i do. okc didn't have much success trying to pick on him from what i saw. now, outside of williams and sga, they really don't have other guys who can create their own shot, which helps us against them. still, though, don't remember him looking way out of place or getting torched.
I like Thybulle too, I mentioned him before, but the problem with him is he is also out for a while. Listed out 3-6 more weeks 4 days ago last I checked. So he might be in a similar situation as Vando, though maybe his injury isn't as bad, but idk. If not for the injury, Thybulle would be ideal. Better defender and shooter than Vando too.
He will not charm you with his sociability or knowledge of the three languages ». One of the reasons for the fall of Dalton Knecht on the draft is his interview Lol why he should speak three languages .He isn't applying for NBC commentator position former coach, Gregg Polinsky, also received many similar questions. The specialist believes that the reason was age (23 years) and interviews. «I respect my colleagues (scouts), 50% of hits – is a great result. Work on the draft is damn complicated. Dalton fully focused on basketball. He will not charm you with his sociability or knowledge of the three languages. He doesn't give a damn about all this. He's just a basketball player », – said Polinsky. I think the teams asked him something like, does he like to read? And he said no. What does this have to do with basketball? He simply always remains himself and answers honestly. He is like that. Some people who met him believe that he talks little. But those who know him are aware that he is a very humorous guy. 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.'" Pelinka shrugged it off. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...-lakers-three-year-search-laser-dalton-knecht
as i said above, he does come off as kinda dumb...but regular iq and hoop iq are not the same thing (have you heard magic and jason kidd talk about anything that's not hoops?). this wouldn't be anything i would look at in draft interviews. i'm also guessing that knecht gives stock answers to all questions ("just work hard", "love to hoop", "do what my team needs", "100% confident", etc.). problem is that modern draftees are all coached to say that stuff, but it's possible that dalton actually means it and truly has nothing else to say. hahaha yessss... poor jhs, he doesn't deserve this. as the scout in the article said, you bat .500, you're awesome at this.
Got to love this article coming out the morning after Knecht's worst game as a starter lol. Not having two playmakers in Reaves and Dlo for him to play off really impacted him I suspect. Travails of a rookie - still think he's got a real shot at ROY. Since the beginning despite his poor IQ, his basketball IQ looks solid and the fundamentals to be a legit 3 level scorer not just a shooter was there. Game will slow down for him I suspect and he'll be able to create for himself more going forward slowly but surely
These guys put a ball through a hoop as many times as possible for 2 1/2 hours… Whether or not you Iike to read probably shouldn’t be relevant. CAN he read? Yes. Ok, good enough. He sure can put a ball though a hoop though. Pretentious front offices outthinking themselves as usual.
i think this happens a lot. and again that scout is right--this is hard to do. so many variables to sift through, and pretty poor measurement of many of them. in my line of work, i can totally sympathize. that said, focusing on stuff like the joy of reading here is just zagging when it makes little sense to do so. i have noticed over time that the first round picks are getting more and more eloquent and refined. and i get that it's related to other good habits (work ethic, avoidance of dangerous behavior, etc.), but you can go overboard. yes, avoid lance stephensons, but don't assume that the linear relationship holds across all values of the variable (in this case "demonstrable intelligence"). this is probably a situation where a minimum threshold exists, and after that, gains are useless.
He hit the rookie wall early. He's passing up shots, really not feeling it. Maybe he needs to come from the bench again. I would try Gabe at his spot. Bron needs to play the bench minutes with DLo and Knecht. Needs help orchestrating and scoring. His bench minutes have been bad. Then you can have Koloko and one of Reddish/Max/Rui for defense depending on the matchup and form.
Those things matter for sure, work ethic, avoidance of dangerous situations, teams should do their due diligence. In some cases though, as you said, seems to make little sense to go too far with that stuff. From everything I remember hearing, Dalton is a gym rat, so if he doesn’t like to read it’s probably largely because he’d rather be playing basketball. In this ONE case, where that is the literal profession you’re interviewing the person for, I think it’s ok to let that slide. Even now Knecht isn’t a sure thing, he has a ways to go to get better of course, but there were not like 8 guys better than him in this draft, sliding as far as he did was silly.
He's missing AR - with Bron struggling he's the only real playmaker the Lakers have. Knecht feed off of that as he's mostly an off ball guy right tnow
Rook's do what Rook's do. Be inconsistent, it takes time to learn the NBA game, and be effective and productive, every night out.
Gabe has more points than Dalton in the last 2 games with less minutes. Gabe is getting 11mil a year. The other guy in that range is out eternally. We need to find ways for him to be an asset for us. Our offense is dreadful right now. We are 26th in the last 5 or 6 games. And we are an offensive team, it's supposed to be our best area of the game because we are not good defensively or rebounding. Maybe having Gabe in the lineup, his lack of offense production is offset by our top4 firepower in the lineup. Then you have Dalton coming with DLo to just attack and score. He needs to get a shot every 2 minutes minimum
He’s had a couple of rough games. Not concerned at all. DK has plenty of money in the bank with me at this point.
