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Milwaukee Bucks: Selecting an All-Decade roster

By Ben Sewell

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9. Brandon Knight

Seasons: 2

Averages: 17.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, 5.1 assists (42.7 FG%; 36.1 3PT%)

Brought over as the supposed centrepiece in the Brandon Jennings deal, much was expected of Brandon Knight to take over as the leading playmaker for the team. Knight didn’t disappoint as he finished his first season in Milwaukee averaging close to 18 points per game. Unfortunately, however, these numbers didn’t translate to on court success as the Bucks crashed to a dismal 15-67 record, good enough for last in the league.

Knight quickly turned this around, however, with a stunning reversal the following season as he led the Bucks to a 30-23 record while averaging, again, close to 18 points per game, but now shooting at 40.9 percent from deep. Knight was a fringe All-Star that season and quite frankly, was unlucky to miss out as the Bucks took the league by storm under new coach Jason Kidd.

Unfortunately with his free agency coming that offseason, Milwaukee struck while the iron was hot and traded Knight for former Rookie of the Year Michael Carter-Williams in a move that shocked the fanbase. Many argued that Knight should never have been traded as his scoring and shooting ability was where the league was headed.

In the end, neither prospect worked out as Knight suffered several horrific injuries in the years after and Carter-Williams slowly played his way out of the NBA with lackluster performance after lackluster performance. Still, Knight finds his way on to this team as the third string point and a dynamic scoring guard to energise this team off the bench.

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