The 39-year-old veteran continues to write the legend! Temple stays behind the Raptors to welcome season 16, Yao Ming s former teammate s only current player

On June 29, news came from the NBA free market - According to authoritative reporter Shams Charania, 39-year-old veteran Gallet Temple has reached a contract renewal with the Toronto Raptors and will return to the team with a one-year, $3.6 million veteran basic salary contract. This famous NBA "wandering veteran" is about to start his amazing 16th season of his personal career.

Temple's NBA journey began in the distant 2009-10 season. At that time, wearing the Houston Rockets' jersey, he had a brief intersection with Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming. However, fate is a big deal. At that time, Yao Ming was reimbursed due to injury, and the two players failed to fight side by side in the official game. This experience of "the name of teammates is not in the same field" has become a special footnote in Temple's long career.

In the following years, Temple became the veritable "Basketball Ranger" in the league. His footprints are spread across the Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets), Washington Wizards, Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers, Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Pelicans, and eventually settled in the Toronto Raptors. Playing for 12 different teams, Temple wrote a unique survival epic with her tenacity.

Last season, Temple's role was obviously changed, averaging only 8 minutes per game, contributing 1.9 points, 1 rebound and 1.1 assists. Although the data is not dazzling, the veteran's value has long surpassed the statistical table. The Raptors' contract renewal this time is his rich experience, professional attitude and ability to stabilize the morale of the army in the locker room. He is like a living tactical manual, which is crucial to guiding the growth of potential new stars such as Scotty Barnes.

Temple's contract renewal has created multiple meanings:

Active 2009 "Living Fossils": As players entering the league in the same class as Harden and Curry, Temple and DeRozan became the only two remaining active players in the class.

The model of the value of a veteran: a 3.6 million yuan minimum salary for a year is the best affirmation of his professional spirit and wisdom on the field.

The inheritance of the locker room leader: In the younger Raptors formation, his existence itself is a stabilizer and mentor resource.

From the Rockets' youthful start to the midst of the league, Temple has interpreted what professional spirit is with 16 years of persistence. When the horn of the new season sounds, the league's "living fossils" will continue to teach by example on the sidelines. His fuel tank may not be much fuel, but that persistence and wisdom in basketball are the nutrients that the young Raptors urgently need. The legend is still being written.