Due to the outbreak of the new crown epidemic abroad, resulting in an extreme shortage of manpower in various teams, the league continues to have to introduce new regulations for the game, you can sign a firefighter with a 10-day short contract, we have also seen a lot of familiar figures return to the league, 40-year-old "Eagle King" Joe Johnson, once the strongest 175 thomas on the surface, Greg Monroe, etc. These veterans who have been eliminated by the league, of course, there are also Brandon Knight figures. On December 24, the Lone Rangers officially announced that the team signed Brandon Knight to a short 10-day contract using a difficult exception, and it has been a full two seasons since Knight's last appearance, the last time he was wearing a Pistons shirt.
Speaking of Brandon Knight, the first thing that comes to mind must be that Knight, who was seriously defending in the rookie challenge, was shaken upside down by the same champion Kairi Owen, which may be the time when many people are most impressed by Knight, of course, in the Bucks period, facing an empty basket, Knight quickly held the ball to the front court, everyone thought he would complete the kill, but Knight lost this key layup, which is the impact of many fans on Knight. But you know that Knight was also the one who could pick the stars in the sky, in high school Knight was a figure in the history of Florida high school basketball, he was the second high school score in the local basketball list, and in the third and fourth years of high school was elected the Best Athlete of the United States in the United States for two consecutive years in high school, Brandon Knight is the third player to win this honor after LeBron James and Greg Oden, and the first Local athlete in Florida to win this title. The award was made by Knight beating a full 550,000 high school players.
From the honors that Knight got in high school, you will know that Knight was also the first high school student like James, and the outstanding performance of high school won Knight the olive branch of many basketball schools, and finally Knight chose to enter the University of Kentucky, and knight played a comprehensive data of 31 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in his debut at the University of Kentucky, such a performance is the strongest point guard, you can't find a player who is more comprehensive than Knight, and In college, Knight has staged many good kills. It can be said that Knight in college still continues his excellent competitive state, and he entered the NBA under the name of the proud son of heaven. In 2011 Knight was selected by the Pistons with the 8th pick in the first round, and the point guard before him was only Irving, and the Pistons believed that Knight was a player of the same level as Irving, and Knight did not disappoint the Pistons.
In the Pistons' first season, Knight made 66 appearances, started 60 times, averaged 12.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, shot 41.5% from the field and 38% from three-point range, and did show a certain potential for Knight and was successfully selected as the best rookie team. But the Pistons management was in a hurry, when pistons general manager Joe Dumas in order to keep his position, he chose to use Knight to trade Jennings, Jennings in the Bucks also played well, and Came to the Bucks Knight also played the most comfortable two years of his career under Kidd, but the good times soon Knight was packaged through a three-way trade to the Suns, and the Bucks got McAvoy. Although Knight played a good number in the Bucks, but his shooting did not improve in the slightest, still in the early 40%, such inefficient performance made the Bucks decide to give up on him, the letter brother's sudden rise is the bucks' team core, Knight is not in the Bucks' future plans.
Knight, who came to the Suns, is still the team's number one training object, but it is also from here that Knight began his wandering career, and the 24-year-old Knight finally played all-Star level data in the 15-16 season. Averaging 19.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game, but this statistic is still Knight's high shot, his shooting is still inefficient, more unfortunately the injury began to find him, the ankle injury allowed Knight to play 52 times after the season reimbursement, by the time he returned to the Suns his starting position had already been occupied by Bledsoe, his playing time was also greatly reduced, he thought That Knight would become the sixth person on the team, but the cruciate ligament tear completely let the former genius fall, Knight did not appear on the field for 1 year and 10 months, before the Suns had just reached a 5-year, 70 million contract extension with him This also makes this contract a garbage contract.
After that, Knight began to switch to multiple teams, rockets, Cavaliers, Pistons, but unfortunately whenever Knight played a good performance will always be absent because of injuries, the next two seasons Knight only played a total of 64 games, which also completely made many teams lose confidence in Knight, he can no longer get a formal contract, when Knight faded out of the league he was only 28 years old, this should be the best peak of a player, but Knight, the proud son of heaven, has become a mortal because of injuries. Then we got news from Knight that he played in the Summer League for the Nets, and was cut two hours after the Knicks announced that he was signing Knight. Knight really tasted the taste of heaven to hell, and if it weren't for injuries, Knight would have had a brighter future, and even if he couldn't become an All-Star, he would have taken a tens of millions of dollars as the sixth person on the team to charge the team.
Knight has always been a humble player, he is serious on the court, never lace news, everyone remembers only the picture of him being shaken down by Irving, but forget that Knight then returned three goals in front of Irving with a mid-range jumper, everyone remembers only the picture of him being killed by Jordan Jr., but forgetting that Knight is on the court no matter who is facing the situation of defending with all his might. Speaking about returning to the league, Knight said: "I really cried when I got a call from my agent about signing up for the Lone Ranger and I was grateful for the opportunity." As for the expiration of the 10-day short contract, Knight even said: "No matter what the team needs me to do, whether it is playing on the bench, or waving towels and handing water on the bench, I am willing to do it."
It must be with love that Knight will say such a thing, to know that he was once a player with an annual salary of tens of millions, he is also a player in the spotlight, can only say that injuries have really changed too many people, and sincerely hope that Knight can seize the opportunity to continue to stay under Kidd, after all, he is only 30 years old.