Raptors bring aboard 7-foot-5 center as potential defensive game changer

The Toronto Raptors released their Summer League roster, and it's mostly the names you'd expect.

Well, except for the guy who is 7-foot-5: Jamarion Sharp.

Here's the whole roster, for those wondering:

The Raptors’ Summer League roster features sophomores Collin Murray-Boyles, Alijah Martin and Chucky Hepburn, as well as rookies Allen Graves and Jaden Bradley. Will be coached by Ivo Simovic. pic.twitter.com/GgYZJerRpn

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Sharp is 24 years old and played his college basketball first at John A. Logan College (a junior college) before Western Kentucky and Ole Miss.

He went undrafted into the NBA in 2024 and has yet to play a game at the highest level in the regular season.

Sharp has spent the past couple seasons in the G League with the Texas Legends, and he was the G League Defensive Player of the Year in 2026.

In 2025-26, Sharp averaged 7.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.8 blocks per game in the G League.

He also pretty much never shot unless it was easy, making 71.2% of his shots from the floor.

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His thin frame may not set Sharp up for perfect NBA success, but that often comes with the territory with super tall players.

The Raptors clearly like what they see enough to get a look at Sharp and see what might be possible with the 7-foot-5 youngster.

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