Clippers Trade Brevin Knight And Get Jason Hart From Utah.

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Clippers Acquire Jason Hart From Utah Jazz
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Los Angeles Native Returns To Clippers In Exchange For Brevin Knight

The Los Angeles Clippers acquired guard Jason Hart from the Utah Jazz in exchange for Brevin Knight, Vice President of Basketball Operations Elgin Baylor announced today.

With the addition of Hart, the Clippers boast a revamped roster which currently features six new players, including two-time All-Star Baron Davis, two-time All-Defensive First Team member Marcus Camby and the seventh overall selection in the 2008 NBA Draft, Indiana product Eric Gordon.

“We are glad to have Jason back with us,” Baylor said. “He played an important role for us when he was here previously, and we think he will be a valuable component this time as well.”

A seven-year NBA veteran, Hart is a native Los Angeleno and attended Inglewood High School. He rejoins the Clippers after appearing in 57 games for the Utah Jazz last season. The 30-year old point guard split the 2006-07 season with Sacramento and the Clippers, playing in 23 games and averaging 9.0 points and 4.0 assists for Los Angeles.

Hart brings back to Los Angeles career averages of 5.2 points, 2.4 assists and 1.7 rebounds in 297 games. He has appeared in a combined 12 playoff games with the Spurs (2003-04) and Kings (2005-06), averaging 2.7 points. The former Inglewood High School star signed with the Jazz as a free agent prior to the 2007-08 season and averaged 2.9 points, 1.5 assists and 1.0 rebounds last year with Utah.

“We are happy to acquire Jason Hart, he gets us younger in the backcourt and is a player who played very well for us down the stretch two years ago,” Dunleavy said. “We think he will help us in our quest for the playoffs next year.”

The 6-3, 180 pound point guard enjoyed his best professional season in 2004-05 with Charlotte, appearing in 74 games and averaging 9.5 points, 5.0 assists and 1.1 rebounds per game. The onetime Syracuse University standout began his NBA career with Milwaukee after the Bucks drafted him with the 49th selection of the second round in the 2000 NBA Draft. Hart played in one game with the Bucks during his rookie season. After signing with the San Antonio Spurs as a free agent on Dec. 19, 2001, Hart played in 63 games for San Antonio over two seasons from 2001-2004.

Hart also spent 12 games with the Asheville Altitude of the NBA Development League during the 2001-02 season, averaging 12.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game and spent the 2002-03 season with Makedonikos of the Greek League.

At Syracuse, Hart finished his four-year collegiate career averaging 11.4 points per game and was an All-Big East First Team selection as a senior in 1999-2000. Hart is also Syracuse’s all-time leader in steals (329).

Knight joined the Clippers as a free agent on Aug. 13, 2007 and averaged 4.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 22.6 minutes in 74 games with Los Angeles last season. A ten-year NBA veteran, Knight finished second in the NBA with a 4.62 assists per turnover ratio in 2007-08.


I Don't Like This @ All.....

["THE" MoSav]

Hart is a decent backup, he def plays GREAT defense and can initaite the offense, thats all you need when you have Baron..just a good 10-15 min off the bench from a backup

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Lateral move...Brevin Knight is getting really old, though. Jason Hart was a starter for the Clips under Dunleavy a couple years back. Clipper fans shouldn't mind this trade at all.

[Antonio]

Yeah, it's not one of them trades that drastically changes a team, but imho today's Jason Hart is better than today's Brevin Knight, so it's a good deal for the Clippers. Plus Hart loves being in L.A., so he should be the happiest guy in the League now.