What one NBA scout said about Dalton Knecht’s progression after rookie year, ‘more evolved…’

NBA scouts worried Dalton Knecht has not progressed enough after rookie season

LA Lakers reporter Jovan Buha spoke on his podcast about his experience at the Lakers’ preseason game against the Dallas Mavericks in Las Vegas.

He told the story of speaking to an NBA scout, who expressed concern about the lack of progression we’ve seen from Dalton Knecht after his disappointing rookie year.

“I was talking to a scout last night at the Lakers–Mavericks preseason game, a scout for another team, and he was just talking about Dalton’s struggles.

“From a decision-processing standpoint, there’s not been a lot of progress there, and that continues to be the area of his game where he’s just not seeing the right thing to do on either side of the ball.

“Of course, he’s more evolved on the offensive side, but this person was expressing a lot of skepticism.

“That’s just one person’s opinion, but I’ve said this before: anytime I have an outside conversation about Dalton with someone outside of the Lakers, it tends to be relatively negative or pessimistic.”

LA Lakers might have to consider trading Dalton Knecht at low cost

There was some hope that Dalton Knecht would be able to turn things around during the LA Lakers’ preseason games, given Knecht’s strong preseason with the Lakers.

However, Knecht failed to make an impression and only showed that his struggles were not just exclusive to last season.

Unless Knecht is miraculously able to recover his initial form in the early stretch of the NBA season, the LA Lakers might have to accept moving on from him in the months to come.

At this point, Knecht is a negative trade asset, and they will have to use him as cap filler for any potential trade they make before the deadline.