Larry Knight
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Larry Knight
| image =
| width =
| caption =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 220
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|5}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
| high_school = Northeastern (Detroit, Michigan)
| college =
- Ellsworth CC (1975–1977)
- Loyola Chicago (1977–1979)
| draft_year = 1979
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 20
| draft_team = Utah Jazz
| career_start = 1979
| career_end = 1986
| career_number =
| career_position = Power forward
| years1 = 1979–1980
| team1 = Anchorage Northern Knights
| years2 = 1980–1981
| team2 = Billings Volcanos
| years3 = 1984–1985
| team3 = USC Heidelberg
| years4 = 1985–1986
| team4 = Nashua Den Bosch
| highlights =
- CBA champion (1980)
- All-CBA Second Team (1980)
}}
Larry Knight (born November 5, 1956) is an American former collegiate and professional basketball player. Knight was drafted by the Utah Jazz in the first round (20th pick) of the 1979 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft.
College career
Knight played collegiately at Ellsworth Community College and at Loyola Chicago.{{cite web|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/705312553/Utah-Jazz-Disaster-of-a-pick.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627003021/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705312553/Utah-Jazz-Disaster-of-a-pick.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 27, 2009|title=Utah Jazz: Disaster of a pick|first=Tim|last=Buckley|date=24 June 2009|website=Deseretnews.com|accessdate=25 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/larry-knight-1.html|title=Larry Knight College Stats|website=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=25 May 2018}} In his two years with the Loyola Ramblers, he grabbed a total of 729 rebounds (13.5 rebounds per game). In 1978–79, Knight averaged a team-high 21.5 points per contest.{{Cite web|title=Loyola Men's Basketball 2018–19 Media Guide|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/loyolaramblers.com/documents/2018/11/16/MBB_Media_Guide.pdf|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Loyola University Chicago Athletics}}
Professional career
Knight played for the 1979–80 Anchorage Northern Knights of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) who won the league championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.justsportsstats.com/minbasketballroster.php?team=CBAANK&year=1979|title=1979–80 Anchorage Northern Knights Roster : Continental Basketball Association (CBA) Team Record: 29–16 : Finished 2nd in the CBA's Northern Division|website=Justsportstats.com|accessdate=25 May 2018}} He was a 1980 CBA All-League Second Team selection.{{Cite web|title=Larry Knight minor league basketball Statistics on StatsCrew.com|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-knighlar001|access-date=2021-05-16|website=www.statscrew.com|language=en}} Knight played two seasons in the CBA, moving to the Billings Volcanos in 1980. He averaged 19.1 points and 14.3 rebounds in 86 games in the league.{{cite magazine |author= |title= 1981–82 Continental Basketball Association Official Guide, page 78|publisher= Continental Basketball Association|date= Fall 1981 }}
He played professionally overseas, including stints in Germany (USC Heidelberg, 1984–85){{Cite web|title=Saison 1984/1985|url=https://www.usc-hd.de/verein/usc-historie/saison-1984-1985|access-date=2021-05-16|website=USC Heidelberg|language=de-DE}} and the Netherlands (Nashua Den Bosch, 1985–86).{{Cite web|title=Larry Knight Basketbal statistieken Spelers Dossier – NBB Database, basketball statistieken|url=http://db.basketball.nl/db/overzicht/spelersdossier.pl?detail=Dossier&spl_ID=9388|access-date=2021-05-16|website=db.basketball.nl}}
References
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{{1979 NBA draft}}
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Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany
Category:American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Anchorage Northern Knights players
Category:Basketball players from Detroit
Category:Billings Volcanos players
Category:Ellsworth Community College alumni
Category:Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Category:Loyola Ramblers men's basketball players
Category:Northeastern High School (Michigan) alumni
Category:Utah Jazz draft picks
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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