{"id":498145,"date":"2026-02-23T04:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T04:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/498145\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T04:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T04:41:10","slug":"next-star-signs-deal-with-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/498145\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Star signs deal with Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former NBL Next Star Rayan Rupert has found a new NBA home, after reportedly signing a deal with the Memphis Grizzlies.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania, Rupert, the 43rd overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, is signing a 10-day contract with the Grizzlies.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Memphis Grizzlies are signing former Portland Trail Blazers guard Rayan Rupert to a 10-day contract, sources tell ESPN. The former second-round pick joins the Grizzlies after playing 139 games across 2-plus seasons in Portland.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2025697446815232035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 22, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This comes after the former New Zealand Breaker was waived by the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday, with the club converting Sidy Cissoko\u2019s two-way contract into a standard deal.<\/p>\n<p>During his three seasons in Portland, the French wing played 139 games.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/696810544c3525aaec836c13_Disney+_1920x250_V1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NBL Next Star Rayan Rupert has found a new NBA home, after reportedly signing a deal with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-498145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}