While the Lakers lucked out by getting to draft Dalton Knecht, Knecht has also lucked out by getting to play for them.

The Los Angeles Lakers appear to have benefitted from other team's biases towards older NBA Draft prospects. The Lakers were able to snag Dalton Knecht

Dalton Knecht was once ignored by NBA teams with draft picks ahead of the Lakers. Now he's a hot-shooting rookie who has earned the NBA's attention.

Los Angeles Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht is yet another example of the most commonly flawed NBA Draft approach is costing team talent.

LeBron James called out the 16 teams that passed on Dalton Knecht in the 2024 NBA Draft after the Los Angeles Lakers guard lit up the Utah Jazz for 37 points, fueled by a rookie record-tying nine 3-pointers.

Instead, according to LeBron, the other 16 teams that did not pick him in the 2024 NBA Draft “ [expletive] it up” and he then wondered if any of the talent evaluators and decision makers watched him play.

Lakers’s rookie wing Dalton Knecht spoke about his versatile offensive game when teams try to take away his three-point shot.

Dalton Knecht was the biggest steal of the 2024 NBA Draft, and the Los Angeles Lakers are indeed making out like bandits. In his fourth career start, the guard dropped 37 points on 12-of-16 shooting (9-of-12 from deep) with five rebounds and zero turnovers Tuesday in a 124-118 win over the Utah Jazz.

The Los Angeles Lakers have had a rough last couple of home games, first dropping a heartbreaker to the Orlando Magic courtesy of a Franz Wagner game winner and then getting blown out by the Denver Nuggets on Saturday evening despite having the rest advantage.