Los Angeles Lakers head coach, JJ Redick, addressed the reason behind rookie Dalton Knecht’s exclusion from the roster for Monday’s game against the Utah Jazz. The Los Angeles Lakers had recently been involved in a trade that would have sent Mark Williams to Los Angeles while Dalton Knecht and Cam Reddish would head to the Charlotte Hornets.

Rookie guard Dalton Knecht is back on the Los Angeles Lakers after the trade that briefly sent him to the Charlotte Hornets was rescinded. After the team's loss to the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night, Knecht spoke to reporters for the first time since the whirlwind week started and said that the entire experience was a "crazy time" and "felt like a movie.