Raptors 905 have acquired Greg Smith and DeAndre Daniels, according to a report from Chris Reichert of Upside Motor. (Update: The 905 confirmed the acquisitions in a release.)

Smith was claimed off of waivers, while the 905 were able to add Daniels as a draft-rights player, since the parent club Toronto Raptors own his NBA draft rights.

Daniels is the far more familiar name to Raptors fans, as he was the team’s No. 37 overall pick in the 2014 draft. It seemed a bit of a reach at the time, as Daniels wasn’t considered a sure-fire second-round pick. But as the team’s last pick in the draft, they took the player they liked, which is entirely justifiable, and they clearly saw or see something in the 6-foot-9 forward.

The Raptors opted to use the draft-and-stash approach on the 23-year-old, and he spent last season with Perth of the Australian NBL. He averaged 14.8 points on 39.6-percent shooting, somewhat discouraging efficiency, but he averaged 7.7 rebounds (second in the league), 1.1 blocks, and hit 34.1 percent of his threes. In his junior season at Connecticut, he shot 41.7 percent from long-range, so that may be a legitimate skill, and an attractive one if he can put on the bulk to make him a capable combo-forward instead of just a large three. Daniels was in summer league with the Raptors last summer and played moderately well, though he struggled shooting the ball. The defensive potential is pretty clear, as he owns a 7-foot-2 wingspan, an 8-foot-10.5 standing reach, and keeps himself in remarkable shape. In other words, he’s the 905 prototype, if they think he can defend two or three positions.

The reason Daniels hasn’t been playing anywhere so far this season is that he suffered a Jones fracture in the fifth metatarsal bone of his right foot (right where the shaft of the toe meets the base) in July, right ahead of summer league. There was no timeline for his recovery, but Kevin Durant, as an example, missed two months and then had complications when he returned. The incidences of re-injury are relatively low if the fracture is surgically repaired, even if it did end up costing Daniels six months.

The injury was a big hit for Daniels, who may have lost some of the momentum he had early in the offseason. The D-League offers a nice avenue for him to get his footing back under him, and the 905 having a claim to him because of his draft rights is a fortunate part of the affiliate set-up for the Raptors. Now, he can work his way back to form under the organization’s umbrella. He had been around the Air Canada Centre and Hershey Centre fairly often recently, but the team kept his status close to the chest, as they often do. The team’s release indicates that he’s still in the “final stages of rehab,” so he’s not expected to play this week.

A former top-10 recruit out of high school and a 2014 NCAA Champion, Daniels is definitely another reason to tune in to the 905 moving forward.

Smith, meanwhile, is a familiar name to broader NBA fans, as he has 131 games of NBA experience under his belt. The 6-foot-10 center went undrafted out of Fresno State in 2011 but caught on with the Houston Rockets after a brief stint in Mexico, playing with them for three seasons. He spent last year with the Dallas Mavericks, playing a deep-reserve role and playing more power forward than he had in Houston. Smith has averaged 4.2 points and 3.4 rebounds in 12.5 minutes over his NBA career, shooting 62.2 percent from the floor.

So why isn’t a guy like that in the NBA? Because he failed a physical with the New Orleans Pelicans in October after reportedly failing to impress in an audition for the Guangdong Tigers of the Chinese league. Smith had a non-guaranteed deal worked out with the Pelicans despite the poor showing in China and a mediocre performance with the Atlanta Hawks at summer league, so it may have been unlikely he made the team, anyway.

He’s still an intriguing add for the 905. He’s still just 24 years old yet can provide some veteran experience that the 905 are lacking as an expansion outfit. He also has a 7-foot-3 wingspan and 8-foot-11 standing reach and should give head coach Jesse Mermuys some defensive stability at the five. Smith also has plenty of D-League experience. In 2012, he was a D-League All-Star and made the D-League All-Rookie First Team and All-D-League First Team, averaging 16.6 points and 7.8 rebounds while shooting 66.8 percent for Rio Grande Valley. He hasn’t played in the D-League since the 2012-13 season.

This explains what general manager Dan Tolzman meant when he told Raptors Republic on Saturday that the team was keeping their eye on a few things for their two open roster spots. The team was likely waiting on word that Daniels was cleared and were waiting to see if Smith would get to them on waivers once he opted to the D-League player pool. Smith is expected to be in the lineup Thursday.