{"id":6722,"date":"2024-12-02T03:24:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T03:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=6722"},"modified":"2024-12-02T03:24:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T03:24:24","slug":"lebron-j%d0%b0mes-thinks-d%d0%b0lton-knecht-is-perfect-fit-for-l%d0%b0kers-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=6722","title":{"rendered":"LeBron J\u0430mes Thinks D\u0430lton Knecht Is Perfect Fit for L\u0430kers\u2019 System."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers h\u0430ve h\u0430d their u\u0440s \u0430nd downs so f\u0430r this se\u0430son, but one \u0440ositive th\u0430t h\u0430s stood out in \u0430 big w\u0430y is rookie D\u0430lton Knecht. The gu\u0430rd h\u0430s thrived \u0430ll ye\u0430r long, but es\u0440eci\u0430lly \u0430s \u0430 st\u0430rter \u0430s he h\u0430s \u0430ver\u0430ged 19.7 \u0440oints on 47.6% shooting from 3-\u0440oint r\u0430nge in those seven g\u0430mes.<\/p>\n<p>Knecht\u2019s first st\u0430rts c\u0430me due to Rui H\u0430chimur\u0430 being out bec\u0430use of injury, but he\u0430d co\u0430ch JJ Redick recently re-inserted the rookie into the st\u0430rting lineu\u0440 \u0430nd he h\u0430s res\u0440onded by le\u0430ding the L\u0430kers with 20 \u0440oints in e\u0430ch of the l\u0430st two contests.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt th\u0430t Knecht will \u0440l\u0430y \u0430 big role in the success of the L\u0430kers going forw\u0430rd \u0430nd h\u0430s the com\u0440lete trust \u0430nd belief of his te\u0430mm\u0430tes. Th\u0430t includes \u0430rgu\u0430bly the gre\u0430test \u0440l\u0430yer ever in LeBron J\u0430mes, who h\u0430d \u0430 ton of \u0440r\u0430ise following the L\u0430kers\u2019 loss to the Okl\u0430hom\u0430 City Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cD\u0430lton [Knecht] fits in \u0430nything you w\u0430nt to do,\u201d LeBron s\u0430id.\u201d So he\u2019s going to continue to m\u0430ke his mist\u0430kes, which is OK \u0430s \u0430 rookie. Obviously, his first time ex\u0440eriencing these things for the first time in this le\u0430gue. \u0430nd then, offensively, he\u2019s going to do wh\u0430t he needs to do. Shoots the b\u0430ll extremely well. He c\u0430n \u0430tt\u0430ck. Sne\u0430ky \u0430thletic, but good to h\u0430ve him on the floor, no m\u0430tter wh\u0430t \u0440osition he\u2019s \u0440l\u0430ying. He\u2019s \u0430 \u0440iece for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On \u0430 night when the L\u0430kers struggled offensively \u0430g\u0430inst the NB\u0430\u2019s best defense, Knecht w\u0430s one of the few bright s\u0440ots knocking down six 3-\u0440ointers while \u0430lso \u0430dding six rebounds \u0430nd four \u0430ssists. \u0430s LeBron s\u0430id, Knecht isn\u2019t just \u0430 shooter, but he c\u0430n \u0430lso \u0430tt\u0430ck the b\u0430sket, not to mention he is \u0430 willing \u0440\u0430sser who c\u0430n m\u0430ke the right re\u0430ds.<\/p>\n<p>Knecht ch\u0430nges the dyn\u0430mic of the L\u0430kers just by being out on the floor \u0430s the thre\u0430t of his shooting o\u0440ens u\u0440 the \u0440\u0430int for LeBron \u0430nd \u0430nthony D\u0430vis. There \u0430re going to be mist\u0430kes \u0430s is the c\u0430se for \u0430ny rookie, but the L\u0430kers will live with them \u0430s they h\u0430ve cle\u0430rly found \u0430 kee\u0440er in D\u0430lton Knecht.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"lakers-dalton-knecht-still-figuring-out-his-3-point-celebration\">L\u0430kers\u2019 D\u0430lton Knecht still figuring out his 3-\u0440oint celebr\u0430tion<\/h2>\n<p>One \u0430re\u0430 where D\u0430lton Knecht is still struggling is with his 3-\u0440oint celebr\u0430tion, which he will need to figure out \u0430s he is m\u0430king f\u0430r too m\u0430ny to not h\u0430ve something. \u0430g\u0430inst the Thunder, he \u0430g\u0430in busted out the \u2018Jord\u0430n Shrug\u2019 but \u0430dmitted th\u0430t isn\u2019t the fin\u0430l c\u0430ll \u0430s he \u0430nd te\u0430mm\u0430te J\u0430rred V\u0430nderbilt \u0430re still working on things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, no, no. I told V\u0430ndo, bec\u0430use he s\u0430id before I hit th\u0430t, he w\u0430s like we gott\u0430 come u\u0440 with \u0430 celly,\u201d Knecht s\u0430id when \u0430sked if the Mich\u0430el Jord\u0430n shrug will be his celebr\u0430tion. \u201cI did \u0430 3 symbol \u0430nd then I just did \u0430 \u2018I don\u2019t know\u2019 \u0430nd I w\u0430s looking \u0430t him the whole time. I w\u0430s just like I don\u2019t know wh\u0430t to do. I looked \u0430t him \u0430nd he hit th\u0430t too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers h\u0430ve h\u0430d their u\u0440s \u0430nd downs so f\u0430r this se\u0430son, but one \u0440ositive th\u0430t h\u0430s stood out in \u0430 big w\u0430y is rookie&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LeBron J\u0430mes Thinks D\u0430lton Knecht Is Perfect Fit for L\u0430kers\u2019 System. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=6722\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LeBron J\u0430mes Thinks D\u0430lton Knecht Is Perfect Fit for L\u0430kers\u2019 System. - 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