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. In his rookie season, Knight led the NBA in steals per game and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. 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. On August 13, 2007, he signed a two-year contract with the Los Angeles Clippers. He was traded to the Utah Jazz on July 23, 2008 for Jason Hart.

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.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]