Overview
- Toronto exercised the fourth-year rookie option for Gradey Dick and the third-year option for Ja’Kobe Walter ahead of the 2025–26 season.
- The moves followed the franchise’s choice less than a day earlier to decline extensions for RJ Barrett and Ochai Agbaji.
- Walter was ruled out of Wednesday’s season opener in Atlanta due to injury, affecting immediate backcourt depth.
- Walter enters his second year after 52 games and 18 starts as a rookie, averaging 8.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 0.8 steals in 21.2 minutes.
- Dick returns for a third season after 54 starts last year and a March 2025 season-ending injury; he is slated for $4,990,560 this season with $7,131,511 guaranteed in his option year, while Walter is at $3,638,160 this season with $3,811,800 guaranteed for 2026–27.