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Khobi Price: Jarred Vanderbilt has been upgraded to available for tonight at Dallas. Kobe Bufkin, Dalton Knecht and Adou Thiero have also all been recalled from the South Bay Lakers over the last couple of days.
Jovan Buha: The Lakers have some big decisions to make. They are going to be shopping Dalton Knecht again this summer and trying to get off that. Kobe Bufkin has a team option that they have to decide on. Bronny James has a non-guaranteed contract that they have to decide on. So it's a big opportunity for those guys to show something. And I think Bronny has been shown something lately. But it is different if he's vaulted into a certain role where there are like real expectations or if he's playing in the playoffs like it's just a different different beast and we'll see how he fares if he ends up getting one of those rotation spots.
Law Murray: The Lakers report that Marcus Smart (ankle contusion) remains out when they visit Oklahoma City The first Luka/LeBron/AR vs SGA/Chet/Dub of the season. Kobe Bufkin, Dalton Knecht, and Adou Thiero (but NOT Bronny James) are with the #1 seed South Bay Lakers
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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
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Dalton Knecht has been viewed around the league as widely available since the Lakers included him in the ultimately rescinded Williams last trade.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.
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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
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.
