[Highlights] Cameron Carr hits a 3-pointer, Yaxel Lendeborg answers with a 3 of his own, Carr finds Adou Thiero for a bucket and then Carr hits another 3-pointer.
Can’t wait til a few months in and everyone is asking how a 40% 3pt shooter with a 7’1 wingspan dropped to the 20’s
Learnt my lesson with Knetch
knecht had a 40 inch vert and 7ft wingspan?
Knecht does have a 39 inch max vert, but yeah Carr’s wingspan is crazy.
THT 7’1” wingspan > caruso 6’6” wingspan
Knecht is unplayable due to athleticism and defense we have him plenty chances and bronny straight ran his minutes since he atleast attempts to play it
They’re former teammates btw
Knecht can still shoot, JJ just won’t play him enough to get into a rhythm. But if Carr works out, that’s fine by me also
bro what’s most egregious about Knecht aside from all the many other issues is that he has zero basketball iq. The boy literally forgot his own play. In the interest of JJ’s mental health, I don’t think he should play him. It’s like a net negative every time he tries to.
Take a look at Knecht’s eFG%
JJ has had him play piece meal minutes for a year and a half and it’s still 57%. They put him in,he misses an assignment, then he’s in the doghouse for another month.
JJ plays his vets like Thibodeau and they all got hurt. I get Knecht is a boneheaded but he can shoot.
Even if you don’t want him, let him play during garbage time just to raise his trade value. I believe he’ll catch on somewhere else.
And I actually watched Jerry West play when I was a child so I qualify for my flair
Yeah, Knecht can do totally shoot, that’s why he’s out of the rotation
You have LAL flair, but I don’t think you’ve watched any games if you think that’s why Knecht hasn’t played lol
I said during the draft it was a really good pick. He doesn’t have a lot of creation chops and he’s really skinny. But he’s long as fuck and he’s playing with Luka Doncic. He’ll survive on defense and he’s gonna get 100+ wide open triples this year. People are gonna call him a steal after his rookie uear.
He was arguably the best ballhandler and PnR passer for the Lakers in this game. The bar was pretty low, though.
I think I’d look like the second coming of Marcelo Huertas on this Lakers summer league team
He was a bad defender in college despite the highlight blocks. Obviously he has the tools, but if he had a history of being a good defender he would’ve gone lotto
Nah he’s a Lakers. Everyone will say that Lakers fans are dumb and always over hype their own players until one day when he’s traded away and then they’ll ask why they ever let go of such a good young prospect.
Really wanted him if he fell to Toronto, but we passed. Fingers crossed on Graves, but we need shooting and Carr would help there for sure.
Nothing against Graves at all, it’s just we keep doubling and tripling down on versions of the same player. Felt like covering a relative weakness rather than continuing to build on a strength would be the play.
Ah yes after one summer league three lol you clowns are insufferable
His comment had nothing to do with summer league. Lots of ppl likes Cam and wanted him earlier
They didn’t even say anything hyperbolic. Just discussing hoops and players.
Honestly it’s just been so long since we had any super athletic/dynamic guards in Toronto. Thought he would be tons of fun with how much we play in transition too.
Ah yes. Saying you liked a prospect that was slated to go closer to the lottery = clown behavior.
Like I said. Nothing against Graves. We haven’t seen him play yet. And based on our front office history we can probably trust them. But we DO need shooting and he was there.
are people not allowed opinions? the only clown here is you
I still can’t believe presti passed on him twice, Carr is the steal of the draft.
You know how presti values locker-room/practice guys? Carr is the opposite of that.
Vols fan?
Yep, so I’m very familiar with him and the slew of players we have had that are like him. The transfer portal stuff is wild, but what he did was worse than holding out for a contract
Interesting, I’m not at all in the know regarding him. What I find funny is how he’s being discussed as a good defender purely because of his physical tools. Long athletic guys are supposed to defend well in college too but I don’t think Carr did.
He got benched at TN because he was so bad at defense. He got upset when this happened and transferred from a good team mid season.
He had off court maturity issues as well. The theory of his defense is much greater than the reality.
I get your points, but he’s also 21. He isn’t a finished product, there’s room for lots of growth, both on and off the court.
