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However, because the Raptors used the salaries of Ingram and Dick to bring back more salary than they traded away in the form of Leonard, the Raptors are “hard-capped” at the first apron, which is set at a smidge beyond $209 million, this season. As of now, Leonard isn’t in a position to accept his trade kicker because Immanuel Quickley, RJ Barrett and Poeltl have $6.5 million worth of incentives that count toward the hard cap, even if they are not ultimately reached, per The Athletic’s John Hollinger.
Josh Lewenberg: Chucky Hepburn has made good progress in his recovery from season-ending knee surgery & is somebody the Raptors are excited to have back. Hepburn had a strong camp/preseason last year & would've seen some run when Immanuel Quickley got hurt late in the season. Another tough, defensive-minded PG that can play
Toronto Raptors guard Chucky Hepburn will sign his two-way qualifying offer and return to the team next season, league sources told @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social. He averaged 12.4 points and shot 36.8% from 3-point range with 8.6 assists and 2.4 steals for game with the Raptors 905 in the G League.
— Michael Scotto (@mikeascotto.bsky.social) 2026-06-25T21:05:53.182Z
Josh Lewenberg: Rajakovic said Ingram is going to see a specialist this week to learn more about the treatment plan for his heel injury. Re: Quickley's hamstring, same injury as Doncic, will miss a couple more weeks but shouldn't impact his summer. Expects both to be back on court in 3-4 weeks
The same would be true to a lesser degree with Quickley (four years and $130 million remaining) and Ingram (two years and $82 million), each of whom had positive regular seasons but were either injured (Quickley) or ineffective and injured (Ingram) in the playoffs. Quickley was in the trade market at the deadline and given how well the Raptors played even while Ingram struggled against the Cavs before missing most of Game 5 and all of Games 6 and 7 with heel inflammation, maybe they would consider using Ingram’s contract if they could somehow find an upgrade — which is no guarantee given he led the Raptors in scoring this past season.
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William Lou: "It definitely would have been different if we were out there." Brandon Ingram on the injuries affecting him and Immanuel Quickley, and also the progression of his heel injury which dated back to March.
Josh Lewenberg: Quickley says he was ramping up and starting to do live play when he re-injured his hamstring in the same spot during the series. "Unfortunate. I wanted to be out with the guys." Sounds like he would've been unlikely for the 2nd round as well. "You never know. I was optimistic."
Josh Lewenberg: AJ Lawson is questionable for tomorrow’s Game 4 with back spasms. Quickley is out, of course. Rest of the injury report is clean for the Raptors.
Michael Grange: Regarding Immanuel Quickley who was ruled out for the series Friday after aggravating his hamstring injury: the Raptors guard was stepping up his return-to-play protocols on Thursday -- doing live drills -- when he hurt himself again.
Michael Scotto: The Toronto Raptors say Immanuel Quickley will not be available for the remainder of the team’s first round playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. As Quickley was going through the rehabilitation process for a return to the court, he reinjured his right hamstring.
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Josh Lewenberg: Immanuel Quickley is questionable for Thursday's Game 3. So is Ja'Kobe Walter, who pops up on the injury report with an illness.
Josh Lewenberg: Rajakovic says Quickley's hamstring continues to improve. He's on the court now getting some individual on-court work in after practice. "We'll see where he's at tomorrow."
Josh Lewenberg: Quickley is OUT again for Game 2
