According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Toronto Raptors have signed Mo Bamba to a one-year deal to help give them depth at the center position. This is currently due to Jakob Poeltl dealing with a back injury, and them having to start Scottie Barnes at center.

Despite Sandro Mamukelashvili being the primary backup center, he’s considered to be slightly undersized for his position to be a regular starter. With all that in mind, Toronto wanted to add someone else to provide size and depth.

After signing the 27-year-old, the Raptors will go $2.1 million into the luxury tax.

Bamba appeared in 32 games last season, four with the New Orleans Pelicans and 28 with the Los Angeles Clippers.

According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, confirmed by the Sacramento Kings, Keegan Murray has suffered a mild calf strain. An MRI was used for this diagnosis.

He will be re-evaluated in one week.

The 25-year-old has only appeared in 15 games this season, as he missed the first 15 games due to rehabbing from thumb surgery that took place in the preseason.

For Murray, he is usually a very healthy player. The least amount of games he has played in a season was 76 games (2024-25 season).

This season, he is averaging 14.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.7 blocks per game.

According to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, the Los Angeles Lakers have learned that their third option has suffered a grade 2 gastrocnemius calf strain and will be sidelined for four weeks. The 27-year-old will be re-evaluated after that period of time.

Reaves suffered the injury during the Lakers loss to the Houston Rockets on Christmas Day. Before being ruled out for the remainder of the game, he put up 12 points off 5/8 shooting in 15 minutes.

While this MRI is a definite negative, the bright side of this scan confirms that this has nothing to do with the mild calf strain that caused him to miss three games earlier in the month.

Right now, the Lakers are 19-10 and hold the fourth seed in the Western Conference.