And a 42” vertical
From what I understood, he interviewed poorly and there was concern about his frame. Apparently he also had some maturity issues in previous years before going to Baylor.
my buddy shot 40% then fell off hard too
because the Guards picked before him are legit too. Carr dropped because of slim and weak his body is. he can shoot but will get destroyed on drives against stronger players
Cam is aggressive as fuck. About time the Lakers draft someone who doesn’t shrink from the spotlight
Surprised he fell down the draft. Thought we could get him at 18.
I think in hindsight you guys werent sure about IHart of how his contract situation will be right before the draft, so had to have insurance just in case. But ya Cam should have been picked up.
we needed a wing irregardless of what happened with ihart, have to see stirtz play for us to see whether it was worth passing up on cam, but i really like stirtz’s rise to becoming a 1st round draft pick
I know the instinct is to think the word is irregardless but it’s actually just regardless.
It feels like Stirtz is the “veteran rookie” replacement to Topic if anything. A better shooting, proven pick and roll version to Topic that’s great off-ball too. You’ll like him
you are right, i feel super dumb seeing the work irregardless up there
watched a bit of stirtz’s tape, i am incredibly excited to watch the 1 game of summer league he plays, cause they will decide he is too good for summer league
Drafting and scouting is black magic to me anyway. I’ve been wrong about potential prospects way more often than not.
Though to be fair we as fans obviously don’t have access to the same resources and information to evaluate players.
A 3rd year player who’s gonna be 22 years old usually isn’t looked at as enticing of a pick
Summer league game. Let’s see in a regular season game
Confidence has nothing to do with summer league vs regular season. First game and he’s letting it fly and he looks damn good doing it
Lol dalton knecht did the same in his first summer league game
Lol y’all pretending Knecht wasn’t decent before the trading fiasco happened. He had good games and even have 30 point games in his rookie year.
are we still having this convo in 2026? knecht didn’t get meaningfully worse, the nba just got film on him after a good sample of games and everyone got the scouting report. extremely one dimensional and easy to guard once you know. dalton never got the same type of shots off again. nothing changed in his approach. similar to what happened to j lin and a ton of players… only diff is that j lin’s downgrade was from potential (?) star -> solid starter whereas dalton downgraded from playable 8th man -> not in the nba
The trade may not have done him any favors but he was already regressing well before that
Bronny rocked the shit out of the summer league game I watched but was way more timid in regular games.
In his interviews, dude is confident asf. Like he is so used to the media. The kid is def built for the lakers 😂😂
Ah you mean just like Dalton Knecht!
I’ve seen enough. Commission the statue.
the same one for dalton?
Yup, his is gonna be melted down to reuse the material
Cam has such a pretty jumper
I love your username by the way.
Its criminal that Carr fell so hard in the draft. Im so serious when I say I can see him having a D Mitch / SGA progression. Hes that guy
It was one summer league game.
My young wingstop 🥹
Cam’s form looks so smooth.
He’s the ANSWERS TO MY PRAYERS
I’ve seen enough retire his jersey
It is crazy that Jon Elmore is still playing. Summer League Legend.
My first reaction was thinking he was a coach or something but weirdly wearing a jersey.
Then I saw him run on the court and was like what the fuck
Thats a nice stroke
My overreaction is I thought he had a good looking first half but Adou gotta calm down. Would love to see him with a PG.
Yea someone like Luka would be fire
LeBron vs. Kobe
Is that my uncle on the Lakers? #40 LMFAO
Lakers #40 if this comment somehow reaches you: It is time to let it go man.
/r/bald
Could’ve been a knick , fuck you dolan
I’ve seen enough. Wilt Bam Carr
Knicks will regret trading him away
Everyone set a RemindMe! 19 years for Carr’s #43 to go up next to Big Game James’ #42
Is Num. 40 for the Lakers someone pulled from the stands?
I wanted Carr in Detroit so bad
I need him to be my new favorite player
That bald guy is more bald than you normally see
Especially for a rookie league
Just here for the hopium
We goin to the ship y’all! 😭
i wish memphis got him
Lakers wing depth actually looking good
Really? It’s just Thiero and Carr right now
Jumper so smooth so swagger he don’t got the look for someone who gonna hustle on D though (being bias)
Excited for the young guys to get playing time
Dalton was great too
Love the energy. We’re gonna need that
Didn’t even realize Summer League started
another Leon rose draft fumble
Hey LeBron, we’re good.
Can this kid defend?
Carr was RIGHT there for us