Cutoff/status: 2026-07-18; No. 19 pick and verified rookie-scale Raptor. Official NBA draft profile · Toronto Raptors
Baseline and projection
At Santa Clara, Graves averaged 11.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.9 steals in 22.7 minutes across 35 games on 51/41/75 shooting. NBA's profile describes a defense-first, multipositional forward with help instincts, offensive rebounding and a spacer/small-ball-five pathway. In Summer League he opened with 22 points and 13 boards; two games later he posted 15 points, five rebounds, six assists and three steals. NBA draft profile, 2026 · NBA Summer League recap, 2026-07-10 · NBA live blog, 2026-07-13
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 14.0 | .440 | .750 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
Correction 2026-07-18: raised from 8.0 MPG to 14.0 as part of a team-wide rebalancing of the Toronto minute model, which had left 2,732 season-minutes assigned to nobody. Eight minutes across 60 appearances understated a No. 19 pick who is the fourth forward on a team that lost two frontcourt rotation players in late June, and it sat below the 10-16 minutes the team desk's own role-battle section already conceded his stocks and rebounding could force. This remains a projection off Summer League and scouting rather than NBA evidence.
Fantasy value
- Nine-category / points: deep dynasty only at baseline; 13.6 simple FP/G.
- Dynasty: rank 100-160, with category upside driven by stocks rather than scoring.
- Ceiling: the Leonard deal removes Ingram and Dick, Graves earns 15-18 MPG and becomes a steals/blocks streamer by midseason.
- Floor: rookie physical adjustment and Toronto's veteran depth send him through Raptors 905 for extended stretches.
Samson Folk and scout Josh Codinera projected a rotation 3-and-D floor and high-level starter ceiling, while explicitly calling star upside unlikely. That is attributed scouting. Raptors Republic / YouTube breakdown, 2026-07-09
Career record
Pre-NBA: Santa Clara — redshirted 2024-25, then one playing season (2025-26): 11.8 PTS, 6.5 REB, 1.9 AST, 1.9 STL in 22.7 MPG on .510/.410/.750 across 35 games, helping Santa Clara to its first NCAA Tournament since 1996. Third Bronco first-rounder in five years (after Jalen Williams and Brandin Podziemski). Draft: 2026, Round 1, Pick 19, Toronto Raptors.
No NBA record — 2026 first-round rookie with a single college season on file; the 2025-26 Santa Clara year above is the entire competitive record, plus 2026 Summer League flashes (22 points/13 rebounds in the opener; a 15/5/6 line with three steals two games later).
Durability: 35 of 35 games in his lone college season; the 2024-25 redshirt was developmental, and no injury history is on record. Trajectory: The record is one loud but thin season: elite defensive-event rates (1.9 steals plus blocks) and a 41% three on modest minutes, which is exactly the shape scouts project forward and exactly the sample size that demands caution — one WCC season at 22.7 MPG is the least evidence any 2026 first-rounder brings. In 2026-27 he competes for the fourth-forward role in Toronto, with 905 assignments the likely counterweight. He becomes fantasy-relevant if the frontcourt clears (e.g., a Leonard-deal outcome removing Ingram/Dick) and he holds 15-18 MPG, where the stocks-plus-threes mix would make him a deep-league streamer well before his scoring matters. Career sources: Santa Clara athletics draft release · NBA.com draft profile · TSN draft report · Tankathon profile
Open questions
- Can the 41% college three survive NBA distance and volume?
- Is he strong enough to play small-ball center immediately?
- Does the Leonard deal clear a real rookie role before camp?