6:03 pm | July 10, 2018 | Go to Source | Author:
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Joel AndersonESPN
Former UCLA basketball player Billy Knight was found dead on a Phoenix roadway early Sunday, the second death of an ex-Bruin this week. He was 39.
Knight’s body was found at 2:45 a.m. Sunday and he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter by the Phoenix Fire Department. Officials have found no signs of foul play in his death, according to the Phoenix police.
His cause of death will ultimately be determined by the Maricopa County Medical Examiner.
The UCLA men’s basketball program confirmed his death in a Twitter post.
Our hearts are heavy after learning Billy Knight has passed away. We ask that the Bruin family keep Billy’s loved ones in their thoughts during this difficult time. pic.twitter.com/9WssEUnvbY
— UCLA Basketball (@UCLAMBB) July 10, 2018
Knight’s death came just days after 27-year-old Tyler Honeycutt fatally shot himself during a standoff with police on Friday.
Knight published a cryptic, six-minute video hours before he was found dead later, titled “I am Sorry Lord.”
“I just feel like I don’t belong here on Earth,” Knight said in the video, his voice breaking. “So my time is up.”
A Los Angeles native, Knight played for the Bruins from 1997-2002, averaging 8 points and 2 rebounds per game. He averaged 14.1 points in his final season at UCLA, second on the tea behind former NBA player Jason Kapono (16.0) and just ahead of Matt Barnes (13.5). Knight started all 33 games but never broke into the NBA, bouncing around the D-League and France and Japan after his college career.
On Instagram, former Phoenix Suns head coach and UCLA teammate Earl Watson posted a short video clip of him and Knight laughing in a car. In the accompanying caption, Watson wrote, “The world didn’t understand your literal rhetoric, and some took advantage of that. … I love you more than words can ever define! Forever my brother!”
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