Raptors sign unknown swingman Deng Adel to contract

The Raptors bring their number of contracted players to 19 with the announcement of Deng Adel’s signing to an Exhibit 10 deal.

The Toronto Raptors added another swingman to their growing collection. Deng Adel, undrafted out of Louisville, will be part of the group meeting in Vancouver later this month.

If you haven’t heard of this fellow, you’re not alone. Deng left college prior to his senior year, but didn’t get his name called in the draft. Since he had already hired an agent, a return to school was out of bounds. He spent the summer in Las Vegas, playing for Houston’s entry, where he compiled respectable, though hardly eye-popping, numbers.

Deng’s story is interesting. He is Sudanese-born,…