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DeAndre Daniels spurns Raptors to sign in Italy
After spending his first pro season in Australia and his second in the D-League, Daniels signed with Italian team Pallacanestro Mantovana.
He could have signed with Toronto, which extended the required tender - a one-year contract, surely unguaranteed at the minimum, a team must offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights on a second-rounder. That would've meant going to training camp to compete with Fred VanVleet, Jarrod Uthoff, E.J. Singler Yanick Moreira and Drew Crawford for the Raptors final regular-season roster spot.
Daniels making the team obviously would’ve been his best-case scenario. But even getting waived would’ve allowed him to become an NBA free agent before heading overseas.
As is, even if he plays his way up to NBA-caliber in Europe, he can sign in the NBA only with the Raptors (unless they trade him).
http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/09/13/2014-second-rounder-deandre-daniels-signs-with-italian-team-rather-than-raptors/