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Former Duke Basketball Guard 'Figured Wrong' Entering Free Agency
Gary Trent Jr. could have become a free agent last summer after eclipsing 17 points and 32 minutes per game for a second straight season. Instead, the 2017-18 Duke basketball one-and-done decided to stick around with the Toronto Raptors on the last year of a three-year contract worth $52 million.
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But the sharpshooting guard saw a dip in playing time this past season, averaging only 13.7 points in 28.1 minutes per outing. And now, two days into NBA free agency, it appears his perceived value has dropped considerably from where it was a year ago.
As Sportsnet's Michael Grange explained in a column on Monday, Gary Trent Jr. is likely to have no choice but to head elsewhere for less money:
"He figured there would be better opportunities in free agency this summer, apparently. He figured wrong...[The Raptors] have been allowed to negotiate a new deal with Trent Jr. since June 18...and so far it's been crickets...Trent Jr. is almost certainly headed towards becoming an NBA 'have not' rather than a member of its upper-middle class, where his last contract had him pegged."
According to Grange, the 25-year-old NBA Blue Devil may well fall short of the mid-level exception of $12.5 million for the 2024-25 season.
The start of free agency used to be basketball’s New Year's Eve, with teams making drunken transactions they would regret in the morning, if not for the life of the contract. Things have changed.@michaelgrange has the story. https://t.co/PElAHbA4OG
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) July 1, 2024
Meanwhile, Toronto's other one-year Duke basketball guard, 24-year-old RJ Barrett, is under contract through the 2026-27 campaign. This past season, Barrett averaged a career-high 21.8 points per game for the Raptors after getting traded from the New York Knicks in late December.
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MATT GILES
Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of FanNation's Blue Devil Country and All Tar Heels, covering the Duke Blue Devils and UNC Tar Heels on SI.com.