The Toronto Raptors are keeping Fred VanVleet in their backcourt, agreeing to a four-year deal with the guard worth $85 million, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.
The fourth year of VanVleet’s contract includes a player option, Charania reports.
Sportsnet’s Michael Grange recently reported that VanVleet would meet with the Raptors and one or two other suitors on Saturday in Chicago, near his hometown of Rockford, Ill.
Recently, Raptors general manager Bobby Webster described re-signing VanVleet as the team’s “top priority” of the off-season.
VanVleet, who initially signed with the Raptors in July of 2016 after going undrafted that year, spent much of his first pro season — and a bit of his second — with the G League’s Raptors 905.
During the 2019-20 season, he posted career-best averages in points (17.6), assists (6.6) and rebounds (3.8) as an every-game starter for the first time.
