Utah Jazz: Knight finds happy medium with new NBA gig

CHARLOTTE — He doesn't hang out in the media room just yet. But he no longer has a locker, either.

Former Jazz point guard Brevin Knight instead is taking baby steps toward a broadcasting career, working his fifth game as a part-time radio analyst Saturday night when another of his nine former NBA teams, the Charlotte Bobcats, played Utah.

He's done a bit of work in the past for NBA TV, too.

But he doesn't consider him retired as a player quite yet.

"I'm still in that in-between stage," said Knight, the Jazz's primary backup at the point behind starter Deron Williams last season. "I'm not playing, of course. But I'm not full media.

"Mediaer. I guess that's what I am."

Eventually, Knight — who averaged 2.4 points and 12.7 minutes while shooting just 34.9 percent over 74 games while in Utah — wants to make NBA broadcasting a full-time endeavor.

To that end, he took part this past July — in conjunction with the National Basketball Players Association — in a broadcasting career development program at Syracuse University's noted S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with five other current/former NBA players, Tony Battie, Mike James, Anthony Parker, Malik Rose and ex-Jazz forward Donyell Marshall.

"I know this is what I want to do," said Knight, who for now is working this month's home games only in Charlotte.

"I don't want people to think I'm not serious about it," the Stanford product added.

"And I don't want somebody to let me do it 'just because.' ... (But) this is making not playing go a little smoother for me."

Knight, though, hasn't giving up on the notion of a 13th NBA season.

Even though a few opportunities with other teams didn't materialize, including perhaps playing for Philadelphia or rejoining Memphis, the 34-year-old still is working out and staying NBA-ready.

"I'm not begging anybody for anything. That's pretty much where I am," said Knight, who decided to keep Charlotte as his family home even after leaving the Bobcats in 2007. "I would love to play. I would love to help a team. If somebody needs a veteran guard that can play the game, I'm willing.