Raptors sign forward Tyson Degenhart, waive guard Andre Jackson Jr

TORONTO · The Toronto Raptors signed forward Tyson Degenhart and waived guard Andre Jackson Jr. in a corresponding roster move announced Monday. The team did not disclose the financial terms of the contract. Degenhart, 23, spent the 2025-26 season playing for the Raptors 905 in the G League. He averaged 8.5 points, three rebounds and 1.3 assists in 21 minutes per game over 50 contests. Degenhart shot 54.7 percent from the field, 38.9 percent from three-point range and 71.1 percent from the free-throw line last season. He scored double-digit points in 21 games, including a season-high 24 points against the Motor City Cruise and a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds on March 23 against the Salt Lake City Stars. The six-foot-eight forward had previously signed an Exhibit 10 contract with Toronto last month but was waived shortly after.

Prior to his G League stint, Degenhart played four seasons of college basketball at Boise State. He averaged 18.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists in his senior season and finished as the program's all-time leading scorer with 2,037 points. He earned All-Mountain West First Team honours three times from 2022 to 2025. After a 19-point game last December, Degenhart told broadcaster Chris McKee that "defence will take you a long way, that's for sure."

Andre Jackson Jr., 24, was waived to make room on the roster. He spent the last three seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks after being acquired in a draft-night trade in 2023. The guard, selected 36th overall, appeared in 172 games and averaged 2.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and one assist over 11.4 minutes per game. Jackson Jr., a UConn product who won the national championship in 2023, was initially brought to Toronto on an Exhibit 10 contract in August. The Raptors will open the 2026-27 regular season at home against the Chicago Bulls on Oct. 21.

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