Lakers-Hornets trade: Dalton Knecht to Charlotte for Mark Williams
Los Angeles was left with Jaxson Hayes as its starting center. Luka Doncic expressed a desire to play with a lob-threat big man, so early Thursday morning, the Lakers made a deal with the Hornets. They traded rookie Dalton Knecht, Cam Reddish, a 2031 first-round pick, and a 2030 pick swap to Charlotte for big man Mark Williams.
On Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Lakers and Charlotte Hornets continued the string of shocking trade deadline’s eve deals, ...
Knecht, who the Lakers drafted with the first pick in the 2024 draft, averages 9.5 points per game. He tied the rookie record with nine 3-pointers made in one game.
The Lakers traded Knecht to the Hornets on Wednesday as part of a deal that sent Mark Williams to the Lakers, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.
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