The Phoenix Suns will bring Brandon Knight off the bench as their sixth man this season with Eric Bledsoe and Devin Booker starting at the guard positions.

Knight has started 315 of 328 career games.

"Brandon Knight is not a bench player," said Earl Watson. "He's a starter in this league. He's sacrificed the most for our group. He took it like the pro he is because he understands the opportunity that we have to be special. Do players like coming off the bench? No, and we embrace that. That's the inner-competitive nature that we need."

Knight declined to talk about Watson's announcement on Monday.

"I knew at one point in my career I'd be a starter," Booker said. "I didn't know it'd be this soon but I have put in that work to be one."