Overview
- Multiple scouts told The Athletic that Knecht is a negative asset, indicating the Lakers might need to attach sweeteners to trade him.
- Knecht opened preseason with poor shooting nights (1-for-10 vs. the Suns and 3-for-11 vs. the Warriors), reinforcing concerns from last season.
- JJ Redick says Knecht can impact games when confident but must tighten defense, box outs, crashing, sprinting back, and talking in transition.
- League expectation, per Dan Woike, is that a deal today would return multiple seconds at best, which is why the Lakers held him this summer.
- The second-year wing was in a February deal to Charlotte that was rescinded after Mark Williams failed a physical, and his Summer League struggles further hurt perception.