The Lakers No. 17th show was crushed by Brownie, and their value was lost. That s all for 6 o clock training?

When the Lakers ended with a total defeat in the summer league, the team's management was most disappointed not the record, but the cliff-like decline of the No. 17 pick Knector in 2024.

This shooter, who was once highly anticipated, averaged only 11.7 points per game in the 6 summer United games, shot 32.1% from the field and 23.7% from the three points. The three data plummeted compared to last year's Summer United, and was even crushed by No. 55 Brownie in all aspects.

Kneckett's performance this summer United is a disaster:

averaging 11.7 points and 4.8 rebounds (18 points and 4.8 rebounds last year)

shooting percentage is 32.1% (36.7% last year)

three-point shooting percentage is 23.7% (34.2% last year)

What's more embarrassing is that Brownie, the No. 55 pick in the same class, averaged 14.3 points and 3.8 assists in four summer United games, with a shooting percentage of 47.6%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 30%. He beat the senior with a high overall finish on both offense and defense. You should know that in the summer of last year, Brownie averaged only 7 points per game, shooting percentage of 32.7%, and now he has completed a gorgeous counterattack.

Knector's downturn directly destroyed his own transaction value. As an important rotation of the Lakers last season, he scored 128 three-pointers in 78 regular season games (87th in the league), and the transaction value was evaluated as "a first-round pick".

But after this summer, according to Lakers reporter Anthony F. Irwin, the league generally believes that he only has "a second-round pick value". This means that the Lakers' previous attempt to trade Ma Wei (the physical examination failed) and quote Wiggins (the Heat refused) has now completely lost its feasibility.

Now with the collapse of Xia Lian's performance, Kneckett has completely become a negative asset. A scout of an Eastern Conference team said bluntly: "He is like Chifino last year. The Lakers want to sell it but no one takes over. "

Kneckett was born in April 2001, three years older than Brownie of the same class, and even one and a half years older than Kumingga in the 2021 class. In the NBA's draft logic, age is a fatal injury - a 23-year-old rookie is far less malleable than a 19-year-old player. Although Kneckett claimed that he "wake up at 6 o'clock every day to train", the improvement was minimal.

This is the second consecutive year that the Lakers' first-round pick has failed. The No. 17 pick in 2023, Xifino Xia United averaged 6 points per game, with a three-point shooting percentage of 22.2%, and is now on the verge of being cut; the No. 35 pick in 2022, Christie only received a minimum salary offer this summer after three years of training. The Lakers scouting department has been questioned again.

However, Kneckett is not without a chance of turning the tables. Last season, he contributed 9.1 points in the NBA and maintained his three-point shooting percentage at 37.6%, proving that he has rotational strength.

Summer League's downturn may be related to character positioning - as a core ball holder, he is more of a functional shooter in the NBA. If the Lakers can clarify their positioning, reduce their ball-holding scenes and focus on receiving and shooting, the shooter who has scored 128 three-pointers in a single season still has the possibility of recovery.

just don't have much time left for Kneckett. When Brownie of the same class won trust with progress and when the league's evaluation of him dropped from "first-round level" to "second-round level", the 24-year-old No. 17 pick needs to be proved by his performance next season: he is not another "Summer League abandoned son" of the Lakers.