The Toronto Raptors sign former Ohio State forward Jamison Battle after he excels in the Summer League.
Although Jamison Battle was not selected in the NBA Draft last month, he was given the opportunity to try his luck by being invited to play in the NBA Summer League for the Toronto Raptors. Battle seized the chance with gusto.
The former Ohio State forward was signed by the Raptors after just two Summer League games. Although the terms of the agreement were not disclosed, Blake Murphy of Sportsnet claims that Battle inked an Exhibit 10 contract with Toronto. Exhibit 10 contracts are one-year, non-guaranteed contracts that offer a player a bonus of up to $75,000 in the event that he is waived and plays for the team’s G League club for at least sixty days.
After hitting 66.7 percent from the field and 62.5 percent from three-point range in his first two games in Las Vegas, Battle signed the contract. In the team’s opening Summer League game, he scored 12 points on 4 of 6 shooting, grabbed 1 rebound, and dished out 1 assist. Two nights later, he scored 11 points on 4 of 6 shooting, added another rebound, and dished out another assist.
Battle transferred to Ohio State over the previous offseason after attending George Washington for his first two years of college and Minnesota for his final two. In his senior year of collegiate basketball, Battle finished second on the Buckeyes with an average of 15.3 points per game, which was his third-best career total. He also made 92.6 percent of his free throws, which was the highest percentage in the Big Ten and tied for sixth in the nation, and shot 46.9 percent from the field. Battle also averaged 5.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 31.3 minutes per game.
Battle’s three-point percentage during his one season with the Scarlet and Gray was 43.3 percent. For the majority of the season, he led the Big Ten in three-point shooting until Northwestern’s Boo Buie overtook him in the final week of play, finishing with a 43.4 percent three-point shooting percentage. In his senior year, Battle finished as the ninth-best three-point shooter in the nation based on shooting %.