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Brandon Knight • #20 • G
Ht/Wt:6'2", 182 lbs.
Born:Dec 2, 1991 (33 yrs) in Miami, FL
From:Kentucky
Experience:9 years
Drafted:Drafted by Detroit in 2011 (1/8).
Movements & Injuries
2022
4/08/2022 10-day contract expired.
3/29/2022 Signed by the Dallas Mavericks to a 10-day contract.
1/02/2022 10-day contract expired.
1/02/2022 Missed 2 games (health and safety protocols).
2021
12/29/2021 Health and Safety Protocols, day-to-day.
12/22/2021 Signed by the Dallas Mavericks to a 10-day contract.
10/16/2021 Signed as a free agent by the New York Knicks.
10/16/2021 Waived by the New York Knicks.
2020
11/20/2020 Declared free agent.
3/10/2020 Missed 1 game (strained right hamstring).
3/08/2020 Strained right hamstring, day-to-day.
2/10/2020 Missed 1 game (sore left knee).
2/08/2020 Sore left knee, day-to-day.
2/06/2020 Acquired from the Cleveland Cavaliers
2/04/2020 Missed 10 games (sore left knee).
1/17/2020 Sore left knee, day-to-day.
2019
11/22/2019 Missed 1 game (sprained right ankle).
11/20/2019 Sprained right ankle, day-to-day.
2/07/2019 Acquired from the Houston Rockets
1/27/2019 Missed 7 games (sore left knee).
1/13/2019 Sore left knee, day-to-day.
2018
12/30/2018 Recalled from the Rio Grande Valley Vipers (NBA G League).
12/29/2018 Assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers (NBA G League).
12/13/2018 Missed 26 games (left knee injury).
12/01/2018 Recalled from the Rio Grande Valley Vipers (NBA G League).
11/30/2018 Assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers (NBA G League).
10/17/2018 Left knee injury, sidelined indefinitely.
8/31/2018 Acquired from the Phoenix Suns
4/10/2018 Missed all 82 regular season games (torn left acl).
2017
10/18/2017 Torn left ACL, remainder of the regular season.
3/17/2017 Missed 1 game (back spasms).
3/15/2017 Back spasms, day-to-day.
1/19/2017 Missed 2 games (sprained right wrist).
1/14/2017 Sprained right wrist, day-to-day.
1/05/2017 Missed 1 game (sprained right wrist).
1/03/2017 Sprained right wrist, day-to-day.
2016
4/13/2016 Missed the last 7 regular season games (sports hernia).
4/04/2016 Sports hernia, remainder of the regular season.
4/01/2016 Sports hernia, day-to-day.
3/26/2016 Missed 1 game (illness).
3/25/2016 Illness, day-to-day.
3/09/2016 Missed 20 games (adductor).
1/21/2016 Adductor, sidelined indefinitely.
1/15/2016 Missed 1 game (food poisoning).
1/12/2016 Food poisoning, day-to-day.
2015
7/17/2015 Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Phoenix Suns to a five-year contract.
6/26/2015 Phoenix Suns tendered a qualifying offer.
4/14/2015 Missed the last 8 regular season games (sprained left ankle).
3/30/2015 Sprained left ankle, sidelined indefinitely.
3/29/2015 Missed 8 games (sprained left ankle).
3/11/2015 Sprained left ankle, day-to-day.
2/19/2015 Acquired from the Milwaukee Bucks.
2/04/2015 Missed 1 game (quadriceps).
2/02/2015 Quadriceps, day-to-day.
2014
4/14/2014 Missed 1 game (hip injury).
4/12/2014 Hip injury, day-to-day.
2/22/2014 Missed 1 game (heel injury).
2/20/2014 Heel injury, day-to-day.
2013
11/23/2013 Missed 5 games (strained right hamstring).
11/13/2013 Strained right hamstring, day-to-day.
11/09/2013 Missed 3 games (strained right hamstring).
11/01/2013 Strained right hamstring, day-to-day.
10/19/2013 Milwaukee Bucks exercised their contract option for the 2014-15 season.
7/30/2013 Acquired from the Detroit Pistons.
3/23/2013 Missed 4 games (sprained left ankle).
3/13/2013 Sprained left ankle, sidelined indefinitely.
2/27/2013 Missed 3 games (sprained right ankle).
2/22/2013 Sprained right ankle, day-to-day.
2012
10/22/2012 Detroit Pistons exercised their contract option for the 2013-14 season.
2011
12/09/2011 Signed by the Detroit Pistons.
6/24/2011 Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (8th overall) in 2011.
Career Transactions
2021
10/16/2021 Signed as a free agent by the New York Knicks.
2020
2/06/2020 Detroit Pistons traded Andre Drummond to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Brandon Knight, John Henson and a conditional 2023 second-round pick.
2019
2/07/2019 In a three-team trade, Cleveland Cavaliers acquired Brandon Knight, Marquese Chriss, a protected 2019 first-round pick and a 2022 second-round pick from the Houston Rockets. Houston Rockets acquired Nik Stauskas, Wade Baldwin IV and a 2021 second-round pick from the Cleveland Cavaliers and Iman Shumpert from the Sacramento Kings. Sacramento Kings acquired Alec Burks from the Cleveland Cavaliers and a 2020 second-round pick from the Houston Rockets.
2018
8/31/2018 Houston Rockets traded Ryan Anderson and De'Anthony Melton to the Phoenix Suns for Marquese Chriss and Brandon Knight.
2015
2/19/2015 Phoenix Suns acquired Brandon Knight and Kendall Marshall from the Milwaukee Bucks for Tyler Ennis and Miles Plumlee. Philadelphia 76ers acquired a protected 2015 first-round pick from the Phoenix Suns. Milwaukee Bucks acquired Michael Carter-Williams from the Philadelphia 76ers.
2013
7/30/2013 Milwaukee Bucks traded Brandon Jennings to the Detroit Pistons for Brandon Knight, Khris Middleton and Viacheslav Kravtsov.
2011
6/23/2011 Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (8th overall) in 2011.
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