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The Knight show

Pine Crest star continues to shine among peers


Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) junior Brandon Knight has steppe out of anonymity's shadow to be a rising star.

Brandon Knight claims he wasn't a very good basketball player when he first started out. He struggled in his local recreation league and was regularly trounced on the hardwood by friends and family members alike.
One day, after a particularly humiliating loss to his cousin, Knight says he welled up with tears. But instead of wallowing in self-pity, Knight channeled his frustration into the sport that would eventually come to define him.
"He'd go in and start playing video games and I'd stay outside shooting, shooting, shooting because I was so mad," says Knight.
It didn't take long for Knight to start beating his cousin -- and just about everyone else who crossed his path. The sophomore standout is now considered one of the nation's top players in the Class of 2010 and has helped turned his Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) team into a state powerhouse in just two years since joining the starting lineup as an eighth-grader.

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