"If there's a team that wants me, let me hand over water, tie my teammates' shoelaces..."
--Brandon Knight
In the history of the NBA, there has never been a shortage of talented players, who are the top presence in the world basketball world, both in terms of physical fitness and ball quotient and basketball technology. However, it is a pity that after some people enter the NBA, it is difficult to cash in their talents, and some are unlucky to suffer major injuries, and finally disappear from everyone. Brandon Knight, the player to be discussed in this issue, is such a presence.
The pride of heaven, the humble job search online
The poignant words above were written by Knight himself on social media. After his contract expired in 2020, Knight seemed to be forgotten and didn't wait for a formal contract. In order to make a living, he put aside his former pride and put on the Nets' shirt to participate in the summer league. As we all know, most people in the summer league are people who can't play in the NBA or young rookies. As a once-famous star, Knight's move is really helpless, in order to let the general manager of the NBA see that he can still play, he has done his best.
However, Knight averaged only 9 points, 1 rebound and 1.5 assists in 26.5 minutes per game, shooting 15% from 3-point range and 23.8% from the field. Nets Summer League coach Ott said of Knight: "He's one of the best players I've ever seen!" When Knight heard this, he knew that the alliance was now drifting away from him.
Zeng Jin's proud son of heaven, harvested 3 MVPs and 2 championships in 4 years
In high school, Knight was a well-known basketball prodigy in Florida, where he won the title of The Nation's Best Basketball Player for 2 consecutive years in 4 years. In the history of American basketball, only James and Auden have won this award. You can imagine how dazzling Knight was at that time. In addition, Knight led his alma mater, Paister High School, to two state championship trophies, for which he himself won a state basketball mr. and MVP. Faced with the olive branch thrown by the dazzling universities, Knight finally chose the University of Kentucky.
During his college years, Knight lived up to his reputation, contributing a full range of 31 points, seven rebounds and four assists in his first game in college. With his excellent performance, he quickly gained a foothold in the NCAA, and many even felt that Knight's strength was above John Wall. Due to his outstanding performances in the NCAA, Knight was selected by the Pistons as the No. 8 seed in the 2011 draft. In his first two seasons, he averaged 12.8 and 13.3 points per game, a performance that was already remarkable for the No. 8 seed. By the third season, his average of points per game had soared to 17.9 points! Rapid progress led to high hopes for him, but it backfired, and in the following seasons, Knight's development was completely unexpected.
Injuries were fierce, and Knight was at a disadvantage
In 2015, Knight was reimbursed for the season because of an ankle injury; in 2016, he was reimbursed again for a sports hernia; in 2017, Nat suffered a sprained wrist injury and then suffered back spasms, and was reimbursed again; in the summer of the same year, Knight had to undergo surgery because of a recurrence of an old ligament injury; in the summer of the same year, Knight had to undergo surgery because of a recurrence of an old ligament injury.
The above is the injury that Knight has suffered in the past few years, after signing a $70 million contract in 2015, Knight is like a curse, it is difficult to have a full season, just recovered, the injury will come to the door again. In his 11 seasons, Knight has played only 449 games, and glass attributes have become his label.
The untimely transaction made Nai deliberately difficult to reconcile
Knight scored a total of 847 points in his rookie season, shooting a total of 105 3-pointers, setting a Pistons rookie 3-point record, while only 2 people in the league scored 100+ 3-pointers in their rookie season, and the other person, Klay Thompson. With his outstanding performance, Knight received 13 first-team votes and 14 second-team votes, and was finally selected as the best rookie in charge. According to this development model, it is only a matter of time before you become an All-Star. At that time, the next year, Knight slowed down the pace of progress, in addition to the small progress in data, the All-Star Skills Game was "teased" by the enemy of his life, Irving, and then he was killed by Jordan Jr.
Knight's dismal season is also a portrayal of the Pistons' decline season, in the case of poor results, Jodumas lost patience with him, and the Bucks side and Jennings contradictions became public, so Jennings exchanged Knight +2 to tie up. Unexpectedly, After Knight came to the Bucks, the data improved significantly, and even became the team's first star, in the second year of the Bucks, Kidd came, Brother Alphabet and Jabari Parker grew up, the Bucks jumped from the Eastern Fish belly team to a playoff team, but the Bucks then sent away the recognized star Knight in a three-way deal, which was a big surprise.
Then, the Bucks, who lost Knight, finished with just 12 wins and 18 losses, and near the second season, the Bucks missed the playoffs in Kidd's crazy experiment. To this. Knight has always been grumpy, he said bluntly: When the Bucks are in a quagmire, his joining has taken them out of the swamp. Knight, who went to the Suns, played only 11 games, began to suffer from the curse of injury, and then went to many teams, it was difficult to return to the peak, and the lifelong enemy Irving became the top defender of the league, which made people sigh.
30-year-old Knight, can he still return to the NBA?
Knight, who has been looking for a humble job on the Internet, ushered in the day of tragedy and joy on October 17, 2021, and the Knicks announced that they had signed him, but in just half a day, the Knicks announced that they would lay off his employees, which was simply murderous. This season due to the impact of the epidemic, the Lone Ranger signed Knight with a difficult exception, and he finally got the opportunity to play in the NBA, and the Lone Ranger gave him a short 10-day contract. He also lived up to expectations, averaging 10 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 18 minutes in 3 games. Knight is only 30 years old, in the golden age of an NBA player, but Knight has only played in the NBA for 10 days, can this proud son of heaven return to the NBA in the future?