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Report: Raptors officially sign rookies Jakob Poeltl and Pascal Siakam

As expected, the Raptors announced today that they've officially signed their two newest rookies, Jakob Poeltl and Pascal Siakam. Both players will be under contract until 2017-18, with two team option years after that carrying them (potentially) to 2019-2020.

The @Raptors have officially signed first-round draft picks Jakob Poeltl and Pascal Siakam. #rtz

— RaptorsMR (@RaptorsMR) July 9, 2016

As a refresher: Poeltl is a 7', 248 pound centre coming into the NBA after two seasons in Utah. He's also the first NBA player of Austrian descent.