{"id":397320,"date":"2026-01-09T01:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/397320\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T01:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:34:08","slug":"raptors-rookie-guard-hepburn-undergoes-meniscus-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/397320\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors rookie guard Hepburn undergoes meniscus surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/toronto-raptors\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"toronto-raptors\" data-league=\"nba\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Toronto Raptors<\/a> guard, who is on a two-way contract with the Raptors 905 of the G League, underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, the team announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Hepburn will be reevaluated in six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The six-foot point guard has only made two appearances with the Raptors this season, playing a total of 6.5 minutes and recording one rebound.<\/p>\n<p>A starter for the 905, Hepburn is averaging 12.4 points, 8.6 assists, 2.1 rebounds and 2.3 steals in 18 games with the G League squad this season. <\/p>\n<p>Hepburn helped the 905 win 16 straight games to start their season and reach the Winter Showcase Final, where they lost to the Salt Lake City Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Undrafted out of Louisville in 2025, Hepburn signed with the Raptors after the draft and played on the Raptors&#8217; Summer League team.<\/p>\n<p>Hepburn, 24, is a skilled perimeter defender and won ACC Defensive Player of the Year for the Cardinals in 2025. He was an All-Defensive player in the Big Ten in 2024, when he played for the Wisconsin Badgers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Raptors guard, who is on a two-way contract with the Raptors 905 of the G League,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-397320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}