{"id":820,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/820","headline":"Knicks cut Bruce Brown to make room for James Wiseman","dek":"New York couldn't find a trade to stay under the second apron, so Brown lost the final roster spot to the former No. 2 overall pick.","body":"The Knicks' roster is set, and it cost them Bruce Brown. New York waived the guard on Saturday after failing to work out a trade that would have let the team keep both Brown and James Wiseman while staying below the second apron. With no trade partner found, Wiseman gets the last spot instead.\n\nBrown had actually survived the preseason cuts following Thursday's preseason finale, and the team reportedly liked what he showed. SNY's Ian Begley had reported earlier in the week that the Knicks would \"explore all avenues\" to keep both players, floating Pacome Dadiet and Tyler Kolek as possible trade chips to clear the needed money. None of those efforts panned out.\n\nWiseman, taken second overall in his draft class, now joins the reigning NBA champs to add frontcourt depth. For Brown, it means searching for a new home as the regular season approaches, while the Knicks move forward with a roster shaped as much by salary-cap math as by on-court fit.","published_at":"2026-10-17T23:48:29.232361+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Knicks finalize roster as James Wiseman gets last spot over Bruce Brown","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/knicks-finalize-roster-james-wiseman-bruce-brown/"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Knicks waive Bruce Brown to pave way for James Wiseman to get final roster spot","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/17/sports/knicks-waive-bruce-brown-pave-way-for-james-wiseman-to-get-final-roster-spot/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Knicks waive Bruce Brown, expected to sign James Wiseman for final roster spot","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/knicks-waive-bruce-brown-expected-210532339.html"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Knicks reportedly exploring Pacome Dadiet, Tyler Kolek trades so they can keep Bruce Brown","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/knicks-reportedly-exploring-pacome-dadiet-180339237.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"The Knicks don’t have to trade anyone to keep James Wiseman and Bruce Brown","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/knicks-don-t-trade-anyone-215755892.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Knicks make final roster decision on James Wiseman, Bruce Brown","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/knicks-final-roster-decision-james-232522408.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/2026/10/17/40ce5388-5334-4af5-93fc-b530883da5cd/big-jim.jpg","credit":"CBS Sports","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}