{{short description|American basketball player (born 1989)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox basketball biography | image = Justin Knox (cropped).jpg | caption = Knox in January 2020 | name = Justin Knox | position = Power forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 243 | league = | team = | number = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|1|13}} | birth_place = Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. | highschool = Central (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) | college = *Alabama (2007–2010) *North Carolina (2010–2011) | draft_year = 2011 | career_start = 2011 | career_end = 2023 | years1 = 2011–2012 | team1 = Tsmoki-Minsk | years2 = 2012–2013 | team2 = Vestelspor Manisa | years3 = 2013–2014 | team3 = Den Helder Kings | years4 = 2014–2015 | team4 = Westports Malaysia Dragons | years5 = 2015 | team5 = Capitanes de Arecibo | years6 = 2015–2016 | team6 = Final Gençlik | years7 = 2016–2017 | team7 = Fortitudo Bologna | years8 = 2017–2018 | team8 = Lukoil Academic | years9 = 2018 | team9 = Levski Sofia | years10 = 2018 | team10 = Orlandina | years11 = 2018–2019 | team11 = Pallacanestro Trieste | years12 = 2019–2020 | team12 = Aquila Basket Trento | years13 = 2020–2021 | team13 = Wonju DB Promy | years14 = 2021–2022 | team14 = San-en NeoPhoenix | years15 = 2022–2023 | team15 = Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus | highlights = *DBL All-Star (2014) }} '''Justin H. Knox''' (born January 13, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). He played for the men's basketball teams at the University of Alabama and University of North Carolina. Knox, at {{convert|6|ft|9|in|m}}, plays the position of power forward. He has a wife Rachel Knox, son, Carter, and, a daughter, Aleaha.
==Early life== Knox was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he attended Central High School of Tuscaloosa; parents are Eric Shelton and Vanessa Knox.
==High school career== Knox started all four years at Central high school. His best was his senior year, when he won the 2007 Gatorade Player of the Year award. Knox was also granted the award for the 4A High School Class Player of The Year. He finished his senior year with an average of 16 points per game, 15 rebounds, 4.2 assists, and three blocks per game. Knox also held four triple doubles, and two 20 rebound-games as a senior. Knox was then asked by the Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Game committee to play in the Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Game, which he went on to score 22 points and get 7 rebounds in. Knox was also a member of the National Honors Society (NHS) club at his school, and was a Salutatorian of Central. Knox at the tail-end of his senior year signed with the Alabama Crimson Tide Men's Basketball Team.
==College career== ===At University of Alabama=== ====Freshman year==== Knox played in 19 games his freshman year, averaging 1.7 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. But Knox, while being a newer player, was one of the higher free throw percentage shooters on the team, as he shot 80 percent (12 of 15).
====Sophomore year==== As a sophomore, Knox was in the starting five of the Crimson Tide, starting 31 out of 32 played games. Knox averaged 5.7 points a game, and 5.1 rebounds, while averaging more than 20 minutes per game. He scored his Southeastern Conference highs of 12 against Arkansas and Ole Miss. Knox also had back to back double digit games against Quincy University and Georgia Tech (which he also had 10 rebounds in). Knox was a consistent rebounder, rebounding at least twice or more per game except the season opening game. Knox produced an average of 5.7 points per game, with a career high of 14 against University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Knox converted six double figure games his sophomore season, and converted a 48.3 percent field goal percentage, and was second on the Crimson Tide team in blocks with a total of 22.
=====Accolades===== Knox finished as the winner of the SEC Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
===At North Carolina=== Knox played his senior season at North Carolina. Since he had completed his degree and entered a masters program not offered at Alabama, he did not have to sit out his transfer year. Knox came off the bench for the Tar Heels' 2010–11 Elite Eight team, averaging 6.1 points and 2.8 rebounds in 14.4 minutes per game.<ref>[http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2010-2011/teamcume.html UNC 2010-11 statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123003554/http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2010-2011/teamcume.html |date=November 23, 2010 }}, accessed September 20, 2011</ref>
==Professional career== On November 17, 2013 Knox was signed by the Dutch team Den Helder Kings as the replacement for Reggie Keely.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/stadstreek/denhelder/article25761003.ece |title=Knox replacement Keely at noordhollandsdagblad.nl |access-date=November 18, 2013 |archive-date=March 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330082312/http://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/stadstreek/denhelder/article25761003.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref> After the season in the Netherlands he signed with the Westports Malaysia Dragons of the ASEAN Basketball League.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pemainbolakeranjang.com/?p=8492 |title=Westport Malaysia Dragons heat up for ABL 5th Seaon [sic] [News] |accessdate=July 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811011521/http://www.pemainbolakeranjang.com/?p=8492 |archivedate=August 11, 2014 }}</ref> On January 16, 2015, he signed with Puerto Rican club Capitanes de Arecibo.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/world/america/148857/knox-will-play-with-capitanes-de-arecibo-at-fiba-americas-league.html Knox will play with Capitanes de Arecibo at FIBA Americas League]</ref>
On August 2, 2018, Knox signed a deal with the Italian team Pallacanestro Trieste.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/italy/serie-a/284293/justin-knox-inks-with-trieste.html |title=Justin Knox inks with Trieste |accessdate=August 2, 2018 |work=Sportando.basketball |date=August 2, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
On July 25, 2019, he signed with Aquila Basket Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/dolomiti-energia-trento-sign-justin-knox/|title=Dolomiti Energia Trento sign Justin Knox|date=July 25, 2019|website=Sportando|language=En|access-date=September 20, 2019|last1=Borghesan |first1=Ennio Terrasi }}</ref>
On June 16, 2019, he signed with Wonju DB Promy of the Korean Basketball League.<ref>{{cite web |title=DB, 저스틴 녹스와 계약… 외국선수 구성 완료 |url=https://sports.news.naver.com/news.nhn?oid=398&aid=0000035484 |publisher=naver.com |date=16 June 2018 |language=Korean }}</ref>
==See also== * [http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/knox_justin00.html Alabama Crimson Tide bio] * [https://bleacherreport.com/articles/396419-tar-heel-for-a-year-justin-knox-headed-to-unc Knox Transferred to UNC] * [http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/knox_justin00.html North Carolina Tar Heels bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313081831/http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/knox_justin00.html |date=March 13, 2011 }} * [http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Justin-Knox-gives-North-Carolina-the-third-big-m?urn=ncaab-243544 Justin Knox UA to UNC info] * [https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/11762/north-carolina-scores-with-justin-knox North Carolina University scores Knox on basketball team.] * [http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2010/11/justin_knox_bolsters_unc_paint_presence The Daily Tarheel]
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