Brandon Knight was drafted 8th overall out of Kentucky in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons. He’s currently on one of the worst point guard contracts ever for an NBA franchise, earning $70 million over 5-years – a pretty good deal if you’re Brandon.

To put that into perspective Knight is being paid more than Patrick Beverley, Marcus Smart, Spencer Dinwiddie and George Hill, who are all far better than Knight and are also off their rookie contracts. Thankfully for the Cavs, Knight’s contact expires in 2020.

Knight’s career has stuttered severely. Ankle injuries, sports hernias, a torn ACL and complications from surgery has derailed the career of the former #8 pick. He once missed 128 games in a row due to his ongoing injuries. To rub salt into the wounds of the Pistons, they could have drafted Kemba Walker, picked up at #9 by the Hornets. The Pistons also had their choice of Klay Thompson or Kawhi Leonard with the #8 pick.

Prior to his current time at the Cavs, Knight was at the Houston Rockets. In 12 games at the Rockets, he shot at 23.4% FG% before being traded to the Cavs. As of the 2019-20 season Knight is shooting at under 33% FG% and scoring at under 5.0 ppg – way off his career average of 14.5 ppg and even further off the heights of his 19.6 ppg at his time in Phoenix during the 2015-16 season.

Knight’s potential was once compared to that of Chauncey Billups. The Golden Futures Autographs Brandon Knight card pays homage to Knight shooting 11-of-12 from the field on April 17, 2012, during his rookie season for the Pistons and against his current team the Cavs.

In this game he showed his true potential, sinking 4-of-5 from deep and scoring 28 points. I bought the card for $8.50 AUD ($5.80 USD) and for my sake, I hope he can show some sort of resurrection which may increase the value on it.