“I always loved that solitary experience of making things. There's a solitary aspect to animating... It's ultimately the animator and the puppet coaxing a performance out of it.”

American former professional basketball player

Travis Knight is an American former professional basketball player. A 7-foot center, he played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association after coming out of the University of Connecticut, where he played for Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun. Knight is best known for his NBA career and for his time as a big man at Connecticut. His background places him in the late 20th and early 21st century game, with the college-to-pro path that shaped much of his career.