{"id":68983,"date":"2025-06-11T07:27:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T07:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=68983"},"modified":"2025-06-12T02:03:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T02:03:54","slug":"breaking-lakers-insider-says-dalton-knecht-is-at-best-an-8th-man-for-los-angeles-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=68983","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING!! Lakers insider says Dalton Knecht is at best an \u20188th man\u2019 for Los Angeles next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lakersdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/USATSI_25849672_168403908_lowres-860x573.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Dalton Knecht Lakers\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers forward Dalton Knecht\u2019s rookie year was similar to the experiences of many first-year NBA players in the sense that it was quite up and down.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024-25 regular season, he proved to be a solid rotational piece for Los Angeles and turned heads with his ability to score the rock from 3-point range, as he shot 37.6 percent from 3 on 4.4 attempts per game.<\/p>\n<p>Although, when the 2025 NBA Playoffs rolled around, Knecht was a non-factor for the Lakers. He played in only two of Los Angeles\u2019 five games during its first-round matchup versus the\u00a0Minnesota Timberwolves and scored just five points the whole series.<\/p>\n<p>With the small role Knecht just recently played for the Lakers in the playoffs, Lakers insider Jovan Buha doesn\u2019t foresee Knecht being more than an eighth man for the storied franchise in the 2025-26 campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rll-youtube-player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a84JVdYCrEY\" data-id=\"a84JVdYCrEY\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-alt=\"Lakers Q&amp;A: Why Walker Kessler Is Unrealistic, Top TMLE Targets, Chris Paul As A Vet. 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Los Angeles\u2019 decision to draft James with the No. 55 overall pick was notable because of who his father is, but he ultimately suited up in just 27 of the Lakers\u2019 82 regular-season contests.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, the Lakers agreed to trade Knecht and other assets to the\u00a0Charlotte Hornets\u00a0for big man Mark Williams before the February trade deadline, but the Lakers later put the kibosh on the move after Williams failed his physical.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles has already almost traded Knecht away for a center, and the team should finally pull the trigger on moving him for an upgrade at the big man spot this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>One highly talented big man who would make sense for the Lakers to take a flier on is\u00a0Boston Celtics\u00a0star Kristaps Porzingis.<\/p>\n<p>Porzingis\u2019 trade value might be at an all-time low after how he fared in Boston\u2019s second-round series against the\u00a0New York Knicks, but he\u2019s also proven to be one of the more talented big men in the league when at full strength.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Lakers forward Dalton Knecht\u2019s rookie year was similar to the experiences of many first-year NBA players in the sense that it was quite up and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING!! 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