The Raptors have added two more guards to their training camp mix, signing Tyreke Key and Nimari Burnett to Exhibit 10 contracts on Thursday, according to Blake Murphy of Sportsnet.ca.
Those deals don’t appear to be just paperwork for G League purposes, either. Key and Burnett are both listed on Toronto’s official training camp roster, alongside fellow camp invitees Nate Bittle and Andre Jackson Jr., per Murphy.
Key gave the Raptors 905 a steady scoring punch last season, putting up 16.6 points per game in 33 regular season appearances, including 14 starts. He shot 52.1% from the floor and 42.1% from deep. A Tennessee product, Key went undrafted in 2023 after his first four college seasons at Indiana State, then spent a year in Belgium before landing in the G League.
Toronto also had Key on its radar late last season. The team signed him to a standard rest-of-season contract in April and waived him a few days later, a move that seemed aimed at getting him a bonus for his work with the 905. He still hasn’t made his NBA debut.
Burnett’s Raptors path has been a little different. He agreed to an Exhibit 10 deal in late June after going undrafted, but the contract had not been finalized until now.
At Michigan, he was a full-time starter for a team that won 37 games and the national championship. In 2025/26, he averaged 8.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 19.8 minutes per game, with a shooting line of .453/.375/.776.
Toronto wasn’t the only team making camp additions Thursday. Paul Garcia of Spot Up Shot reported five other training camp signings, with Reeves, Marshall, Elmore, Levin and Williams all landing deals.
Reeves was a second-round pick two years ago and has played NBA minutes over the past two seasons with the Pelicans and Hornets. Marshall went undrafted out of George Washington. Elmore, Levin and Williams bring mostly G League and/or international experience, though Williams has a bit of NBA history too - he played for Toronto in 2023/24 and also spent a couple of weeks last season on a two-way deal with Atlanta.
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