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Player Profile: William Knight

Statistics: William Knight

Position: Shooting Guard/Small Forward/Point Guard

Shooting Hand: Left Hand

Height:  197cm

Weight: 95kg

Birthdate: 20/1/1979

Passport: USA

College: UCLA - NCAA1

Available: No

Outlook

A player possessing an extremely high basketball IQ.  Great outside shooting touch that make teams pay if he gets a clean look.  Can put it on the floor, and is a great passer.  Has the ability to play any of the backcourt spots and also move to the small forward position.  Possesses deep range out to the NBA three point line.  William is an excellent team player to make everybody else around him better.  He is an underrated defender who often will shut down the opposing team's best player.  Operates like a second point guard on the floor setting everything up for easy finishes for his teamates and then scoring when necessary.  Inspiring leader than is a "do everything" player on the court.

VIDEO: Game 1: 2009-10: Truly a gifted scorer.  Watch William take his team on his back and score at will.  In only 20 minutes he scores 28pts, grabs 3 rebs and dishes out 3 assists in the first half of a BJ league match up in Japan.  Games like this are the reason his team eventually captured the championship this season!  CLICK HERE

Game 2: 2009-10: Watch William push his team to the league Championship as he helps Hamamatsu defeat Niigata by recording 20pts, 6rebs, 4assts, 2stls, 2-5 FG, 1-3 3pt, and a perfect 13-13FT!  All in  29min on court.  CLICK HERE

2010-11: Signed with Osakka Evessa in the BJ League.

2009-10: Signed with Hamamatsu of the BJ League in Japan and established himself as one of the best players in the league.  First on the team in scoring and also pushed the team into the top spot where they basically were all season long.  Had several noteworthy games.  39pts vs Takamatsu (1/15/10), 37pts vs Fukuoka (11/29/09), 34pts vs Shiga (1/09/10) and the list goes on.  A great rebounder he was second on the team in rebounding doing more than his share.  He registered a season high 11rebs vs Sendai (11/1/09).  Had several blistering games from outside like 6-11 3pt vs powerhouse team Osakka and repeated the same feat against Takamatsu later in the season.  Was named to the league all star game.  As always saved the best till last.  Stepped up his game and power his team through the playoffs.  Recorded 20pts, 6rebs and 4 assists in the league semi finals to push the team to the final game.  Finally kept it up with 18pts, 9rebs and 3 assists in 24min of playing time as his team destroyed Osakka and  won the Japanese BJ League Championship for 2009-10!  Also named to the Eurobasketball All BJ League 1st team and also to the All Imports team for 2009-10.

2008-09:

Joined to Boulazac in ProB France at the Christmas break when the club was struggling badly.  Immediately showed dividends for the team with his outstanding play.  Went for a season high 26pts going 3-4 behind the 3pt line in a win.  Recorded a double double in that game by snatching a season high 10 rebounds as well  and tossing in 2 assists!  A fantastic game which was marked by an evaluation of 33.  After joining the team pushed them to win 6 of the next 10 games.  Before the end of the season he was responsible for moving the team from the danger of relegation to potentially finishing in the top 10.  Was ranked first in the league in 3pt % at a red hot 45.9% on the season or 28-61 3pt shots.  Also finished up 13th in the league in FG% by converting a fantastic 60% of his shots!  While being ranked 13th closer inspection will show he was the first backcourt player to break onto that stat category in the league.

2007-08:

Signed for Le Portel te d' Opale in France ProB.  Had a great season there finishing ranked #5 in scoring in the league at 16.3ppg, ranked 2nd in the league in steals at 2.3stlspg and shot a very healthy 38% from beyond the 3pt line on the season.  Had many outstanding games and recorded a season high of 39pts vs Maurienne on 5/1/08.  In the same game recorded 11-16 FG and went 2-3 from beyond the 3pt line.  Grabbed a season high 7 rebounds to go along with 20pts vs Bourg on 9/11/07.  Led his team in scoring, steals and 3pt %.

2006-07:

Signed for the ABA's Holloywood Fame where he led the team in scoring and took them to the playoffs. 

2005-06: 

Started the season in Vichy in France ProB.  Started the season and as usual was team leader in scoring.  Several injuries to other memembers of the team cause the management to decide they had to sign another import at another position, so despite his performance Vichy was forced to release him in at the end of December.  He quick signed with Trotamundos of the Venezuelan league but after being there only 6 games got the opportunity to play in the Asian games with Al Rayyan of Quatar.

2004-05:  Joined the Cypriot team Apollon Limassol that was also playing in the FIBA Cup.  He posted a fantastic Cup season for the 8 games they were in as he posted 23.9ppg to rank him 3rd overall in EuroCup scoring.  Also advanced to the Cypriot league Championship.  After a season which saw them place 4th, Knight got hot and fueled his team with scoring right through the playoffs finally being able to line up in the finals.  Unfortunately his best efforts could not gain the victory and they fell to the champions AEL that season.  Named FORWARD OF THE YEAR, named to the Eurobasket All Cyprus First team and also to the Cyprus All Imports team.

2003-04:  Signed with Akropol BBK out of Sweden where he showed his offensive prowess.  Led the league in scoring with an amazing 28.9ppg!  After being eliminated from the playoffs he quickly moved over to Orleans 45 in France ProB for the end of the season and playoffs.

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