{"id":515387,"date":"2026-09-14T08:08:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T06:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=515387"},"modified":"2026-09-14T08:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T06:08:38","slug":"perth-wildcats-sign-nba-veteran-brandon-knight-for-nbl27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/perth-wildcats-sign-nba-veteran-brandon-knight-for-nbl27\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth Wildcats sign NBA veteran Brandon Knight for NBL27"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"8bf21b2a-d88d-4463-95f0-ec02d4b1e254\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"fbskMG_root markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\">\n<h2 data-section-id=\"umaa5e\" data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"196\">Brandon Knight joins Perth<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"353\">The <strong data-start=\"202\" data-end=\"220\">Perth Wildcats<\/strong> have signed <strong data-start=\"233\" data-end=\"251\">Brandon Knight<\/strong> for the <strong data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"290\">Hungry Jack\u2019s NBL27 season<\/strong>, with the move confirmed by the club and pending NBL approval.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"486\">Knight was selected with the <strong data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"429\">eighth overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft<\/strong> and went on to play <strong data-start=\"450\" data-end=\"463\">451 games<\/strong> during his NBA career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NBA veteran Brandon Knight completes Wildcats roster for NBL27 \ud83e\udd1d<\/p>\n<p>The Perth Wildcats have put pen to paper with experienced PG Brandon Knight, pending NBL approval.<\/p>\n<p>Knight arrives in Perth with ten years of NBA experience under his belt, most recently averaging 18 points and 6.3 assists per game for Mets de Guaynabo in the Puerto Rican BSN.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Perth Wildcats (@PerthWildcats) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PerthWildcats\/status\/2099322367382258087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"71nyj0\" data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"514\">Nine seasons in the NBA<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"516\" data-end=\"689\">The 32-year-old spent nine seasons in the NBA, playing for the <strong data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"688\">Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"691\" data-end=\"785\">Across his NBA career, Knight averaged <strong data-start=\"730\" data-end=\"775\">14.0 points, 3.9 assists and 3.1 rebounds<\/strong> per game.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"787\" data-end=\"867\">His career totals include 451 appearances, 349 starts and 29.3 minutes per game.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"10u8cuw\" data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"915\">Knight arrives after Puerto Rico and Greece<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"917\" data-end=\"1092\">More recently, Knight played in <strong data-start=\"949\" data-end=\"964\">Puerto Rico<\/strong>, representing the Piratas de Quebradillas, Capitanes de Arecibo and Mets de Guaynabo, as well as in Greece with <strong data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1091\">AEK Athens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1094\" data-end=\"1305\">One of the highlights of his post-NBA career came in <strong data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1155\">2023<\/strong>, when Knight won the Puerto Rican League MVP award with Piratas de Quebradillas while leading the competition in scoring at <strong data-start=\"1280\" data-end=\"1304\">23.3 points per game<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1jx4fc9\" data-start=\"1307\" data-end=\"1339\">Wildcats set for NBL27 opener<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1341\" data-end=\"1509\">Perth will open its <strong data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1384\">Hungry Jack\u2019s NBL27<\/strong> campaign on <strong data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"1423\">Saturday, September 19<\/strong>, against South East Melbourne at RAC Arena. Tip-off is scheduled for <strong data-start=\"1493\" data-end=\"1508\">9:30pm AEST<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1jw85gp\" data-start=\"1511\" data-end=\"1546\">Brandon Knight\u2019s NBA statistics<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"1548\" data-end=\"1690\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<li data-section-id=\"rtw6lh\" data-start=\"1548\" data-end=\"1563\"><strong data-start=\"1550\" data-end=\"1557\">451<\/strong> games<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1snu9wl\" data-start=\"1564\" data-end=\"1580\"><strong data-start=\"1566\" data-end=\"1573\">349<\/strong> starts<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"134djgq\" data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1608\"><strong data-start=\"1583\" data-end=\"1591\">29.3<\/strong> minutes per game<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1b34g91\" data-start=\"1609\" data-end=\"1635\"><strong data-start=\"1611\" data-end=\"1619\">14.0<\/strong> points per game<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"jvofy3\" data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1663\"><strong data-start=\"1638\" data-end=\"1645\">3.1<\/strong> rebounds per game<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1co24op\" data-start=\"1664\" data-end=\"1690\" data-is-last-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"1673\">3.9<\/strong> assists per game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none -mb-px h-px w-full opacity-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former eighth overall pick joins the Wildcats for the 2026\/27 NBL season, pending league approval<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":515386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[389],"tags":[],"rumors":[407,175],"typology":[185,15727],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-515387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","rumors-basket-rumors","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-official","typology-press-release-en"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-14-alle-08.06.28.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515387"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=515387"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=515387"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=515387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}