Dalton Knecht Discussion: The Struggle Is Real

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  1. abeer3

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    hoop iq is real. and underrated. knecht is improving, though.
     
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    How dare you insult my boy, simple Knecht
     
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    My boy exploding for 30pts
     
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    it's easy to forget how talented he is. that throw down was wild, as was pulling up off the dribble from 35ft. we just can't afford to play a minus defender next to luka and reaves. knecht could make us look bad once he's on another team, in a situation that allows him to play his game a bit more.
     
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    If he could only play D…
     
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    i feel like his defense has improved a bit over time (stats support this and suggest he's actually not as terrible as we think). we just can't play him with lebron/reaves/luka or really any two of those three. just a bad fit. put him on athletic team that needs a shooter, and he might blow up.

    well, he needs to translate his shot into game situations. but i think that would just take consistent minutes and reps we don't have to offer.
     
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    He will make at least 5 3's today
    Gabe is injured and JJ didn't like to play Nick Smith
     
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    Agreed. We currently have too many poor defenders, but if LeBron is gone next year and we add two solid defensive wings, there could be a spot for Dalton to gain more minutes.
     
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    eh, not over the two new wings, though, right? our best players play 2/3/4 on defense. if we add two more 2/3s even after losing lebron, it's still a numbers game.

    he'd be a good fit in bkn in the role they have mpj playing--he's got great athletes at the 4/5 spots behind him. he could also play knueppel's role in charlotte, imo. we just don't have the spot for him.
     
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    I like the kid, but at this point he needs to be traded for his own sake, to a bad team, so he can flourish into the player we know he can be.
     
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    Knecht and Nick for Sochan. Good luck kid...
     
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    This is one of the problem in evaluating him: he isn't a kid. He's 24 so a whopping 4 years older then the player he should be playing like Knippel. I think he's more physically gifted than him too.
     
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    Where is Sochan? Don’t like Spurs players, with a few exceptions, they don’t do well on other teams, pretty much like Miami
     
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    Burried on the bench with zero confidence. Kid is tough though, we could use someone like him.
     
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    I was thinking about something similar recently. Jeremy is buried on the bench for some reason but he's tough, a good defrnder and has an attitude I think this team could really use. Not sure about his offense, but if we could grab him for Nick and Dalton, I'm all for it.
     
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    Ugh I looked Sochan up, we don’t need another deadman, he is always injured like Gabe
     
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    45 points game is coming.
    Without Rui and Gabe it's either him or Bronny to the rescue
     

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