Dalton Knecht has been everything as advertised and more for the Los Angeles Lakers as he’s quickly skyrocketed up the depth chart and is now a starter under head coach JJ Redick.
Knecht started the 2024-25 season coming off the bench, but was elevated to the starting lineup because of his outside shooting and scoring ability. After a brief stint as a reserve, Redick had no choice but to re-insert Knecht into the starting lineup because of his natural shooting stroke and spacing benefits next to LeBron James and Anthony Davis. James himself already said that Knecht fits everything that the Lakers want to do, a ringing endorsement from arguably the greatest player of all time.