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Thank goodness Brandon Knight was traded

By Adam Maynes

HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 11: Brandon Knight #11 of the Phoenix Suns goes to the basket against the Houston Rockets on February 11, 2017 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Bill Baptist/NBAE via Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 11: Brandon Knight #11 of the Phoenix Suns goes to the basket against the Houston Rockets on February 11, 2017 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Bill Baptist/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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It was announced Thursday afternoon that Brandon Knight is out indefinitely with knee surgery – thankfully he is now a member of the Houston Rockets.

After missing an entire season, Brandon Knight and his knee have once against gone under the knife.

However, this time he won’t be missing any time with the Phoenix Suns as his trade in August made him a member of the Houston Rockets.

After missing all of 2017-18 following ACL surgery, had Brandon Knight been forced to miss any time this season for any reason while still a member of the Phoenix Suns, fans would have thrown up their arms in disgust, further tarnishing both General Manager Ryan McDonough’s legacy – and his own.

While we should never wish for another player’s injury, as a diehard Phoenix Suns fan, when news of the injury broke, I couldn’t help but let out a tremendous sigh of relief that he was no longer in Phoenix, even though I was once a proponent of his continued future with the Suns, and expected him to be the starting point guard this season.

Who knows – maybe the Suns’ medical staff was aware that a cleanup was was likely to happen and upon making McDonough aware, he immediately knew that a trade must be made. With odds in favor of Knight’s knee eventually breaking down once again, McDonough made the odds work entirely in his favor and sent Knight packing making any potential future injuries someone else’s problem.

Or maybe Knight’s knee looked entirely healthy and the chances of him returning this season in full forced and playing regular minutes for any team (be it Phoenix or anyone else), was so high the the risk of an injury would never have prevented or made the decision to trade Knight, at any point, a guaranteed possibility.

In the end, while the Phoenix Suns still do not have a starting point guard, had Brandon Knight have been on the roster, not only would they still  not have a starting point guard, but they’d potentially be stuck with a broken down player on the roster for the foreseeable future (I have to imagine that there is zero chance that Knight is tradable after this second injury without the addition of a future first round pick in the package).

dark. Next. Is Phoenix Suns rookie Mikal Bridges already being overlooked?

Now that Brandon Knight is a member of the Houston Rockets, this situation is their  problem, and Phoenix Suns fans can let out a sigh of relief and move forward without the constant, nagging knowledge that for the second straight year their presumed starting point guard was at home resting an ailing knee.

At this point, Suns fans are desperate for a winner and are probably much more excited about the potential hype of De’Anthony Melton, than they ever would have been excited for Brandon Knight’s potential play.

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