Free agent center Jakob Poeltl has agreed on a four-year, $80 million contract to stay with the Toronto Raptors, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday.
The deal includes a player option. Poeltl, 27, averaged 12.5 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.2 blocks across 72 games last season. • Lastest free agency buzz and news • Marks: Ultimate 30-team guide • Pelton: Best available free agents • Explaining big changes in new CBA • Grading every offseason trade • Every free agent | Available cap space He played the final 26 of those games in Toronto after the Raptors acquired him in a deadline trade with the San Antonio Spurs for a top-6-protected first-round pick in the 2024 NBA draft, plus a pair of second-round selections.
It was a homecoming for Poeltl, who had originally been drafted ninth overall by the Raptors in the 2016 draft before being sent to the Spurs in the summer of 2018, along with DeMar DeRozan, as part of the trade that brought Kawhi Leonard to Toronto.
At 7-foot-1 and 245 pounds, Poeltl is an excellent interior defensive player, one capable of banging with the biggest centers in the league.