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Lakers newsletter: Dalton Knecht shows that experience can be better than potential

LA Times

Hey everyone, this is Dan Woike and welcome to The Times’ Lakers Newsletter, our once-a-week chance to form a meaningful writer-reader Knechtion. Experience as an X-factor After the Lakers beat the Pelicans in New Orleans on Saturday night, Anthony Davis said something that didn’t quite get the attention it probably deserved. After Dalton Knecht navigated his way through another defense, …

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1 month ago

LeBron James rips NBA rivals for passing on Lakers rookie after 37-point display: 'F***ed it up!'

Daily Mail

Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht is having his bright spots in the NBA and LeBron James insists that other teams were heavily mistaken not to draft him in the offseason. When James was asked about the Lakers' front office finding the rookie postgame, he pointed out how 16 teams missed out before the Purple and Gold drafted Knecht with the 17th …

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1 month ago

‘Did anybody watch him?’ Hot-shooting Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht has NBA’s attention

LA Times

Almost 11 months ago to the date, Dalton Knecht was in his worst slump of the season. I’m around.” Tuesday night, after Knecht scored 37 points — the most of his young NBA career — the Lakers rookie again mentioned that message from Reaves as being important to him. “Had to.” Lakers guard Dalton Knecht does the Michael Jordan celebration …

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1 month ago

The Sports Report: Dalton Knecht can’t miss as Lakers beat the Jazz

LA Times

Dalton Knecht connects after making a three-pointer against the Jazz in the second half. Continue reading here From Ben Bolch: Bulletin boards inside USC’s McKay Center might come crashing to the floor with the weight of what the coach across town said this week. And they were on the back end of the contracts — they’re not going to be …

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1 month ago

Red-hot Dalton Knecht scores 37 points as Lakers win sixth in a row

LA Times

LeBron James celebrates Dalton Knecht’s three-pointer against the Jazz in the second half. With James well out of the play and Davis on the bench, that chant faintly caught steam for the player picked 17th in this past NBA draft, a player who, for the second straight home game, had the crowd bouncing as shot after shot ripped through the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht is taking his shot, and swishing it

LA Times

Lakers rookie guard Dalton Knecht, getting to the basket against San Antonio’s Julian Champagnie on Friday, shined in two starts this weekend. “It’s always good to have a coach like that, that’s super confident in you, always wanting you to shoot the ball,” Knecht said. “We didn’t think Dalton would be available at 17,” Redick said after the Lakers picked …

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2 months ago

Rookie Dalton Knecht shows why the Lakers think they got a steal in the draft

LA Times

Lakers guard Dalton Knecht celebrates after making a three-pointer against the Suns on Thursday night in Phoenix. Dalton Knecht, the Lakers’ rookie guard, clutched the game ball inside his locker after he dominated the final minutes of the Lakers’ overtime win Thursday in Phoenix, a proud moment for someone who isn’t a stranger to dominating a game. “This felt just …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Lakers beat Suns behind rookie Dalton Knecht’s best preseason game yet

LA Times

Anthony Davis gets off a shot against Suns forward Ryan Dunn in the first half. “You don’t often get to live in an idealized world in this league and that’s OK,” Redick said before the Lakers’ fifth preseason game. Rookie Dalton Knecht had his best game of the preseason, scoring 25 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter and …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lakers fall to the Timberwolves in preseason opener

LA Times

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker shoots in front of Lakers rookie guard Bronny James during the first half Friday. Last April, nearly 30 minutes into a conversation with the coach of the defending NCAA champion Connecticut men’s basketball team, JJ Redick, then a former player turned podcaster/broadcaster, asked Dan Hurley about a specific offensive action the Huskies run. Friday, in …

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5 months ago

Dalton Knecht, Bronny James give Lakers coach JJ Redick a preview of things to come

LA Times

Bronny James is fouled by Cleveland forward Emoni Bates in the first half. JJ Redick and a chunk of his new coaching staff sat baseline Thursday in Las Vegas, the Lakers’ key young pieces all flashing elements of why the team valued them. From the jump, Dalton Knecht, the Lakers’ first rounder, splashed threes and attacked the rim with an …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Bronny James’ struggles overshadow Dalton Knecht’s 19 points in Lakers’ loss

