The Toronto Raptors have acquired forward Trayce Jackson-Davis from the Golden State Warriors in exchange for a second-round pick via the Los Angeles Lakers, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
As TSN’s Josh Lewenberg notes, the Raptors were seeking depth and insurance in the frontcourt. They had looked at several other players, including Yves Missi of the New Orleans Pelicans, Day’Ron Sharpe of the Brooklyn Nets and Goga Bitadze of the Orlando Magic, however the asking price for those players was a first-round pick.
Raptors get their depth/insurance big. Had looked at several others including NOLA's Yves Missi, Brooklyn's Day'Ron Sharpe & Orlando's Goga Bitadze but asking price for those guys was a 1st-rounder. Instead, they use Lakers 2nd-rounder (from Miami in Davion Mitchell trade) on TJD https://t.co/XmrjiE7MEe
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) February 5, 2026
Lewenberg also points out that acquiring Jackson-Davis keeps them under the luxury tax, which had been an objective of the Raps this week.
Instead, Toronto is using its second-round pick that originally belonged to L.A. and was acquired from the Miami Heat in the Davion Mitchell trade last year on the 25-year-old Jackson-Davis. He has a $2.4 million team option for next season and is making $2.2 million this year.
A third-year player out of Indiana University, Jackson-Davis has appeared in 36 games this season for Golden State and averages 4.2 points and 3.1 rebounds in 11.4 minutes of action. He appeared in 62 games a season ago, starting 37 of them, and averaged 6.6 points and 5.0 rebounds.
Jackson-Davis was selected in the second round by the Washington Wizards but was traded to the Warriors in exchange for cash shortly after draft day.
Wednesday evening’s trade was the second of the day for the Raptors, who shipped guard Ochai Agbaji and a 2032 second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team deal also involving the Los Angeles Clippers, with L.A. sending future Hall-of-Fame point guard Chris Paul to Toronto. However, the Raptors are not expected to require the 40-year-old Paul to report to the team and could still move him ahead of Thursday’s 3pm ET trade deadline, notes Charania.
The Raptors lost 128-126 to the Minnesota Timberwolves Wednesday night at home, dropping them to 30-22 on the season. They currently occupy the sixth spot in the Eastern Conference.
