Knicks cut Matt Ryan, Jacob Toppin

With these moves, only swingman Kevin McCullar remains among the club’s two-way players.

As Ian Begley of SNY.tv observes (via Twitter), New York also still has an open standard roster spot. Several intriguing veteran options remain available for the contending Knicks via the buyout market.

Ryan, a 6’6″ forward, appeared in 19 regular season games for New York this season. In 3.6 minutes, he notched averages of 1.5 points and 0.4 rebounds a night. In just two games for New York’s Westchester NBAGL affiliate this year, Ryan averaged 15.5 points, 4.5 boards, 1.5 assists and 1.0 swipes per.

Ryan has also logged time with Boston, the Lakers, Minnesota and New Orleans since 2021/22. Through 82 NBA games over his four-year career, he is averaging 3.7 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.5 assists. Valued as a floor-spacing wing, he is a career 40.2% long range sniper on 2.4 triple tries a night.

The 6’9″ Toppin made even less of a dent on the Knicks proper than Ryan this season. In 16 contests for New York, the second-year forward averaged 0.4 points and 0.7 boards across 3.1 minutes a night this season.

That said, Toppin did show promise in Westchester. In 11 regular season G League games this year, Toppin averaged 25.2 points, 8.3 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 0.8 blocks and 0.7 steals per contest.