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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 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:
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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:
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
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."
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.
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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.”
That goes for this series and beyond. Just after halftime in Game 4, the Cavaliers made a point of getting Evan Mobley the ball and going at Poeltl. They got two easy buckets. Collin Murray-Boyles came in shortly after and changed the dynamic. Mobley was barely heard from again, scoring just two points after Murray-Boyles replaced Poeltl midway through the quarter. (The bucket, again, came when the Cavs attacked Poeltl.) According to NBA.com’s matchup data, the Cavaliers have scored just 48 points in 70 possessions when the rookie has guarded Mobley in the series. With Barnes needed to slow down Harden, Murray-Boyles has been massive in that sense.
Force was a clear theme — a word used more than 20 times in Cleveland’s postgame locker room. “We weren’t forceful enough,” Donovan Mitchell said. “I think the force is the biggest thing.” Toronto’s Scottie Barnes and RJ Barrett led all scorers with 33 points apiece. Raptors rookie Collin Murray-Boyles added 22 off the bench. Battle, the unsung hero who logged just three minutes in the first two games, chipped in with 14 points. Across five games against Cleveland, with the regular season included, the former Buckeye has now gone 13 of 14 from the field. “He’s a shooter,” Mitchell said of Battle. “If you give a guy an open a look, once you see one go in, it goes from there. Credit to him, credit to them. But we’ve got to get better.”
Michael Grange: “It's a really, really good team, like is what it is. They have great pieces all around and obviously the head of the snake — I don't even know who's the snake for this team, it’s so talented” — Raptors rookie Collin Murray-Boyles after G1 loss to Cavs. Not wrong.
