TORONTO, March 23 (UPI) -- Center Antonio Davis, who was suspended earlier this season for going into the stands after a fan, was waived by the Toronto Raptors Thursday.
Davis was traded to Toronto from New York in February and less than a month later suffered a back injury. He played with the Raptors for five seasons before going to New York and is the Raptors' all-time leading rebounder with 2,839.
"After receiving a second opinion on Antonio's lingering back problems, it is very unlikely that he would return to competitive action this season with the Raptors," said Bryan Colangelo, the team's president and general manager.
"We have concluded that it's in the best interest of both the organization and Antonio Davis to simply release him at this late point of the season."
Davis stormed into the stands in Chicago when his wife got into an altercation with a fan. Davis was suspended five games for the incident.
