Jakob Poeltl averaged 13.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game in Toronto following his trade from San Antonio. Veteran center Jakob Poeltl has re-signed with the Raptors, the team announced Thursday.

The result: Poeltl is a promising, second-year big man for the Toronto Raptors, the first Austrian to reach the NBA and a fellow for whom dunks have replaced spikes entirely. “I was more in basketball,” Poeltl said before a recent game in Chicago. The 22-year-old, now 7 feet and 248 pounds, pronounces his name “YA-kub PURR-tuhl.”