevita Olimpija C Joan Beringer (17th pick), Saint-Quentin G Nolan Traore (19th pick) and Illinois G Kasparas Jakucionis (20th pick) get selected.
Ryan Wolstat: Raptors general manager Bobby Webster on Collin Murray-Boyles says they watched him closely for two years. "Very versatile great hands a lot of stops. See him as a chance to be a very good defensive player in the NBA."
Ryan Wolstat: Collin Murray-Boyles said the reaction was "just disbelief. What I said was not a bad thing by any means. Thankful."
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While monitoring Durant discussions, the Raptors have continued to bring in top talent ahead of the 2025 NBA Draft. League sources tell RG that Nolan Traore, a projected first-round guard, completed a workout with the Raptors on Monday. The team has also evaluated Tre Johnson, Derik Queen, Jase Richardson and Collin Murray-Boyles, among other projected first-round prospects, as part of its broader pre-draft process. League sources tell RG that various members of Toronto’s front office are believed to be high on Khaman Maluach, one of the youngest and most intriguing bigs in the class. However, it remains to be seen if he’ll be available when the No. 9 pick is on the clock.
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