Cutoff/status: 2026-07-18; verified standard-contract forward and organizational cornerstone. A July finger sprain was listed probable for the start of the season. Official NBA profile · CBS injuries, accessed 2026-07-18 · Toronto Raptors
Baseline and projection
As a rookie, Murray-Boyles logged 57 games, 22 starts and 21.9 MPG, averaging 8.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.9 blocks and 1.0 turnover on .579/.657 shooting with 0.3 threes. He played 191 minutes in the seven-game first round versus Poeltl's 134, and produced 14.4 points on .656 shooting with 6.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks in 27.3 minutes per game across that series — the role and the production together, not merely the role. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Basketball-Reference, accessed 2026-07-18 · NBA.com fit analysis, 2026-07-01
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 29.0 | .553 | .680 | 0.6 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
Correction 2026-07-18: raised from 26.0 MPG / 10.2 PTS / 6.2 REB / 2.4 AST to 29.0 / 12.5 / 7.0 / 2.7, and moved out of the team desk's Build-dependent tier into Standard-league. The old projection contradicted this dossier's own argument: it called him the preferred closing big, then set him below the 27.3 minutes and 14.4 points on .656 shooting he produced across the seven-game first round against a roster largely unchanged from the one he now competes with. Mamukelashvili and Mogbo both departed in late June, removing the two bigs who most directly capped him. The projection is still deliberately below the playoff line, since seven games at peak usage is not a season and the free-throw and three-point questions below are unresolved. ESPN — Murray-Boyles · CP24 — All-Rookie Second Team, 2026-05-21
Fantasy value
- Nine-category: rank 70-100; becomes top 60-80 if he holds 29 MPG without a free-throw-volume penalty.
- Points: 30.3 simple FP/G, roughly rank 85-120.
- Dynasty: rank 45-75, second only to Barnes among Toronto's long-horizon assets.
- Ceiling: 13/8/3 with 2.5 stocks as the full-time closing center; top 60-80.
- Floor: Poeltl retains 27 minutes, the jumper does not translate and a crowded forward room holds CMB near 24 MPG.
The Leonard branch is especially favorable for real-NBA defense: Leonard, Barnes and CMB can switch almost everything. It is neutral-to-positive for fantasy minutes because Ingram and Dick depart, although Leonard absorbs usage. Summer League plans to give CMB point-forward reps were delayed by the finger sprain. Raptors Republic, 2026-07-10
Career record
Pre-NBA: South Carolina, two seasons (2023-24, 2024-25). As a freshman, 28 games with 19 starts, 22.8 MPG, 10.4 PTS, 5.7 REB, 1.8 AST, 1.0 STL, 1.0 BLK on .597 FG / .667 FT with zero made threes — he had contracted infectious mononucleosis before the year and lost significant preseason time, then made the SEC All-Freshman Team. As a sophomore, 32 games and 32 starts, 30.6 MPG, 16.8 PTS, 8.3 REB, 2.4 AST, 1.5 STL, 1.3 BLK on .586 FG / .265 3P / .707 FT, earning second-team All-SEC from both the coaches and the AP on a Gamecocks team that won only twice in conference play. The two-year college line is the same player the NBA got: elite two-way efficiency inside the arc, real passing for a big, both stocks above one, and a jumper that barely existed. Before college he was Class 4A Player of the Year as a junior at A.C. Flora (Forest Acres, SC) and spent his senior year at Wasatch Academy in Utah. Draft: 2025, first round, 9th overall by Toronto; not traded on draft night, signed his rookie-scale deal July 1, 2025.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 20 | TOR | 57 | 21.9 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | .579 | .657 | 1.0 |
| Career | TOR | 57 | 21.9 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | .579 | .657 | 1.0 |
He shot .340 from three on low volume and made NBA All-Rookie Second Team. In the seven-game first round against Cleveland he averaged 14.4 points on .656 shooting with 6.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks in 27.3 minutes — a materially larger role than his regular-season line, which is the evidence behind the dossier's closing-big argument. He did not appear in the 2026 Summer League; a finger sprain kept him out of the opener and he was still sidelined as of July 13.
Fantasy history: One season, and I could not verify a published season-end nine-category per-game rank for it from Basketball Monster, Hashtag or the ESPN Player Rater, so none is stated. The category shape is unusually clean for a rookie big: .579 FG% on a rim-heavy diet, 1.8 combined stocks in under 22 minutes, and only 1.0 turnover, offset by .657 free-throw shooting on low volume and 0.3 threes. That is a nine-category profile that punts FT% and threes and wins everywhere else. Points leagues rate him worse, because 8.5 points in 21.9 minutes is not enough raw volume and points formats do not pay a premium for the steals-plus-blocks combination that is his actual edge.
Durability: 57 games of 82 as a rookie. The absences were a forearm problem and an illness in the first month, then a recurring right thumb injury first sustained December 15 against Miami, re-aggravated January 18 against the Lakers for a four-game absence, and re-aggravated again against Indiana into an 11-game stretch missed. He returned in time for the playoffs and played all seven first-round games. The exact game-by-game attribution of every missed contest is not verified here; a knee/MCL report also circulated during the season and I could not confirm it applied to him rather than another Toronto rookie. Carrying into 2026-27, the July 2026 finger sprain cost him Summer League. None of this is a chronic pattern — it is a rookie hand injury that kept reopening plus one illness — but it is three separate upper-extremity issues in thirteen months, which is worth watching rather than dismissing.
Trajectory: There is only one NBA season, so the trajectory is really college-to-pro plus the in-season slope. Per 36 he produced roughly 14.0 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks — production that is already starter-quality on a rate basis and was held back purely by minutes and by the thumb. The playoff sample matters more than usual because it is the only look at him at 27 minutes with real usage, and the per-minute rates did not degrade; they improved. The one thing that changed between college years and did not carry over cleanly is the jumper: .265 on threes as a sophomore, .340 in the NBA on tiny volume, which is not enough attempts to call a skill either way. At 21 he is on the steepest part of the development curve, and the specific gains available to him — free-throw accuracy, three-point volume — are the two things that would move him from a punt-build specialist to a top-75 nine-category asset. The realistic 2026-27 read is more minutes and the same rates, with the shooting question unresolved for at least another year.
Career sources: ESPN career stats · Wikipedia — South Carolina stats, draft, awards · NBA.com player page · NBC Sports — July 2026 finger injury
Open questions
- Does he start at center or only close there?
- Can he raise both three-point volume and free-throw accuracy without losing rim efficiency?
- Is 2.0 combined stocks a stable floor or merely a rookie small-sample result?