He stinks of a guy who immediately remembers how to shoot the second he’s off the Lakers tbh

We’ll give you second if he has no value.

The trade absolutely broke this man. I don’t know what sport psychologist he needs, but the lakers and dalton better be calling all of them

Kon is what the Lakers thought they were getting with Knecht. Turns out Knecht fell in the draft for a reason..

Remember Lebron bragging that he was the one that wanted him drafted

Somewhere Gradey Dicks ears are burning.

I’ll never forget when Knecht had that one good week so NBA 2k made him like a 99 overall 3 point shooter like a month into the season.

You forget he is a laker.  Other teams are obligated to accept him for their valuable role players because of this.

Only reasonable reply in here + the fact he’s not very good on defense.

It’s been almost a year since it happened. I can understand the trade fucking with him last season but at this point he’s playing himself out of the league. A shooter who can’t shoot, playing defense is out of the question for him. His development is not for a lack of playing time or opportunities, it’s solely on him. He’s in the best possible spot for a shooter to develop, considering his on ball skills are non existent.

he was the protypical 23 yr old beasting in college against 19 yr olds with a limited oneway skillset that may OR may not translate to the pro’s and if it doesnt translate immediately, it’s el busto permamente with a one-way ticket to Monaco or the Phillipines

I don’t buy this, Dalton bricks wide open shots CONSISTENTLY

if you can’t make a wide open 3 when that’s literally supposed to be your only strong skillset, then I mean…

I feel like of all the coaches in the NBA, JJ would know what Knecht is dealing with. At the same time, JJ also knows exactly what it takes to make it in the NBA as a 3pt specialist. I could see JJ look at Knecht and think “well, I was working my ass off to stay in the NBA, what are you doing?”

Are you watching games? I was a pretty hard-core DK hoper and watch every single game. He has consistently been given chances to perform and he has disappointed every single time. Every time.

Average Rob Pelinka masterclass failing upwards into success despite his best efforts

This. I think DK will become a pretty decent offensive player if he plays in teams like Charlotte, he’ll have a lot of freedom on offense to figure it out. You just simply do not have that luxury in Lakers. That trade would’ve been win-win for both teams, sucks LAL had to rescind it.

Every single pick is “the steal of the draft” until they actually play and people realize they aren’t good

The first white guy Lakers have missed on in quite a long time.

The issue is that defense is so important right now for players to make it on the floor. And unless you’re getting time on the floor it doesn’t matter how many points you can get up. Knecht was also THE guy in college and is forced now to mostly play off-ball. There is a lot of learning he has to do, but his hips don’t look like they move very well. It doesn’t look like he can get into a good defensive stance. He’s kind of flat-footed on defense too. Also when draftMing players that are older is isn’t uncommon that they underperform in the NBA. A lot of the time they’re just outplaying players that don’t have enough skill or strength yet.

I still think Knecht can develop into a roleplayer as he learns the game more and understands how to defend better with his limitations, but I can’t see him becoming a starter at any point in his career.

I remember Talen horton tucker was a steal as well

He was until he showed how much of a genius he is

Every laker pick is the steal of the draft or every FA signing is the steal of the off season. Hilarious fanbase

Who could have predicted that drafting a 23 year old in the first round wouldn’t turn out to be a great idea?

It wasn’t a disaster - it was the 17th pick. It’s a total crapshoot if you get a good player at 17. But it was entirely predictable that Knecht wouldn’t turn out to be a good pro. I argued at the time that he should be a second round pick and that it was a waste of a mid-first rounder to take someone who was highly unlikely to turn out to be good in the NBA.

He was good to start the year last season but teams started guarding him out there and he became useless.

He’s an idiot. Hope that helps

Genuinely got played like a damn fiddle by one of the worst GMs in the NBA lmao

Just completely ate up everything Pelinka was feeding him

He should have got that pick AND Reaves. Easily.

Legit had Bill Simmons saying we ‘whiffed’ on our Ware pick cuz we didnt pick Knecht or Mccain 💀

Tough to have confidence when your team tries to trade you and is forced to take you back

2032 may not even happen given the state of things

Ill be 17 by then

Lmao no one cares about DK, it’s about the investment of their only FRP remaining plus some swaps that are lower value.

Is Mark Williams worth a FRP more than Ayton? It’s somewhat close but many would answer no.

Do people really want to live a life with this level of recency bias? 

Adding in a flier pick like the 55th pick is wild lol and just shows ppl hatred for bronny. Not many if nay player make it after being selected 50+

The other two are first rounders and near lottery picks and are shaping up to be busts

I remember JJ having a quote about JHS after he got his option declined, “I still believe in him”

Well Rob Pelinka sure as hell didn’t lmfao

Bronny defenders: “But but he scored 36pts in the G-League! G, as in Great!”

Hilarious that you looped in Bronny as if the 55th pick not being a productive role player is some massive failure when really it’s the overwhelming expectation.

Also, Bronny hasn’t even gotten a proper opportunity to prove whether he can be productive or not whereas JHS and DK have been given ample opportunity and have failed.

Bronny hate is unreal 😔

How is this guy unathletic? He’s probably above average even for the NBA. Even AR says he wishes he was as athletic as DK.

He sucks at defense, though, but I don’t think it’s due to a lack of athleticism.

It hasn’t even been one full season. And they’re not garbage, they’re 23-13.

Most impatient mfers ever, social media has rotted an entire generations brains.

He got fucked by the trade just as bad as Dallas fans.

Completed wiped away his chances of winning a championship for at least a 2 year window, maybe more

Dude had to wait years to have a competitive roster around him just to get traded after reaching Finals. He’s stuck in the same situation with Lakers. I don’t know how much time it will take to build a decent roster around him this time. Also he is having a rough stretch shooting-wise, I legit don’t remember him shooting 45% since his rookie year. He must not be happy at all.

No single trade is fixing this team, you still gotta make moves incrementally if they’re available. Better than another year wasted of Luka’s prime and telling him “we’re saving the assets for a world beater trade don’t worry”

At this rate I expect Williams to have a career longer than Knecht and the eventual Lakers draft pick just to spite the Lakers.

to be fair i think kings fans would be happier with that trade than lakers fans

Lmao you’re a bulls fan you know demar and zach are gonna ruin this team. That defense will be the worst in human history, Adam Silver might have to step in and veto such a trade.

Lakers would not get better in this hypothetical trade

Bullshit? Kings would do this in a heartbeat

Those quotes are high hilarity.

JJ treats him like an afterthought because DK is honestly just a bad player. 

If a rescinded trade causes you to play like ass for the entirety of a year, you probably just aren’t an NBA level player. 

he was included with the package of “one unprotected first-round pick, and one first-round pick swap”

His trade value was marginal last year, the real question was if Mark Williams was worth an unprotected first and a swap and the answer is still no. 

The Athletic making up trades and then saying why those trades won’t happen is some real content generation bullshit lol