With 12th pro season, recent sixth man award under belt, Knight continues to ball out overseas

Marcos Knight is a professional basketball player that is holding an upcoming camp for young athletes to participate in to develop their game. 

Knight is originally from Rentz, but now plays professional basketball for UNICS Kazan in Russia. This team is a part of the Russian VTB United League, and although they did not participate in the finals this year, Knight said that they had a good season. 

Personally, Knight was awarded the honor of being named “Sixth Man of the Year,” as well as being the player-voted MVP of the league. He was also selected to be an all-star.

“It was truly a blessing and a humbling experience,” Knight said. “Obviously we had a good season in order for me to get Sixth Man of the Year… I’m just humbled and blessed enough to get those two awards.”

Knight has no plans of stopping anytime soon, proving through his grand performances this season that he is still an incredible contender at the professional level. 

He still has the love for the game, and that has even been passed on to his son, who is now beginning to develop his skills in both the American and European styles of basketball. Being a positive role model in this aspect is one of the responsibilities that Knight feels he is striving to uphold for his son.

“He is now of age to understand that he has to work extremely hard to be able to be successful,” Knight said. “He’s been watching me since he was a baby. He’s been everywhere I’ve been basically… Being able to bring him over there and see the different brand of basketball versus the brand of basketball here in America, there is just so much that he can learn.”

The camp itself will be led by Knight’s mother, who he says will be handling most of the oversight during the operation. His brother, who is also his personal trainer, will be assisting in the camp, and other family members, as well as some of Knight’s mentors, will be present and helping out alongside him.

“We are going to focus on fundamentals first, which is the most important in basketball,” Knight said. “Definitely we are going to focus on mental toughness as well, because that is definitely important. We are going to focus on skills like dribbling and shooting, just everything we are continuing to build off of every year.”

Knight expresses that one of the main reasons for this camp is to give back to the community that he grew up in, and that he couldn’t have done it without God, his family or his teammates. He will be partnering with some of the churches in the area, which will have their pastors attend. He mentioned working with Heart of Georgia Fellowship of Christian Athletes as well, and various speakers will talk to the kids to inspire and guide them during the three-day experience.

“I am just humbled and blessed enough to be able to come back and give back to the kids here in our community,” he said. “Just to continue to help these kids, not just with basketball but spiritually and in any other aspect of their life where they need help.”

The camp will take place from July 24-26, and registration begins the first night at 4:30 p.m. On July 24 and 25, the camp will run from 5:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. July 26, it will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Any girls or boys from the age of 3-18 are invited to attend. The camp is free, and parents are encouraged to stay and watch the hard work that their kids are putting in to reach their goals. 

“I tell a lot of kids at my camp that there is nothing that you can’t do. You don’t have to be a professional athlete, you can go be a doctor or a lawyer, you can be anything that you put your mind too,” Knight said. “It definitely takes a lot of hard work, but with discipline you can definitely achieve your goals.”