Add Precious Achiuwa to the list of Toronto Raptors players heading into free agency next summer. Toronto has not agreed to terms on a contract extension with the 24-year-old ahead of Monday’s deadline. Achiuwa will now head into restricted free agency next offseason assuming the Raptors tender him a $6.28 million qualifying offer.
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It isn’t all that surprising that Achiuwa did not agree to a deal with the Raptors. He has shown impressive upside in his two years with the organization, but he’s also been inconsistent and was teetering on the edge of the rotation at times last season. It made more sense for both parties to get a deal done next summer after Achiuwa proves who he is over the course of his third year with the Raptors.
Malachi Flynn also did not receive an extension from Toronto. He too remains on the final year of his contract, though a $5.81 million qualifying offer is less likely unless Flynn proves he can be a rotation player for the Raptors this season.
Achiuwa and Flynn now join a long list of 2024 free agents for Toronto that likely includes Pascal Siakam, O.G. Anunoby, Gary Trent Jr., Otto Porter Jr. Thad Young, and Garrett Temple. The Raptors have said they do not think having so many pending free agents will be a problem for the team this season.
“This is our jobs and sometimes these things are not easy. But we’re very confident, I think with these guys and those situations, but we’re going to see what this opportunity is,” Raptors president Masai Ujiri said on the subject of the team’s upcoming free agents.