Trade Radar · confirmed · Monday, October 19 · 2 d ago
Lakers Waiving Dalton Knecht
The Lakers, who entered the day with 16 players on standard guaranteed contracts, are waiving former first-round pick Dalton Knecht in order to set their 15-man roster for the regular season, reports Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). The 17th overall pick in the 2024 draft, Knecht got off to a promising start as a […]
Confidence
55%
| Reporter accuracy | 58 | 7 confirmed · 0 denied · 5 expired |
| Corroboration | +0 | nobody else has reported this yet |
| Age | −2 | 2 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25 |
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Who it involves
Dalton Knecht
free agent · F · 4.2 pts · 1.4 reb · 0.4 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $4.20M · next season $6.45M
Los Angeles Lakers
$201.3M · in the tax · 16 contracts · cap sheet
What would have to happen
Build it in the Trade Machine →Dalton Knecht → Lakers
Send out at least $1.98M
The Lakers are in the tax, so to take on $4.20M they need to send out $1.98M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.
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