Cutoff/status: 2026-07-18; signed an Exhibit 10 contract, which is a non-guaranteed one-year minimum arrangement and not a secured regular-season roster place. Sportsnet contract report, 2026-07-10 · Official NBA roster · Toronto Raptors
Baseline and projection
Bittle averaged 16.8 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.8 blocks as an Oregon fifth-year senior, attempting 4.5 threes and making 31.9%. His Summer League debut produced eight points, 10 rebounds, three assists and six blocks; on July 16 he added 13 points, three threes and three blocks. Those lines demonstrate the desired stretch-rim-protector shape but come in a tiny, low-level sample. Oregon profile, 2026-07-10 · NBA debut box score, 2026-07-10 · NBC fantasy report, 2026-07-16
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 9.0 | .500 | .700 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
Correction 2026-07-18: raised from 3.0 MPG to 9.0 as part of a team-wide rebalancing of the Toronto minute model, which had left 2,732 season-minutes assigned to nobody. The GP figure is unchanged at 8 and remains contingent on conversion from the Exhibit 10. The conditional case is stronger than it was: with Mamukelashvili and Mogbo both gone in late June, an emergency fifth big is likelier to be needed, and when he is needed he plays real minutes rather than three.
Fantasy value
- Nine-category / points: no redraft value unless converted and injuries strike; 7.1 simple FP/G in projected cameos.
- Dynasty: rank 180-250, with blocks and shooting giving him more upside than a typical Exhibit 10 player.
- Ceiling: wins the final two-way, outplays Jackson-Davis as backup center and becomes a blocks streamer.
- Floor: waived after camp and spends the year with Raptors 905.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Born June 3, 2003. Five seasons at Oregon. 1.7 points in 6.9 minutes as a freshman in 2021-22; 7.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 22 starts in 2022-23; a 2023-24 junior year that ended after five starts (10.0 points, 4.4 rebounds) and produced a medical redshirt; a full 2024-25 at 14.2 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 2.1 blocks on .511/.336/.811 in 27.7 minutes across 35 starts; and a 2025-26 fifth year of 16.8 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.8 blocks in 31.1 minutes on .465/.319/.732 across 25 starts, leading the team in scoring. He finished with 116 career games, third all-time at Oregon in blocked shots, and became the program's 41st 1,000-point scorer. Draft: undrafted (2026); signed a one-year non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 with Toronto.
Has never appeared in an NBA game. His most recent competitive season is the 2025-26 Oregon line above; the only professional basketball on his record is the 2026 Las Vegas Summer League.
Durability: The weakest part of the file. He has completed one healthy college season in five. 2023-24 cost him nearly the whole year — left wrist surgery that sidelined him nine weeks after a fall against Tennessee State in November, then a seven-week undisclosed illness, five games played total. 2025-26 cost him roughly a third of the schedule: five nonconference games with an ankle injury, then a January 16 announcement that a foot problem would keep him out at least a month, with a walking boot involved.
Trajectory: The shape is what Toronto wants — a seven-footer who blocks two shots, passes at 2.6 assists, and takes 4.5 threes a game. The shape is also unfinished: 31.9% from three on that volume is not floor spacing, it is a threat that opponents can ignore, and .732 from the line does not promise improvement. He is 23 with an Exhibit 10, meaning no contractual claim on a roster spot at all. The realistic 2026-27 is Raptors 905 with a conversion to the open two-way if the Summer League defensive flashes hold through camp. He becomes fantasy-relevant only in the compound scenario: converted to a two-way, then pressed into the backup five ahead of Trayce Jackson-Davis by a Jakob Poeltl absence. At that point the blocks are the reason to own him, not the shooting.
Career sources: Wikipedia — Nate Bittle · Oregon Athletics — Bittle signs with Toronto Raptors · Oregon Athletics roster page · On3 — Oregon centers Dante and Bittle sidelined after surgery · Sportsnet — Raptors sign Bittle to Exhibit 10
Open questions
- Does Toronto use its last two-way slot on Bittle?
- Is his perimeter shot NBA-functional or merely an occasional changeup?
- Can he defend pick-and-roll space well enough to survive beyond Summer League?