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Toronto Raptors’ Scottie Barnes during a preseason game against the Boston Celtics, in Montreal, on Oct. 14.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press

The Toronto Raptors exercised team options for budding sophomore Scottie Barnes, Precious Achiuwa and Malachi Flynn on Wednesday.

For Barnes, the reigning NBA rookie of the year, it’s a third-year option on his rookie contract that keeps him in Toronto through the 2023-24 season.

The six-foot-eight, 232-pound forward averaged 15.3 points and 7.5 rebounds in 74 games as a starter last season.

Achiuwa and Flynn’s options are fourth-year team options, also on their rookie deals, that keeps them signed through the 2023-24 season.

Achiuwa was acquired from the Miami Heat before last season and averaged 9.1 points and 6.5 rebounds a night in 73 games. The six-foot-eight forward primarily came off the bench but started 28 games for Toronto.

Flynn, the Raptors’ first-round pick in the 2020 draft, has averaged 6.0 points and 2.3 assists in 16.1 minutes a night in 91 career games.

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