{"id":700169,"date":"2026-04-05T20:29:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/700169\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:29:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:29:24","slug":"los-angeles-lakers-expected-to-shop-young-shooter-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/700169\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers Expected to Shop Young Shooter This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/los-angeles-lakers\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"157\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ttrWZHj6s6U&amp;t=2329s\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Jovan Buha<\/a>, the Lakers are \u201cgoing to be shopping\u201d guard Dalton Knecht throughout the summer. While it\u2019s unclear how much interest there\u2019ll be in the former first-round pick, Los Angeles will scour around the league for potential options.<\/p>\n<p>Dalton Knecht stats (2025-26): 4.0 PPG, 1.4 RPG, 0.6 3PM per game, 30.4% 3PT<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s only played 20-plus minutes five times this season and the last time it happened came on Nov. 15.<\/p>\n<p>He hasn\u2019t been part of the Lakers rotation in more than a month. He played 16 minutes on Feb. 10 against the San Antonio Spurs, a 136-108 loss. Even including that action, Knecht has averaged just 4.5 minutes played per game in 16 appearances since Jan. 15.<\/p>\n<p>Dalton Knecht contract (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/91749\/dalton-knecht\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Spotrac<\/a>): $4.201 million cap hit (2026-27), $6.452 million club option for 2027-28 season, RFA in 2028<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a steep decline for the 17th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. Knecht showed flashes of promise as a rookie, averaging 1.6 three-pointers made per game while shooting 37.6 percent from beyond the arc and averaging 9.1 PPG. It\u2019s worth noting, however, that a majority of that production came in his first 19 games, when he shot 43.9 percent from the perimeter and averaged 2.5 three-pointers made and 12.2 PPG.<\/p>\n<p>Knecht\u2019s brought limited value as a perimeter scorer since then, and the 6-foot-6 forward is also widely viewed as one of the worst defenders in the NBA. Given how expendable he\u2019s proven to be for the Lakers, it\u2019s hard to see him having much trade value this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5578.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tMatt  Johnson  is  Senior  Editor  of  NFL  and  College  Football  for  Sportsnaut.  His  work,  including  weekly  NFL  and  college  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/wisconsinboymakesgoodincali\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers will have some big decisions to make this offseason regarding a potential future with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,4034,1698,300,4044,251,150,4033,4043,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-700169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-lakers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-lakers","11":"tag-lakers","12":"tag-lalakers","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangeleslakers","17":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116353996009329513","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}