JULY 6: Toppin has officially signed with the Knicks, the team announced today (via Twitter).
According to Fred Katz of The Athletic (Twitter link), Toppin ended up signing an Exhibit 10 contract instead of a two-way deal. He’ll receive up to $75K if he’s waived before the start of the season and spends at least two months with the Westchester Knicks in the G League.
JUNE 23: The Knicks have reached an agreement to sign former Kentucky forward Jacob Toppin to a two-way contract, sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link).
Toppin, who went undrafted on Thursday, is the younger brother of Obi Toppin.
Jacob averaged a career-best 12.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game for the Wildcats as a senior in 2022/23, earning a starting role and averaging 31.4 MPG in 33 appearances. Obi, meanwhile, is entering a potential contract year in ’23/24 and his future in New York appears somewhat up in the air.
Trevor Keels and Duane Washington finished this past season as the Knicks’ two-way players, but neither one is under contract for ’23/24, so it’s possible the club could bring in two new players in addition to Toppin to fill its two-way slots for next season. Teams will be permitted to carry three two way players instead of just two for the first time this offseason.
Another Toppin that Thibs will never play.
It’s so ironic.
Maybe he will like this one better. Obi never fit in because of Randle.
Knicks have a fistory of this. Once upon a time we signed JR Smith’s brother to a fully guaranteed contract and we signed Giannis’s brother Thanasis in 2016.
Awful
So, this is why they traded Toppin, they had to make room for Toppin.
Wonder what Obi must be thinking right now.
Right lol
Would be nice of him to use his brother’s number so anyone with a Knicks Toppin jersey can just reuse it.
Lol don’t start giving Dolan ideas
Funniest comment this year.