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Eric Koreen: My profile of Jamal Shead received the best kind of mention — honorable mention — in @prohoopswriters.bsky.social writing contest, in moderate-length feature category. Speaking of hono(u)r, it's awesome to be mentioned alongside to many talented people.
“Kawhi's done a good job of talking to us and understanding that ‘Even when I join the line-up, doesn’t mean what we do on offence stops,'" said Shead. “He wants to be a swing, swing guy and then play off that and play off of us instead of us calling a play and him having to play iso every five seconds. He wants to be in the offence, he wants to be in the flow of the offence and he wants to connect and learn how to play off every single person.”
Keith Smith: Jamal Shead's three-year extension with the Toronto Raptors came in at $8M flat per season, a league source told @spotrac .
Josh Lewenberg: Shead said the extension got done quickly. “I thought the offer they gave me was really fair. Honestly, above fair. They believe in me and we’ve had really good communication.” “It’s just good to be wanted, so I’m going to do everything I can to make sure it doesn’t go to waste”
Michael Scotto: Update: The Toronto Raptors included a third-year team option in their three-year, $24 million extension with Jamal Shead, league sources told @hoopshype. ESPN was first to report a deal between the two sides.
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Shams Charania: Shead lands an extension just two seasons after going No. 45 in the 2024 NBA draft. The 6-foot-1 guard had 354 total assists off the bench in 2025-26 -- a league-best and the most in franchise history for reserve -- while playing all 82 regular-season games before averaging 9 points, 5 assists and 1.4 steals in 7 playoff games (4 starts).
NBA Trade Machine: Christian Braun appeared in 9.4% of trades built on HoopsMatic over the past 24 hours. Of his trades, his most common destinations were Charlotte (64.2%), Dallas (9.4%), and San Antonio (5.7%). The players traded for him most often were Naz Reid (60.4%), Jamal Shead (39.6%), and Domantas Sabonis (32.1%).
The deal came together over the past 48 hours. Per sources, the two sides engaged in elevated discussions over the weekend but seemingly came to an impasse on Sunday as the Clippers were asking for more than the Raptors were willing to give: three first-round picks and some of the Raptors' top young players. The Raptors turned away requests for all-NBA rookie Collin Murray-Boyles and breakout second-year wing Ja’Kobe Walter. Even as negotiations picked up on Monday, one league source suggested that the Clippers were trying to extract second-year point guard Jamal Shead. No dice.
Michael Scotto: JUST IN: The Toronto Raptors have exercised the $2.30 million team option on Jamal Shead for the 2026-27 season, league sources told @hoopshype . Shead played all 82 games, averaging 6.6 points and 5.4 assist per game for Toronto last season.
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Ryan Wolstat: Jamal Shead to me post-game about his first experience with a Toronto playoff crowd: "Awesome bro. Like from the start, as soon as they said: ‘Get ready for Toronto Raptors basketball,’ they went crazy. It was awesome. It was way louder than Cleveland."
Josh Lewenberg: Both Jamal Shead and Jakob Poeltl mentioned effort being an issue. Jak on how effort can be lacking in playoffs: “It’s not for a lack of trying. It’s more knowing when to be aggressive, when to stick to our schemes. I think we were a bit discombobulated… We have to play more within our character”
Josh Lewenberg: Jamal Shead on Brandon Ingram: “We watched a lot of film. We looked at how they were guarding him and how we could attack it. So that won’t happen again. BI has to get the ball in his hands. He’s the No. 1 option on our team. He has to have more than 9 shots.”
