There's still a scenario where former Tennessee Vols guard Dalton Knecht could end up going back to the Charlotte Hornets in February

After the Lakers' game against the Jazz on Wednesday night, The Athletic's Jovan Buha, a Lakers beat reporter, discussed the possibility of the Hornets winning their challenge of the deal, which would send Knecht back to Charlotte. 

Buha doesn't think the Hornets will win the challenge, giving the deal just a one percent chance of getting reversed. 

"In terms of the Mark Williams situation, my understanding is the Lakers are not concerned about the situation," said Duha. "And basically, as long as they can prove why they rescinded the trade, and why they feel the way that they feel about [Williams'] medicals, that they basically have, like, a 99 percent chance of the trade staying rescinded and it not being reversed.

"Could there be a penalty? Could there be something like they get fined? Or maybe lose a second round [draft pick]? Maybe. I don't know. But I think they're pretty confident about what they found being troubling and being enough to rescind the trade. And it is a weird situation, because my understanding is that it's not necessarily a current injury that [Williams is] going through, but in putting him through imaging and seeing certain things with his body, they were like, 'We do not have long term confidence in how he's going to progress'. So, it's not really a current [injury] and I think that's what Charlotte is contending is that they're saying he's not currently injured."

"It's kind of a tricky situation here," added Duha. "But my understanding is that it would be unprecedented to have a trade be reversed. And my understanding is if the Lakers can have an external doctor co-sign their assessment of the situation, they're going to be fine. And again, I think Charlotte, optically, it was an unfortunate situation for them. And if they are trying to push for this trade to go through, I think the optics of it end up looking better for them and worse for the Lakers. But ultimately, I don't think it's gonna be reversed." 

Knecht was asked on Wednesday night after playing against the Jazz about the possibility of the trade being reversed. 

The former Tennessee standout told reporters he has "no clue" how realistic it would be for the NBA to reverse the deal. 

"I'm just doing what I love to do, going out there and playing," said Knecht. "Whatever happens, happens. I'm just going to compete hard wherever I go, and hopefully it's L.A. Whatever happens, I'm just going to go out there and compete."

It certainly seems unlikely that the NBA will reverse the deal and send Knecht back to the Hornets. But this saga isn't officially over yet, which means there's at least a scenario that exists where Knecht has to once again leave the Lakers behind and join a Hornets franchise that's 30 games out of first place in the Eastern Conference.