Does Dalton Knecht Have More Value to the Lakers or as a Trade Piece?

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🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The NBA announced its All Rookie squads, and (not surprisingly) Dalton Knecht wasn't among the 10 honored first year players. To his credit, Knecht was relatively close, finishing in a tie for 13th in vote total. It's a fair result for a guy who had a lot of highs and lows over the course of the season. His strong suits were clear (shooting, offense, athleticism) and his weaknesses (defense) equally so. Now the Lakers, who have already shown a willingness to trade him, have to make a decision this offseason. Is the guy more valuable to them? Or as a lure to fill holes around the roster? The goal for LA is to build a team that works for Luka Dončić. Knecht fits that profile. He can shoot, he can get to the rim, he can finish above it. On the other hand, he's one of about 2.5 human beings on the roster who have genuine value as players (as opposed to an expiring contract) in a trade (the others being Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura). So Rob Pelinka, just as he does with Reaves, is going to be confronted with some tough choices about Knecht, too. Plus... could LeBron actually leave? There's one at least semi-plausible scenario. HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: Knecht gets some All-Rookie love. SEGMENT 2: What to do with DK? SEGMENT 3: Could LeBron really go? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! CarGurusBuy or sell your next car today with CarGurus at CarGurus.comto make sure your big deal is the best deal. SKIMSShop SKIMS Mens at SKIMS.com/lockedonnba. Let them know we sent you! After you place your order, select "podcast" in the survey and select our show in the dropdown menu that follows. Monarch MoneyTake control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONNBA at monarchmoney.com for 50% off your first year. FanDuelRight now, new customers can get TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in BONUS BETS when your first FIVE DOLLAR BET WINS! Download the app or head to FANDUEL.COM to get started. Bet with FanDuel—Official Partner of the NBA. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone. Welcome to Locked on Lakers for Wednesday. Brian Komenetsky, Andy Kaminetsky,
0:04.4	Dalton Connect gets a little bit of love in the NBA, all rookie teams. What does his future in
0:09.4	L.A. look like. That's next.
0:17.7	You are Locked on Lakers. Your daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast, part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day.
0:29.3	Thanks to everybody for making Locked on Lakers.
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0:43.1	daily, Andy, to see what's going on and talk to us, talk to each other. Of course, we encourage
0:50.3	everybody to leave questions and comments, especially in the summertime or the off
0:55.0	season, as that really becomes a lot of the fuel that we use for these daily shows.
1:02.9	Today, Andy, we interrupt conversations about trading Austin Reeves for conversations about what to do with the other perceived as the other best, at least human asset that the Lakers have.
1:17.8	We're not including that 2031 or 2032 pick.
1:21.1	I thought you were going to say what to do with the other white boy in all honesty.
1:25.6	I could have.
1:26.7	You're right.
1:29.1	We've got white guy problems here.
1:32.7	I mean, the third white dude, but Luca is very much off the table.
1:37.4	Max CLABA hasn't been around long enough to count as anything other than fodder and filler and whatnot.
1:45.1	So we are going to talk about Dalton Connect today.
1:48.9	Of course, the NBA released its all rookie teams.
1:54.6	And Connect was not on them.
1:56.8	He did finish, if you want to kind of categorize it that way,
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