Axel Toupane

From 2008 to 2011, Toupane spent time with the Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez and SIG Strasbourg Under 21 teams, before joining the SIG Strasbourg senior squad for the 2011–12 LNB Pro A season. As a rookie, he averaged 2.5 points and 1.4 rebounds, in 22 French Pro A League games. In the 2012–13 season, Toupane averaged 3.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game, in 35 French Pro A League games, as he helped Strasbourg reach the French Leaders Cup Final. He was considerably more effective the following season, as he averaged 6.1 points and 2.5 rebounds per game, in 41 French Pro A League games.\n', ' Following the 2013–14 season, Toupane entered the 2014 NBA draft, but he was not selected. He then competed in the 2014 NBA Summer League, for the Dallas Mavericks\' summer league squad, where he averaged 3.5 points and 2.0 rebounds per game, in four games. He returned to Strasbourg following the Summer League, and in the 2014–15 season, Toupane averaged 7.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, in 42 Pro A games. Strasbourg finished as the regular season leaders for a second straight year in 2015, and also won the French Cup and the French Leaders Cup.\n', ' On July 23, 2015, Toupane signed with the Toronto Raptors, after averaging 4.3 points and 1.7 rebounds, in three Summer League games for the team. On October 24, 2015, he was waived by the Raptors, after appearing in two NBA preseason games.\n', '