height_ft statvalue nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number college stats_league name statlabel high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
7 1,276 -rrb- 221 -lrb- 0.6 bpg -rrb- -lrb- 3.4 ppg -rrb- 1,160 -lrb- 3.1 rpg american 13 september 1974 1996 1996 1999 end 2000 start -- 2002 end y 1997 start -- 1998 end 1999 -- 1996 los york knicks angeles lakers boston celtics los angeles lakers new 29 40 , 44 connecticut -lrb- 1992 -- 1996 -rrb- nba travis knight points rebounds blocks alta -lrb- sandy , utah -rrb- 235 salt lake city , utah chicago bulls 2003 center 1 k 0 knightr01 travis knight -lrb- basketball -rrb-

travis knight -lrb- basketball -rrb-

travis knight -lrb- born september 13 , 1974 -rrb- is a retired american professional basketball player who was selected by the chicago bulls in the 1st round -lrb- 29th overall -rrb- of the 1996 nba draft .
a 7 ' 0 '' center from the university of connecticut , he played under hall of fame head coach jim calhoun .
knight was drafted with the 29th overall pick in the first round of the 1996 nba draft by the chicago bulls .
in july 1996 , less than a month after drafting knight , the bulls renounced the rights to sign knight rather than give him the required three-year contract for first round picks .
he then signed with the los angeles lakers .
after playing in 71 games with the lakers , which included 14 starts , an appearance in the rookie all-star game and averages of 4.8 points and 4.5 rebounds in 16.3 minutes per game , knight was once again a free agent and signed a 7-year contract worth $ 22 million with the boston celtics under new coach and general manager rick pitino .
upon signing the deal , knight said , `` i really have mixed emotions ; i should be elated right now , but i 'm not .
i feel so much loyalty the lakers '' .
after one season in which he averaged 6.5 points over 71 games with the celtics , knight was traded back to the lakers for tony battie .
he won a championship as a role player with the lakers in 2000 , averaging 1.6 points per game in 6.3 minutes in 71 games .
in september 2000 , knight was sent to the new york knicks as part of a four team trade which sent patrick ewing to the seattle supersonics .
knight played his final 3 nba seasons in new york ; he averaged between 5.7 and 9 minutes per game over those seasons and never more than 2 points per game as a bench player .
he left the nba in 2003 when the initial contract he signed in 1996 expired .
overall , knight played in 7 nba seasons from 1996 to 2003 , appeared in 371 games over that time and scored a total of 1,276 points .
he holds the nba playoff record for quickest disqualification , having fouled out in six minutes in game 4 of the 1999 western conference semi-finals .