LA Times

Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht puts up a shot during an NBA Summer League loss to the Boston Celtics in Las Vegas on Monday night. But the assignment for Bronny James on Monday night against the Boston Celtics looked a lot like the one that has been presented for James’ future — defend and shoot. Lakers Olympics give LeBron James another …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Dalton Knecht’s 25 points not enough in Lakers’ loss to Rockets

LA Times

Lakers guard Dalton Knecht, driving against Rockets guard Reed Sheppard, finished with 25 points Friday in Las Vegas, making nine of 17 shots from the field, including five of 11 three-pointers. Lakers NBA Summer League honors Jerry West on first day of play A T-shirt with Jerry West’s face is placed on a baseline seat at Thomas and Mack Center …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Hope for the future: Lakers introduce Dalton Knecht and Bronny James

LA Times

Lakers draft picks Dalton Knecht and Bronny James, with jerseys in hand, are introduced by GM Rob Pelinka, left, and coach JJ Redick, right. Bronny James, the team’s second-round draft pick sat with first-rounder Dalton Knecht to his right and general manager Rob Pelinka and head coach JJ Redick to his left. I’ve just been extremely excited to get to …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Lakers add Bronny James at No. 55 after grabbing veteran Dalton Knecht in first round

Associated Press

PHOENIX — The NBA’s Pacific Division wasn’t the destination for many young projects during this year’s draft, though there was one extremely notable exception to that rule. 13 selection to select Providence’s Devin Carter, a 22-year-old who averaged nearly 20 points per game during his final college season. The 6-foot-5 guard was one of the college game’s elite scorers last …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Lakers land NBA Draft steal as Dalton Knecht slips to them at No. 17

New York Times

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — With each passing selection, Rob Pelinka felt a wave of anxiety in the Los Angeles Lakers’ war room. “We never would’ve imagined a player as skilled and perfect for our needs would be there for us as Dalton Knecht,” said Pelinka, the team’s vice president of basketball operations and general manager. In several ways, Knecht is …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Reality sets in: Dalton Knecht is a Laker, drafted 17th overall

LA Times

Dalton Knecht, right, poses for a photo with NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected 17th in the NBA draft by the Lakers on Wednesday night. “I’m doing my first TikTok,” Knecht said with a laugh before looking into the cellphone camera to say the words he’d end up saying nearly a hundred times Thursday night. “I feel like I’ve …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

NBA Mock Draft 2024: What are Atlanta Hawks up to? That mystery hovers over this week

New York Times

It’s officially 2024 NBA Draft week. Nikola Topić | 6-6 lead guard | 18 years old | Crvena zvezda Topić’s draft range is one of the biggest talking points around the league now. Ron Holland | 6-7 wing | 18 years old | G League Ignite Holland was the Ignite’s most productive player last season, averaging 19.5 points, 6.7 rebounds …

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6 months ago

UConn’s Castle, Kentucky duo, Tennessee’s Knecht headline the list of top guards in the NBA draft

Associated Press

John Calipari turned Kentucky into a factory for NBA talent, including 28 one-and-done players becoming first-round picks. Now at Arkansas, Calipari’s last crop with the Wildcats features two headlining guards in the NBA draft next week in Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham. They’re part of a top tier featuring UConn’s Stephon Castle, Tennessee’s Dalton Knecht and international prospect Nikola Topic. …

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6 months ago

Dalton Knecht hones game over 3-school basketball journey, now a projected lottery pick in NBA draft

Associated Press

DENVER — Dalton Knecht has always packed one thing with him throughout his cross-country, multi-school basketball journey — a chip on his shoulder. “I feel like I’ve been underrated my entire life,” Knecht said in a recent interview with the AP. “He’s fought his way to the top wherever he’s been.” Trenkle is convinced Knecht would’ve landed at a Power …

