Axel Toupane

Year	League	Team	MPG	G	GS	PTS/G	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2013-14	EuroCup	Strasbourg	20.7	6	0	6.0	2.0	4.0	50.0%	1.2	2.0	58.3%	0.8	0.8	100.0%	0.2	2.3	—	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.3
2013-14	EuroLeague	Strasbourg	15.0	10	0	2.5	1.1	3.0	36.7%	0.1	0.8	12.5%	0.2	0.4	50.0%	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.8
2014-15	EuroCup	Strasbourg	17.5	14	0	6.1	1.9	4.2	45.8%	0.8	1.8	44.0%	1.4	1.9	76.9%	0.1	1.9	—	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.9	2.1
2015-16	D League	Raptors 905	29.7	32	14	14.6	4.7	10.9	42.9%	1.1	3.6	31.3%	4.1	5.3	78.6%	1.0	4.6	5.6	3.6	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.9
2015-16	NBA	Denver Nuggets	14.5	21	0	3.6	1.2	3.3	35.7%	0.6	1.9	32.5%	0.6	0.8	76.5%	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.9
2016-17	D League	Raptors 905	27.6	36	13	16.1	4.7	10.1	46.3%	1.0	2.9	34.6%	5.7	7.0	80.6%	0.3	3.8	4.1	3.6	1.1	0.2	2.8	2.9
2016-17	NBA	Milwaukee Bucks	3.0	2	0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0%	0.0	0.5	0.0%	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
2016-17	NBA	New Orleans Pelicans	20.5	2	0	5.5	2.5	4.0	62.5%	0.5	1.5	33.3%	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.5
2016-17	NBA	Total (NBA)	11.8	4	0	2.8	1.3	2.3	55.6%	0.3	1.0	25.0%	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.5
2017-18	EuroLeague	Zalgiris	15.3	34	0	6.9	2.3	4.6	50.3%	0.4	1.2	37.5%	1.9	2.6	71.1%	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.5	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.9
2018-19	EuroLeague	Olympiacos	13.6	26	0	4.8	1.5	3.9	38.2%	1.0	2.8	36.1%	0.8	1.0	81.5%	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.3
2019-20	EuroCup	UNICS Kazan	19.5	13	0	9.6	3.1	7.0	44.0%	1.2	2.9	39.5%	2.3	2.5	90.9%	0.3	2.2	—	1.2	1.2	0.2	1.1	1.2
2020-21	G League	Santa Cruz Warriors	31.8	9	9	17.9	6.2	11.6	53.8%	1.9	4.9	38.6%	1.9	2.6	73.9%	1.1	7.0	8.1	3.3	1.7	0.1	2.1	2.0
2020-21	NBA	Milwaukee Bucks	7.6	8	1	1.8	0.5	1.4	36.4%	0.1	0.3	50.0%	0.6	0.9	71.4%	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.8
2022-23	EuroCup	Partizan Belgrade	26.3	15	0	7.4	2.6	7.8	33.3%	0.9	3.7	23.2%	1.3	2.4	55.6%	0.7	3.5	—	2.1	1.0	0.1	1.4	1.9

Teams

13 entries

Date	Team
2008 - 2009	Pau Orthez (France)
2009 - June 2014	Strasbourg (France)
July 2014	Dallas Mavericks (Summer League)
July 2014 - June 2015	Strasbourg (France)
July 2015	Toronto Raptors (Summer League)
July 2015 - October 2015	Toronto Raptors (NBA)
November 2015 - March 2016	Raptors 905 (D-League)
March 2016 - October 2016	Denver Nuggets (NBA)
October 2016 - February 2017	Raptors 905 (D-League)
February 2017 - March 2017	Milwaukee Bucks (NBA)
March 2017 - April 2017	Raptors 905 (D-League)
April 2017 - July 2017	New Orleans Pelicans (NBA)
July 2017 - present	Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania)

Transactions

16 entries

Date	League	Transaction
Summer 2009	France	Signed a four year contract with Strasbourg.
27th June, 2013	France	Signed a two year extension with Strasbourg.
23rd July, 2015	NBA	Signed a partially guaranteed two year minimum salary contract with Toronto.
24th October, 2015	NBA	Waived by Toronto.
2nd November, 2015	D-League	Designated as an allocated player by Raptors 905.
3rd March, 2016	NBA	Signed a 10 day contract with Denver.
14th March, 2016	NBA	Signed a second 10 day contract with Denver.
24th March, 2016	NBA	Signed a partially guaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season and through 2017 with Denver.
15th October, 2016	NBA	Waived by Denver.
30th October, 2016	D-League	Designated as a returning player by Raptors 905.
25th February, 2017	NBA	Signed a 10 day contract with Milwaukee.
4th March, 2017	NBA	Milwaukee terminated 10 day contract early.
4th March, 2017	D-League	Designated as a returning player by Raptors 905.
8th April, 2017	NBA	Signed a partially guaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season and through 2018 with New Orleans.
24th July, 2017	NBA	Waived by New Orleans.
27th July, 2017	Lithuania	Signed a one year contract with Zalgiris Kaunas.

NBA Salary

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Listed total $17,550,000

2025/26	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29
$3,450,000 Signed in Portugal Fully guaranteed	$4,075,000 Signed in Portugal Fully guaranteed	$4,700,000 Signed in Portugal $2,350,000 guaranteed Team option	$5,325,000 Signed in Portugal $2,662,500 guaranteed Player option

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2017 NBA Manifesto

29th June 2017

Axel Toupane
SG/SF, 6’7, 210lbs, 24 years old, 2 years of experience

Toupane had contracts with three NBA teams last season after briefly cracking the league in 2015/16, which speaks to how close to the cusp he is. He had a reasonably good shooting in the D-League with the Raptors 905, scoring 16 points per game but mostly making his mark via his defensive versatility, able to defend both wings and bigger forwards. If he can add a better three-point shot to go with that, he’d fit the template and stick around in this league.

Player Plan: One year of unguaranteed minimum salary contract remaining. Give him summer league to prove himself; even then, though, does he need to be fully guaranteed?

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