Brevin Knight

Brevin Knight
Personal information
Knight on the bench in 2006.
Born	(1975-11-08) November 8, 1975 Livingston, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school	Seton Hall Preparatory (West Orange, New Jersey)
College	Stanford (1993–1997)
NBA draft	1997 / Round: 1 / Pick: 16th overall
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Playing career	1997–2009
Position	Point guard
Number	12, 22, 2, 6
Career history
1997–2001	Cleveland Cavaliers
2001	Atlanta Hawks
2001–2003	Memphis Grizzlies
2003	Phoenix Suns
2003–2004	Washington Wizards
2004	Milwaukee Bucks
2004–2007	Charlotte Bobcats
2007–2008	Los Angeles Clippers
2008–2009	Utah Jazz
Career highlights and awards
Consensus second-team All-American (1997) 3× First-team All-Pac-10 (1995–1997) Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (1994)
Career NBA statistics
Points	5,342 (7.3 ppg)
Assists	4,481 (6.1 apg)
Steals	1,229 (1.7 spg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Brevin Adon Knight (born November 8, 1975) is an American retired professional basketball point guard who played with nine teams in the NBA from 1997 to 2009. Knight played college basketball at Stanford University and was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1997. He is the brother of Brandin Knight.

He is currently a color commentator for the Memphis Grizzlies on Fox Sports Tennessee.

High school career

Knight attended Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey, leading its basketball team to New Jersey state championships his sophomore, junior, and senior years. He was named to the Newark Star-Ledger's All-State First Team. Lightly recruited out of high school, Knight was a late signee for Stanford University.

College career

Knight had a successful college career at Stanford, where he is the all-time leader in assists (780) and steals (298) and third all-time in scoring (1,714). He was chosen by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 16th pick in the 1997 NBA draft.

NBA career

Knight was drafted with the 16th pick of the first round in the 1997 NBA draft.^[1] In his rookie season, Knight led the NBA in steals per game and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.^[2] He has played for the Cavaliers, the Atlanta Hawks, the Memphis Grizzlies, the Phoenix Suns, the Washington Wizards, the Milwaukee Bucks and the Charlotte Bobcats, averaging 7.6 points and 6.5 assists per game in his career.

The Bobcats received Knight through their 2004 expansion draft. He was one of the best players on the team during the 2004–05 NBA season, averaging 10.1 points, 9 assists, and 1.98 steals per game as the Bobcats went 18–64. Knight finished second in assists per game in the league, behind MVP Steve Nash. He was waived by the Bobcats on June 29, 2007 after spending the last three seasons with them.^[3] On August 13, 2007, he signed a two-year contract with the Los Angeles Clippers.^[4] He was traded to the Utah Jazz on July 23, 2008 for Jason Hart.^[5]

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1997–98	Cleveland	80	76	31.0	.441	.000	.801	3.2	8.2	2.5	.2	9.0
1998–99	Cleveland	39	38	30.4	.425	.000	.745	3.4	7.7	1.8	.2	9.6
1999–00	Cleveland	65	46	27.0	.412	.200	.761	3.0	7.0	1.6	.3	9.3
2000–01	Cleveland	6	0	15.5	.133	.000	.833	1.2	4.2	1.0	.2	1.5
2000–01	Atlanta	47	43	29.0	.385	.100	.817	3.4	6.1	2.0	.1	6.9
2001–02	Memphis	53	11	21.7	.422	.250	.757	2.1	5.7	1.5	.1	7.0
2002–03	Memphis	55	4	16.9	.425	.250	.541	1.5	4.2	1.3	.0	3.9
2003–04	Phoenix	3	0	6.3	.333	.000	.000	1.0	1.3	1.0	.3	.7
2003–04	Washington	32	12	18.7	.420	.200	.704	1.9	3.2	1.6	.0	4.3
2003–04	Milwaukee	21	1	20.0	.438	.333	.789	2.3	4.7	1.4	.0	5.9
2004–05	Charlotte	66	61	29.5	.422	.150	.852	2.6	9.0	2.0	.1	10.1
2005–06	Charlotte	69	67	34.1	.399	.231	.803	3.2	8.8	2.3	.1	12.6
2006–07	Charlotte	45	25	28.3	.419	.056	.805	2.6	6.6	1.5	.1	9.1
2007–08	L.A. Clippers	74	39	22.6	.404	.000	.873	1.9	4.4	1.4	.1	4.6
2008–09	Utah	74	0	12.7	.349	.000	.750	1.2	2.6	.9	.1	2.4
Career		729	423	24.9	.412	.134	.789	2.4	6.1	1.7	.1	7.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1998	Cleveland	4	4	33.0	.286	.000	.600	4.0	5.8	2.5	.3	4.5
2004	Milwaukee	5	0	20.2	.261	.000	.818	2.2	3.4	2.8	.2	4.2
2009	Utah	5	0	3.4	.000	.000	.000	.2	.6	.2	.0	.0
Career		14	4	17.9	.255	.000	.714	2.0	3.1	1.8	.1	2.8

