The Raptors have passed on Jonathan Mogbo’s 2026/27 team option, according to Blake Murphy of Sportsnet.ca.
That option was worth $2,296,271. Toronto could still make Mogbo a restricted free agent by tendering a qualifying offer, though there hasn’t been any report that it has done so. And given the numbers involved, that route would not make much sense, since the qualifying offer would come in above the option the team just declined.
Toronto took Mogbo with the 31st pick in the 2024 draft, and the former San Francisco forward/center flashed some upside in his rookie year. In 63 games during the ’24/25 season, he averaged 6.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 0.9 steals in 20.4 minutes per night, but his shot never really came around, as he finished with a .438/.243/.732 line.
His role shrank sharply in ’25/26, when the Raptors were much more competitive. Mogbo appeared in 40 games and averaged 1.5 points and 1.7 rebounds while logging 6.2 minutes per game. Toronto reached the playoffs for the first time in four years that season and pushed Cleveland to seven games before falling.
Mogbo also spent time in the G League with the Raptors 905 in ’25/26, where the undersized big man played 26 games and posted 13.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.3 SPG across 27.7 minutes per contest.
The Raptors also declined team options on Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jamal Shead, while Sandro Mamukelashvili declined his player option to become a free agent.
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