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Jacob Toppin to Knicks

Following a three-year career with the Kentucky Wildcats, Jacob Toppin is now realizing his NBA dreams!

After not being selected in the 2023 NBA Draft, Toppin agreed to a two-way contract with the New York Knicks. He will reunite with his brother, Obi Toppin, who was the eighth-overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft out of Dayton.

Toppin’s agency broke the news on Instagram.

The longest-tenured member of the Wildcats this past season, Toppin began his career at Rhode Island as a class of 2019 recruit, then transferred to Kentucky during the 2020 offseason.