After embarrassingly losing their first NBA Cup game to the Phoenix Suns in a blowout, the Lakers made the necessary adjustment of inserting rookie Dalton Knecht for Cam Reddish in the starting lineup the following match versus the San Antonio Spurs.
I still feel the playbook opens up and sings so much more when Dalton Knecht is on the floor vs. off. For example, the Lakers ran stack action about four times (per my count) for Dalton in the second half alone.
The early returns from this starting unit are already better than the previous one and the one prior. But now, the question is whether this is finally the starting lineup that JJ Redick will ride with moving forward.
It's better to experiment and get answers now than later. The best part is that L.A. is currently doing this while they're sitting on the fifth seed of the Western Conference, a better spot compared to this time last year.
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