Hard to say if Dalton is not a particular deep thinker or if he's just really nervous. (I am watching the introductory press conference. Note - I said the same thing about Brandon Ingram and his rookie interviews and folks told me oh he's just nervous etc. etc. and it turns out I was right lol)
Jonathan Givony of Draft Express said there was “some Wonderlic type (bleep) people were worried about”.
I saw a piece on his parents and they said he was academically ineligible coming out of high school so that’s part of the reason he went the JUCO route. So he probably is dumb, but nobody cares as long as he can play ball.
Hard to say if Dalton is not a particular deep thinker or if he's just really nervous. (I am watching the introductory press conference. Note - I said the same thing about Brandon Ingram and his rookie interviews and folks told me oh he's just nervous etc. etc. and it turns out I was right lol)
Jonathan Givony of Draft Express said there was “some Wonderlic type (bleep) people were worried about”.
I saw a piece on his parents and they said he was academically ineligible coming out of high school so that’s part of the reason he went the JUCO route. So he probably is dumb, but nobody cares as long as he can play ball.
That's not necessarily a sign he's dumb. People underachive academically for a lot of different reasons.
Ya'll need to stop overanalyzing a introverted kid doing big media interviews for the first time and focus on how amazing it is we have him. _________________ How NBA 2K18 failed the All-Time Lakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxMBYm3wwxk
Keep in mind **this** is who we would have missed on had we traded our pick the way some wanted us to.
Young Kuzma vibe, I like this pick _________________ “The main goal for the Lakers is to win a championship. All I care about, all we care about, is to raise another banner in the rafters.“
NBA Central: Dalton Knecht says Kevin Durant is the best NBA player of all time (🎥 @SLAMonline / h/t @ClutchPoints ) pic.twitter.com/oZcC7tINxI
He’s getting traded lol, didn’t AR clowned Bron too back in the days _________________ “The main goal for the Lakers is to win a championship. All I care about, all we care about, is to raise another banner in the rafters.“
NBA Central: Dalton Knecht says Kevin Durant is the best NBA player of all time (🎥 @SLAMonline / h/t @ClutchPoints ) pic.twitter.com/oZcC7tINxI
He’s getting traded lol, didn’t AR clowned Bron too back in the days
Reaves says Kobe is better than LeBron and his preferred player between them. _________________ How NBA 2K18 failed the All-Time Lakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxMBYm3wwxk
Wouldn't be surprised if he won it just based on being more NBA ready than anyone in the draft and his shooting should translate easily _________________ Previously CamReddish
I think you really have to factor him into this team's evaluation. The addition of Knecht and the subtraction of Cam and Prince should be an upgrade that results in more wins. _________________ It was reminiscent of one of those Most Interesting Man in the World advertisements: "I don't always shoot 6-for-28 from the field, but when I do, I become the youngest player in league history to score 28,000 career points."
Hard to say if Dalton is not a particular deep thinker or if he's just really nervous. (I am watching the introductory press conference. Note - I said the same thing about Brandon Ingram and his rookie interviews and folks told me oh he's just nervous etc. etc. and it turns out I was right lol)
Jonathan Givony of Draft Express said there was “some Wonderlic type (bleep) people were worried about”.
I saw a piece on his parents and they said he was academically ineligible coming out of high school so that’s part of the reason he went the JUCO route. So he probably is dumb, but nobody cares as long as he can play ball.
That's not necessarily a sign he's dumb. People underachive academically for a lot of different reasons.
Hope he does well but I fear the expectations are excessive considering defensive challenges and possibly a struggle to intellectualize the schemes for switching that could make it worse. It’s not hard to find 3pt shooters that do nothing else but still, the Lakers had to take him after falling so far down the draft. I’m just in a watch and see mode instead of giddy like most. I’ve seen him already predicted as a starter by some and for rookie of the year. Again, hope that’s right but it seems highly unrealistic to me. _________________ “When it looks as if it is a realistic possibility, I want to focus on winning a ship like it’s a goal that can’t be denied. I didn’t see that this off season.”
Hard to say if Dalton is not a particular deep thinker or if he's just really nervous. (I am watching the introductory press conference. Note - I said the same thing about Brandon Ingram and his rookie interviews and folks told me oh he's just nervous etc. etc. and it turns out I was right lol)
Jonathan Givony of Draft Express said there was “some Wonderlic type (bleep) people were worried about”.
I saw a piece on his parents and they said he was academically ineligible coming out of high school so that’s part of the reason he went the JUCO route. So he probably is dumb, but nobody cares as long as he can play ball.
That's not necessarily a sign he's dumb. People underachive academically for a lot of different reasons.
Hope he does well but I fear the expectations are excessive considering defensive challenges and possibly a struggle to intellectualize the schemes for switching that could make it worse. It’s not hard to find 3pt shooters that do nothing else but still, the Lakers had to take him after falling so far down the draft. I’m just in a watch and see mode instead of giddy like most. I’ve seen him already predicted as a starter by some and for rookie of the year. Again, hope that’s right but it seems highly unrealistic to me.
Dalton was a very clear cut ROY candidate. And fell to us at 17. That's something to be giddy about. _________________ How NBA 2K18 failed the All-Time Lakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxMBYm3wwxk
Hard to say if Dalton is not a particular deep thinker or if he's just really nervous. (I am watching the introductory press conference. Note - I said the same thing about Brandon Ingram and his rookie interviews and folks told me oh he's just nervous etc. etc. and it turns out I was right lol)
Jonathan Givony of Draft Express said there was “some Wonderlic type (bleep) people were worried about”.
I saw a piece on his parents and they said he was academically ineligible coming out of high school so that’s part of the reason he went the JUCO route. So he probably is dumb, but nobody cares as long as he can play ball.
That's not necessarily a sign he's dumb. People underachive academically for a lot of different reasons.
You’re right. In the same piece, his parents said he just never paid attention to his schoolwork because he was always playing ball. Worked out just fine for him.
Rough first SPL game today in the first three quarters. Not sure if they’ll play the starters in the 4th so might not be time for him to turn it around. Another game tomorrow, though, so hopefully he’ll do better.
Glad he played in the 4th and started attacking the basket successfully.
Getting confidence in that aspect of his game at this level is very important. He did it good in college but this is a different level. So him seeing that he can is a very good thing. He got more confident with it late and it was good to see. _________________ How NBA 2K18 failed the All-Time Lakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxMBYm3wwxk
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