TORONTO — RJ Barrett will make his regular season debut tonight as his Toronto Raptors host the Denver Nuggets.

The swingman from Mississauga, Ont., missed most of the preseason and Toronto’s first three games of the regular season with a shoulder sprain.

Barrett was injured while trying to fight through a screen during the Raptors’ first preseason game Oct. 6 in Montreal.

He averaged 21.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 32 games with the Raptors last season after being traded to his hometown team by the New York Knicks on December 30. .

Rookie combo guard Ja’Kobe Walter, who missed the entire preseason, is also out with a sprained shoulder.

Walter was assigned to Raptors 905 of the G-League earlier today so he could get his conditioning game ready.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published October 28, 2024.

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