Post-NBA

Knight joined the Memphis Grizzlies broadcast team as a color commentator on Fox Sports Tennessee in 2010.

Personal life

Knight and his wife Deena have two daughters, Brenna and Kayla, and a son, Donevin.^[6]

Notes

↑ Taylor, Phil (December 22, 1997), "What A Steal!", Sports Illustrated, 87 (25), pp. 62–69
↑ "Brevin Knight bio". NBA. 2002. Archived from the original on December 4, 2002.
↑ "Bobcats Waive Brevin Knight". Charlotte Bobcats. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007.
↑ "Clippers Strengthen Backcourt, Sign Guard Brevin Knight". August 13, 2007. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008.
↑ Buckley, Tim (July 23, 2008). "Utah Jazz: Team trades Hart to Clippers for Knight". Deseret News.
↑ "Brevin Knight bio". NBA. 2005. Archived from the original on February 17, 2006.

External links

NBA.com Profile - Brevin Knight

Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com
Assist by Knight Foundation

1997 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans

First Team	Tim Duncan Danny Fortson Raef LaFrentz Ron Mercer Keith Van Horn

Second Team	Chauncey Billups Bobby Jackson Antawn Jamison Brevin Knight Jacque Vaughn

Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award winners

Male	1969: Keller 1970: Rinka 1971: C. Johnson 1972: Martin 1973: Sherwin 1974: M. Robinson 1975: Towe 1976: Alagia 1977: Jonas 1978: Scheib 1979: Byrd 1980: Sweeney 1981: Adolph 1982: Moore 1983: McCallum 1984: Stokes 1985: B. Jennings 1986: Les 1987: Bogues 1988: J. Johnson 1989: Hardaway 1990: Harvey 1991: K. Jennings 1992: Bennett 1993: Crawford 1994: G. Brown 1995: Edney 1996: Benton 1997: Knight 1998: Boykins 1999: Rogers 2000: Penn 2001: Phillips 2002: Logan 2003: Gardner 2004: Nelson 2005: N. Robinson 2006: D. Brown 2007: Kelley 2008: Green 2009: Collison 2010: Collins 2011: Pullen 2012: Hamilton 2013: Siva 2014: Smith

Female	1984: Mulkey 1985: Stack 1986: Ethridge 1987: Windham 1988: McConnell 1989: Backstrom 1990: Dabrowski 1991: S. Evans 1992: Kosiorek 1993: D. Evans 1994: Levesque 1995: Dodrill 1996: Rizzotti 1997: Howard 1998: Arnold 1999: Hammon 2000: Darling 2001: Ivey 2002: Lambert 2003: Lawson 2004: Valek 2005: White 2006: Duffy 2007: Harding 2008: Anderson 2009: Montgomery 2010: Gray-Lawson 2011: Vandersloot 2012: James 2013: Bentley 2014: Sims

1997 NBA draft

First round	Tim Duncan Keith Van Horn Chauncey Billups Antonio Daniels Tony Battie Ron Mercer Tim Thomas Adonal Foyle Tracy McGrady Danny Fortson Olivier Saint-Jean Austin Croshere Derek Anderson Maurice Taylor Kelvin Cato Brevin Knight Johnny Taylor Chris Anstey Scot Pollard Paul Grant Anthony Parker Ed Gray Bobby Jackson Rodrick Rhodes John Thomas Charles Smith Jacque Vaughn Keith Booth

Second round	Serge Zwikker Mark Sanford Charles O'Bannon James Cotton Marko Milič Bubba Wells Kebu Stewart James Collins Marc Jackson Jerald Honeycutt Anthony Johnson Ed Elisma Jason Lawson Stephen Jackson Gordon Malone Cedric Henderson God Shammgod Eric Washington Alvin Williams Predrag Drobnjak Alain Digbeu Chris Crawford DeJuan Wheat C. J. Bruton Paul Rogers Mark Blount Ben Pepper Nate Erdmann Roberto Dueñas

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