NBA Rumors: Los Angeles Lakers Expected to Shop Young Shooter This Summer
Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The Los Angeles Lakers will have some big decisions to make this offseason regarding a potential future with LeBron James and a looming Austin Reaves free agency. However, the circulating NBA rumors right now center around another deal the team reportedly wants to make. According to Jovan Buha , the Lakers are “going to be shopping” guard Dalton Knecht throughout the summer.
While it’s unclear how much interest there’ll be in the former first-round pick, Los Angeles will scour around the league for potential options. Dalton Knecht stats (2025-26): 4. 0 PPG, 1.
4 RPG, 0. 6 3PM per game, 30. 4% 3PT Knecht, who will be 25 years old later this month, has played just 515 total minutes across 50 games during the regular season.
He made his lone start on Nov. 3 against the Portland Trail Blazers, recording 8 points with 4 rebounds in 23 minutes of action. He’s only played 20-plus minutes five times this season and the last time it happened came on Nov.
15. He hasn’t been part of the Lakers rotation in more than a month. He played 16 minutes on Feb.