The Los Angeles Lakers selected guard Dalton Knecht out of Tennessee with the 17th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft and he is expected to make a huge impact in the league. However, he caused a stir on social media as he chose Kevin Durant over LeBron James in the discussion of the best player in history.
In a dynamic with Slam Online, in which he answered random questions quickly, he did not hesitate for a second to choose Durant over his new teammate, LeBron James.
Knecht won the 2023-24 SEC Player of the Year award, helping Tennessee to its first conference regular-season title since 2018 and propelling his club to just its second Elite Eight in school history.
Dalton Knecht says Kevin Durant is the best NBA player of all time
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His game is similar to Durant’s in terms of his height and his ability to shoot from mid- and long-range. He is a shooter and his characteristics are more similar to Durant’s than to James’s.
According to Synergy Sports, Knecht is elite in catch-and-shoot situations, hitting 46.6% of his unguarded attempts and 40.3% of his 3-pointers when guarded. The Lakers also drafted LeBron’s son Bronny James with the 55th pick in the draft.
2024-07-04 19:49:10
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