{"id":933100,"date":"2026-10-14T20:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933100\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T20:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:04:10","slug":"raptors-cut-ties-with-former-knicks-nba-champion-during-preseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933100\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors cut ties with former Knicks NBA champion during preseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/new-york-knicks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Knicks<\/a> will decide who gets their final roster spot before next Tuesday&#8217;s season opener at Madison Square Garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>James Wiseman, Drew Eubanks, and Tony Bradley are three options if the Knicks want a third-string center behind Karl-Anthony Towns and Andre Drummond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, another big man has just become available. On Wednesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/toronto-raptors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Raptors<\/a> waived Trey Jemison III.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Toronto Raptors\u00a0have waived\u00a0two-way center Trey Jemison lll.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/2110432266191253753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jemison spent the 2025-26 season with the Knicks on a two-way contract. He spent most of the season with the Westchester Knicks in the G League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 13 games in New York, he averaged 1.0 point and 1.4 rebounds in 6.3 minutes per contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jemison&#8217;s numbers were a little more impressive in the G League, posting 8.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per night in 31 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks are familiar with Jemison, and vice versa. However, Wiseman, the No. 2 overall pick in 2020, could have the edge for the roster spot that&#8217;s up for grabs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/san-antonio-spurs\/news\/deaaron-fox-believes-deserves-move-spurs-finals-loss-knicks\/77c6660ea32e96e6836cfbf5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">De&#8217;Aaron Fox feels he deserves to move on from the NBA Finals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Without their starters, the Knicks fell to the Raptors by 50 points (148-98) in Tuesday&#8217;s preseason action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wiseman scored 18 points on 7-for-8 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds in 24 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>He could be a valuable lob threat if he makes the Knicks&#8217; roster out of the preseason.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More NBA news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Knicks will decide who gets their final roster spot before next Tuesday&#8217;s season opener at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-933100","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\/933100","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=933100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}