The Raptors have moved Jaden Bradley onto the standard roster, converting his two-way contract into a four-year deal, the team announced Tuesday.
Toronto had just enough breathing room to make the move while staying under its first-apron hard cap. The club is now $964K below that threshold and roughly $1MM into luxury tax territory, according to Yossi Gozlan of CapSheets.com. Bradley now takes over the 14th spot on the standard roster.
Michael Scotto of HoopsHype reported that Bradley’s new contract is worth $9.3MM over four years, with the Raptors using the second-round pick exception to get it done. The exact figure is $9,264,648, and only the first season is guaranteed, league sources told Scotto.
Bradley will make $1.36MM this season, the rookie minimum, and that amount also counts against the cap. The fourth year comes with a team option.
Bradley, the 50th overall pick in June’s draft, put together a strong final season at Arizona. He averaged 13.3 points, 4.4 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.4 steals while shooting .463 from the field, .394 from three and .809 at the line in 39 games as a senior. He played 30.6 minutes per game.
The 6-foot-3 guard was a major part of Arizona’s 36-3 run in 2025/26, helping the Wildcats reach the Final Four. His senior year also brought a long list of honors: Big 12 Player of the Year, a place on the conference’s All-Defensive team, MVP of the Big 12 Tournament and third-team All-America recognition from the NABC, TSN and USBWA.
Toronto isn’t leaving Bradley’s old two-way slot open for long. Malachi Smith, who is currently on an Exhibit 10 deal in camp, is set to be converted to a two-way contract, Scotto reported.
Smith, 26, went undrafted out of Gonzaga in 2023 and spent most of his first three pro seasons in the G League before getting a look from Brooklyn in March. The 6-4 shooting guard signed two 10-day deals with the Nets before landing a two-year minimum contract.
Brooklyn gave him a second-year team option for 2026/27 and exercised it in June, but his $2.15MM salary was still fully non-guaranteed. The Nets waived him last month while trying to open up cap space.
Smith played real minutes for a Nets team headed for the lottery and made the most of them. In 15 NBA games, including four starts, he averaged 8.3 points, 3.3 assists and 3.4 rebounds in 23.9 minutes per game while shooting .485/.435/1.000. In the G League with Long Island, he posted 14.4 points, 5.7 assists and 5.6 rebounds across 39 games, shooting .520/.422/.769.
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