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Dan Woike: PER LAKERS Deandre Ayton (right knee soreness) has been upgraded to AVAILABLE for tonight’s game versus Oklahoma City. Dalton Knecht (right hamstring soreness) has been downgraded to QUESTIONABLE.
Law Murray: The Los Angeles Lakers rule Luka Doncic (hamstring) out for Monday night vs Oklahoma City Thunder Deandre Ayton (knee) is probable Adou Thiero (MCL) remains out despite being assigned to the G along with Dalton Knecht today
Dave McMenamin: The Lakers have assigned Dalton Knecht and Adou Thiero to South Bay for today’s practice, the team announced. Thiero, out since Dec. 30 with a sprained right MCL, participated in his first full-contact stay ready game since the injury earlier this week, sources told ESPN
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Second-year wing Dalton Knecht has been viewed around the league as widely available since the Lakers included him in the ultimately rescinded Williams last trade. Team sources say Knecht hasn’t requested a trade, but he would welcome a fresh start. He’s been out of the Lakers’ rotation over the last 10 games. If the Lakers can find a suitor, the return is expected to be very low.
So, the Lakers still have time to do a deal, but people not authorized to speak publicly on the matter say teams have little interest in guards Gabe Vincent and Dalton Knecht, the two most prominent players the Lakers seem to be pushing.
Chris Fedor: We all know the complications for the Cavs when it comes to trades. They can't aggregate salaries. They only have really one first-round draft pick that they can trade. They have to be like right on the number in terms of salary matching purposes. But my sources tell me that the Cavs and the Lakers have discussed a general framework surrounding De'Andre Hunter, Rui Hachimura and Dalton Knecht and then bringing in a third team. Now look, there are there are third teams that could be helpful. Brooklyn has the lowest salary number of any team in the NBA. They might be a destination that is willing to take some salary. Um, the Utah Jazz, they are 29th in salary in the NBA. They might be a destination that's willing to take some salary back. By the way, the team that the Cavs have traded with most frequently in the Koby Altman era is Utah, and one of his best friends is Justin Zanik, an executive for the Utah Jazz.
Khobi Price: JJ Redick said Dalton Knecht will get playing time tonight and for the foreseeable future. When asked what Dalton needs to do to stick in the rotation, JJ responded: "play hard."
Dan Woike: The Los Angeles Lakers have assigned guard Dalton Knecht and forward Adou Thiero to the South Bay Lakers. I believe its Knecht’s first assignment this year
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Keith Smith: The Los Angeles Lakers have picked up the 2026-27 rookie scale team option for Dalton Knecht, a league source told @spotrac. Knecht will be on the Lakers books at $4.2M for next season.
Tackling Knecht’s inferior trade value, Lakers insider Jovan Buha shared negative reviews from league circles about the sophomore wing’s recent performances. “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 and how especially 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,” Buha said in his Buha’s Block podcast. “Of course, he's more evolved on the offensive side, but this person was expressing a lot of skepticism. And 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.”
Jovan Buha: The Lakers are in a tough spot right now with the Dalton Knecht situation. There has been little to be encouraged by based on his preseason. 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 and how especially 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. And 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.
Jovan Buha: The scouting report is out, teams will relentlessly target him and pick-and-roll actions because of that. They've also scouted his drives and forcing him left. because of that. I just think like he's really got to have an elite skill out there to warrant playing him more and he just doesn't have that right now. So, to be honest, I am skeptical that he's going to rehab his value.