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8 months ago

2024 NBA mock draft: Should the Pistons draft Alexandre Sarr if they get the No. 1 pick?

New York Times

It’s April, and around these parts, that means it is time to focus on next season and the NBA Draft. Detroit Pistons: Stephon Castle | 6-6 wing | 19 years old | Connecticut The initial Tankathon simulation wasn’t kind to the NBA’s worst team, but it also wasn’t too harsh. Detroit Pistons: Dalton Knecht | 6-6 wing | 22 years …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Dalton Knecht’s huge day can’t quite carry Tennessee past Zach Edey and Purdue

Associated Press

DETROIT — Dalton Knecht was dazzling for much of the day, looking like the prospect who’s being projected as an NBA lottery pick. “I think all of us carried each other.. At the end of the day, they were just the better team.” To seal the win, All-America center Zach Edey blocked Knecht’s layup as the Northern Colorado transfer and …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Zach Edey goes big and sends Purdue to first Final Four since 1980 with a 72-66 win over Tennessee

Associated Press

DETROIT — By the time all the scrapping and scratching and diving on the floor was over, it felt like a shame that both those teams, and both those players, weren’t moving onto the Final Four. Boilermakers big man Zach Edey went for a career high 40 points Sunday to muscle Purdue within two wins of the title for the …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

March Madness masterpiece: All-Americans Edey of Purdue and Tennessee’s Knecht face off in Elite 8

Associated Press

DETROIT — Zach Edey and Dalton Knecht, perhaps college basketball’s biggest stars this side of Caitlin Clark, will be on the same court Sunday, each with a chance to lift their school to an elusive trip to the Final Four. The top two vote-getters on the men’s AP All-America team will face off when top-seeded Purdue plays second-seeded Tennessee in …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Dalton Knecht scores 24, Tennessee beats Creighton 82-75 to pull within a win of first Final Four

Associated Press

DETROIT — Dalton Knecht was all over the court, jumping into passing lanes for steals, shooting 3-pointers, driving and dishing to set up teammates for shots. Knecht had 24 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals, and the Volunteers moved within a victory of their first trip to the Final Four, beating the Bluejays 82-75 in a Midwest Region …

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Lakers newsletter: Dalton Knecht shows that experience can be better than potential

LeBron James rips NBA rivals for passing on Lakers rookie after 37-point display: 'F***ed it up!'

‘Did anybody watch him?’ Hot-shooting Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht has NBA’s attention

The Sports Report: Dalton Knecht can’t miss as Lakers beat the Jazz

Red-hot Dalton Knecht scores 37 points as Lakers win sixth in a row

Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht is taking his shot, and swishing it

Rookie Dalton Knecht shows why the Lakers think they got a steal in the draft

Lakers beat Suns behind rookie Dalton Knecht’s best preseason game yet

Lakers fall to the Timberwolves in preseason opener

Dalton Knecht, Bronny James give Lakers coach JJ Redick a preview of things to come

Bronny James’ struggles overshadow Dalton Knecht’s 19 points in Lakers’ loss

Dalton Knecht’s 25 points not enough in Lakers’ loss to Rockets

Hope for the future: Lakers introduce Dalton Knecht and Bronny James

Lakers add Bronny James at No. 55 after grabbing veteran Dalton Knecht in first round

The Lakers land NBA Draft steal as Dalton Knecht slips to them at No. 17

Reality sets in: Dalton Knecht is a Laker, drafted 17th overall

NBA Mock Draft 2024: What are Atlanta Hawks up to? That mystery hovers over this week

UConn’s Castle, Kentucky duo, Tennessee’s Knecht headline the list of top guards in the NBA draft

Dalton Knecht hones game over 3-school basketball journey, now a projected lottery pick in NBA draft

2024 NBA mock draft: Should the Pistons draft Alexandre Sarr if they get the No. 1 pick?

Dalton Knecht’s huge day can’t quite carry Tennessee past Zach Edey and Purdue

Zach Edey goes big and sends Purdue to first Final Four since 1980 with a 72-66 win over Tennessee

March Madness masterpiece: All-Americans Edey of Purdue and Tennessee’s Knecht face off in Elite 8

Dalton Knecht scores 24, Tennessee beats Creighton 82-75 to pull within a win of first Final Four