{"id":610829,"date":"2026-02-19T02:39:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/610829\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T02:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:39:53","slug":"new-knicks-forward-jeremy-sochan-gets-honest-about-what-led-to-his-exit-from-the-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/610829\/","title":{"rendered":"New Knicks forward Jeremy Sochan gets honest about what led to his exit from the Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/new-york-knicks\/news\/new-knicks-forward-sochan-gets-honest-about-led-his-exit\/fdfa3724daf9d432ed102d64?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Knicks forward Jeremy Sochan gets honest about what led to his exit from the Spurs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New Knicks forward Jeremy Sochan gets honest about what led to his exit from the Spurs<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Sochan was once considered a promising player for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/san-antonio-spurs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Antonio Spurs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">San Antonio Spurs<\/a>. He was the hardworking player that any team can appreciate, and at the same time, he had potential as a defender and playmaker.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Sochan&#8217;s offensive woes, especially with his shooting, became an issue for San Antonio. After playing quite regularly in his first few seasons, he fell out of the rotation this season. This led to him getting waived and signing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/new-york-knicks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Knicks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Knicks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sochan opens up about his San Antonio exit<\/p>\n<p>Sochan is now with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/new-york-knicks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Knicks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Knicks<\/a>, where he could be a fantastic contributor. Of course, he would have to earn his minutes because the Knicks have some of the most impressive depth in the league.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sochan is the type of player who will work as hard as possible to earn his spot. He did so with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/san-antonio-spurs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Spurs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Spurs<\/a>, but unfortunately, the ship sailed when the coaching staff deemed him a liability.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/new-york-knicks\/news\/knicks-addition-jeremy-sochan-expected-eat-minutes-rookie\/685f88b7d50ea22ef7efd8c9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Knicks new addition Jeremy Sochan expected to eat into minutes of fan-favorite rookie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Knicks new addition Jeremy Sochan expected to eat into minutes of fan-favorite rookie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sochan himself knew that he was not progressing with the Spurs, so getting waived was a long time coming. He talked about what led to his exit, which was apparent to most Spurs fans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No real opportunity in my opinion. It is what it is. It&#8217;s a deep team. Maybe I didn&#8217;t see eye-to-eye with the coach. I&#8217;m just blessed to be somewhere to grow,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JLEdwardsIII\/status\/2024181814290505970?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sochan said ahead of the second half of the NBA season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sochan said ahead of the second half of the NBA season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This move opened the door for him to join the Knicks, which could be a jackpot move for the Eastern Conference contenders. Mitch Johnson might not have been the best fit for him, but Mike Brown could find a way to get the most out of Sochan.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>More NBA news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Knicks forward Jeremy Sochan gets honest about what led to his exit from the Spurs originally appeared&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[7,2724,6,191,81131,969,474,4075,4074,534],"class_list":{"0":"post-610829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio-spurs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jeremy-sochan","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-new-york-knicks","12":"tag-promising-player","13":"tag-san-antonio","14":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","15":"tag-sanantonio","16":"tag-sanantoniospurs","17":"tag-spurs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116094986513675948","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}