Background
Knight was born and raised in Braddock, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, where he attended General Braddock High SchoolMember of the 1970 Section High School Basketball Champions - General Braddock Falcons.
professional sports team executive
Knight was born and raised in Braddock, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, where he attended General Braddock High SchoolMember of the 1970 Section High School Basketball Champions - General Braddock Falcons.
Graduate, University Pittsburgh.
The game was played in Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina State University went on to defeat University of California, Los Angeles & Marquette for the National title in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is considered one of Pitt"s best players ever and was voted to Pitt"s all-time starting five. Knight had his number 34 jersey retired by the on February 20, 1989. He scored 13,901 points in his American Bar Association/National Basketball Association career and appeared in two All-Star games.
Knight"s best years were with the Indiana Pacers, after being selected by both the Pacers and the Los Angeles Lakers in the player draft.
Knight was voted 1st team American Bar Association All-Star for the 1975-1976 season, his second year in the league after averaging 28.1 ppg. This was the last year of the American Bar Association before the Indiana Pacers merged into the National Basketball Association. The following year Knight maintained All-Star status, this time in the National Basketball Association after averaging 26.6 ppg.
After a brief stint with the Buffalo Braves & Boston Celtics, Knight returned to the Pacers in 1978, where he continued his career with them until 1983. Knight is the Indiana Pacers 3rd all-time leading scorer and is in several other Top 5 all-time categories for the Pacers.
Prior to joining the Hawks organization in 2002, Knight worked as a front office executive with the Pacers and the Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies.
On May 7, 2008, Knight stepped down as Hawks General Motors. When announcing his resignation from the team he stated that he had left the Hawks "in much better shape than it was in when I took over.".
Knight spent eleven seasons, from 1974-1985, in the American Bar Association and National Basketball Association as a member of the Indiana Pacers, Buffalo Braves, Boston Celtics, Kansas City Kings, and San Antonio Spurs.
Married Danita Edwards. Children: Olivia, Erika.