Portland Trail Blazers: 10 bargain basement free agents

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Portland Trail Blazers bargain basement free agent nine – Brandon Knight

Brandon Knight last played in the NBA for the Detroit Pistons in the 2019/20 season. A 28-year-old point guard, he has amazingly already been in the league for nine years.

After early success in his career with the Pistons, Phoenix Suns, and then the Bucks, injuries meant he could only play 55 games over the last three seasons. After bouncing around four teams in those last few years, Knight played his highest minutes total after the All-Star break this season. In 9 games, he shot 38 percent from three on a massive 7 attempts a night.

This is a tiny sample on a tanking Pistons team, but it showed he was healthy again.

Knight is a career 35.3 percent shooter from three and a nice ball-handler who can create offense for others. He can only guard point guards, though, because of his six-foot-two frame and slight stature at just 180 pounds.

At this point in his career, that means he is destined for a second or third strong point guard role, but if his shooting can progress to 37 or 38 percent from three, he becomes a nice backup who can hit shots off the bench.

I would only give Knight a one-year minimum deal to see if he could still contribute at the level required of a backup guard. But at only 28, a team like the Blazers could bring him back again the next season if that worked.