A while back, Josh Cornelissen of Raptors Rapture published a piece about how the team quietly parted ways with a player from last year: Jared Rhoden. Rhoden has seemingly been on the Raptors' radar for a while now, first being brought in for 2024 training camp before being cut prior to the season start, then joining Raptors 905 in December 2024, and later getting a shot to prove himself on a 10-day contract in February 2025, eventually earning a two-way deal with the team in early March 2025.
Although Rhoden was a back-end reserve for the Raptors last season, he maximized the playing opportunities that opened up as Toronto embraced the tank, delivering two impressive showings against Philadelphia and Charlotte during that stretch.