Yahoo Sports Lakers not interested in trading Rui Hachimura, Dalton Knecht
Competing executives have also told B/R that the Lakers (at least to date) have shown no interest in discussing trades that include Rui Hachimura or Dalton Knecht (or, obviously, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Austin Reaves, Bronny James, etc.). The two recently acquired players (Finney Smith and Milton) cannot be aggregated in trade before the February 6 deadline—taking Milton out of the equation.
Source: Bleacher Report
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An 8-0 Rockets run to start the 4th Q against LA's group of Christie, Knecht, Finney-Smith, Hachimura and LeBron pushed Houston's lead right back to 10. - 8:57 PM
Halftime: Rockets 67, Lakers 49. LAL cut Houston’s lead from 22 (54-32) to 13 (57-44), but back-to-back 3s from Brooks and VanVleet helped the Rockets take a more significant lead going into the second half. Austin Reaves: 12p/6a. Rui Hachimura: 10p. Anthony Davis: 8p/4r/3b/2a. - 8:11 PM
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Dan Woike: Redick said the Lakers didn’t execute 4 ATOs including the last one. Said decision to go to DFS early in 3rd was just ti get Rui a mental break and thought he responded. Said Jaxson benching wasn’t to simply try to create cross-matches. -via x.com / January 5, 2025
Dave McMenamin: The Lakers lose in Houston, 119-115. AD 30p 13r 5b 2a; LeBron 21p 13r 9a; Reaves 21p 10a; Christie 14p 6r 2a; DFS 13p 2r 2a 2s; Rui 13p. LAL heads to Dallas next to play the Mavs on Tuesday. LAL's now lost four straight in HOU. -via Twitter @mcten / January 5, 2025
How does L.A. fix what still ails it? This deal removes the largest expiring contract the Lakers could use in any future trade. Anything they do now would have to rely on aggregating multiple contracts that go beyond this season and, most likely, would carry negative value to receiving teams: Gabe Vincent, Rui Hachimura and Jarred Vanderbilt. Those three and Jalen Hood-Schifino’s expiring $3.9 million deal can combine to make $43.6 million in outbound salary and could take back roughly the same amount while keeping L.A. under the collective bargaining agreement’s second apron (remember, the Lakers would have to backfill empty roster spots in a four-for-one or three-for-one trade). That amount is enough to match the salaries of most of the star players they’d be considering. Zach LaVine, for instance, makes $43 million; Anfernee Simons makes $25.9 million; LaMelo Ball (sure, let’s go there) makes $35.1 million; and De’Aaron Fox (what the heck, let’s go there, too) makes $34.5 million. -via New York Times / December 30, 2024
Dave McMenamin: Dalton Knecht, 23, on what he's learned about LeBron James, who turns 40 next week: "How much he loves to play Madden. He always talks about [it]...I didn’t really know it was that much. He watches it on the plane and stuff. He watches film just like it’s basketball. It’s crazy." -via Twitter @mcten / December 27, 2024
NBA Communications: Other nominees ... West: Stephon Castle (SAS), Donovan Clingan (POR), Ryan Dunn (PHX), Zach Edey (MEM) and Dalton Knecht (LAL). East: Bub Carrington and Alex Sarr (WAS), and Zaccharie Risacher (ATL). -via Twitter / December 3, 2024
BACK IN MARCH, Pelinka attended the SEC tournament in Nashville and linked up with an old friend, Steven Curtis Chapman, for a bourbon. It was there that the Grammy-winning recording artist offered some advice on where the GM should aim his scouting efforts. "'There's a kid that plays on Tennessee,'" Pelinka remembered Chapman saying. "And I was like, 'Yeah, Dalton. There's no way. He's a top-five pick. I am not going to spend all my time there.' He was like, 'No, my wife has a feeling. Like, he's going to be a Laker.'" -via ESPN / December 2, 2024
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