The Knicks have waived forward Isaiah Roby and swingman Jaylen Martin, the team announced (via Twitter).
Roby, 25, signed with New York on the final day of the 2022/23 regular season. He spent most of the season with the Spurs, appearing in 42 games and averaging 4.1 points and 2.5 rebounds in 11.3 minutes per night before being released in early March. Roby spent his first three NBA seasons with Oklahoma City.
Martin signed a two-way contract with the Knicks this summer after going undrafted out of the Overtime Elite League. His departure leaves New York with an open two-way slot as the others are currently held by Nathan Knight and Dylan Windler.
Roby got into two of the team’s three preseason games and averaged 8.0 PPG and 2.5 RPG. Martin made one three-minute appearance during the preseason.
Neither player had any guaranteed money for this season, so the moves won’t cost the Knicks anything. The team is down to 19 players on its roster, with 12 fully guaranteed contracts.
Roby the player that was supposed to replace OB1. That trade continues too look horrible
No he wasn’t lol, also Knicks added DiVincenzo bc of that deal along with the draft picks who will make the team better. They only need Hart to fill in at the 4 for 15 mins a game with Randle eating up 35 mins a game, no need.
Should of kept them both. Smh
Just trade Quickly, McBride, Grimes, Sims and Evan F for Der DeRozan
I’m more surprised that they moved on from Martin so quickly, since he’s 19 and they just signed him as a 2-way. Roby is an older (young) player who has been with them since the end of last season, and if he couldn’t carve out minutes in the current situation, there was little point to keeping him around.