{"id":318390,"date":"2021-08-08T04:13:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T01:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/brandon-knight-looks-to-make-case-to-nets-during-summer-league\/"},"modified":"2021-08-08T04:13:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T01:13:41","slug":"brandon-knight-looks-to-make-case-to-nets-during-summer-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brandon-knight-looks-to-make-case-to-nets-during-summer-league\/","title":{"rendered":"#Brandon Knight looks to make case to Nets during Summer League"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Brandon Knight looks to make case to Nets during Summer League<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS \u2014 Summer league is usually for youngsters, rookies and hopefuls.<\/p>\n

Then there is Brandon Knight.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a former lottery pick with eight seasons in and $80 million earned. Nevertheless, the 29-year-old point guard is at the NBA Summer League with the Nets, trying show his knees are sound and state his case to general<\/a> manager Sean Marks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the main narrative. And I got an opportunity to come and play. I haven\u2019t played, so anytime I get a chance to be on the court in this environment, I want a team that\u2019s interested. It\u2019s a blessing,\u201d Knight told The Post. \u201cSean, thanks for the opportunity, for the chance to be able to showcase myself and represent them. And then also on top of that, taking note of my knee,<\/p>\n

\u201cThe narrative of my knees, that I\u2019m not healthy, that\u2019s not right. So for me, the narrative is just to show that I\u2019m healthy. I\u2019m ready to play. And I\u2019m here. Most importantly, I\u2019m here to serve these young guys. Summer league is not about me. \u2026 My goal is to serve to serve these young guys, give them wisdom, and try to help them and be a servant in any place that I can be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brandon Knight, pictured with the Bucks in 2015, is looking to impress the Nets during the Summer League.<\/figcaption>
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The No. 8-overall pick in 2011 by Detroit, Knight averaged 15.2 points and 4.3 assists over his first six seasons, with the Pistons, Bucks and Suns. But after tearing his ACL, he missed all of 2017-18.<\/p>\n

Knight averaged just 6.8 points in 2018-19, and 7.3 the next season. He didn\u2019t play at all this past season, working out for Milwaukee in March, but not getting signed.<\/p>\n

Now after the Bucks went on to win the championship, Knight is hoping to show he\u2019s healthy and can stick with this upcoming season\u2019s title favorites.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, man, [I\u2019m] 100 percent good to go,\u201d Knight said. \u201cSo, like I said, for me, the main thing that I want to get across is just to change the narrative or my knee, because I know I can still play. And for me to go to come out and lead and really just get to know these guys and be a part of the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m trying to serve these guys, staff, the team, the young guys. If I\u2019ve got nine years, and one of these players don\u2019t get a gem for me, that\u2019s a problem for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of those young players is first-round pick Cam Thomas, a gifted scoring guard himself. Knight has been passing on pearls of wisdom to Thomas, and has strung together several strong practices in a row.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been unbelievable in the little bit of time that we\u2019ve been around. Great person, obviously a great player. The knee, that\u2019s what he wants to show, that he\u2019s healthy,\u201d Nets summer league coach Jordan Ott told The Post. \u201cAnd he\u2019s been great with us. He\u2019s been our leader. Definitely a breath of fresh air kind of lifting this group that is pretty young, pretty young group. He\u2019s helped us.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It] speaks to him. He has a choice where he wants, does he want to play, who he wants to play with. We\u2019re lucky enough that he chose us. We\u2019re thankful as a coaching staff that he\u2019s around, because he\u2019s so much more experienced than even us as coaches. We\u2019re lucky just to be that\u2019s the exciting part, one of the many exciting parts of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quinndary Weatherspoon took a knock in practice Friday and sat out most of the team work Saturday. But the guard should be fine for Monday\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n

After spending the past two years as a Spurs two-way, playing alongside Patty Mills, Weatherspoon was full of praise for the Nets\u2019 free-agent signing.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatty is extremely a great person, on and off the court,\u201d Weatherspoon told The Post. \u201cWe talked a lot this year, got close. He took me under his wing. He just did everything he could try to help me be a better player.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s amazing man, great shooter who\u2019s going to come play hard every night. Brooklyn is going to be excited to have him, a great piece they added to the team.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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