The Lakers and the never-ending saga of big men. Rob Pelinka has been juggling with three big men over the last few days. Firstly, he brought in Hornets’ Mark Williams to replace AD’s vacancy with the heavy price of a promising rookie, Dalton Knecht. Within 2 days the LA side rescinded the trade after a physical examination. Now that Knecht has returned, reportedly sullen, the Lakers have another glaring issue as Adam Silver is all set to step into the issue.

Not to forget, Pelinka brought in another 7-foot big man, Alex Len, in the meantime via the buyout market. In short, we are in for an exciting drama in the coming days. Anyway, let’s get to the bottom of it. The Charlotte Hornets weren’t happy with the Lakers’ decision to rescind the trade and send back Williams, citing his physical examination.

So, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, the Buzz City “plan or they are in the process of petitioning the NBA to kind of have a ruling on this trade and they’re going to try to reverse it once again uh because they’re not satisfied with the Lakers explanation of Mark Williams failing the physical.” Then what? How will the league, Adam Silver deal with this issue? McMenamin says, a “mock trial”. 

Much like the real court of law, the veteran analyst cited a similar occurrence in the past to predict the outcome. So, Mark Williams and Dalton Knecht swap sides once again? Let’s find out. “Back in the late 80s the Portland Trailblazers and the Cleveland Cavaliers had a similar situation,” said the 42-year-old and highlighted that the former NBA Commissioner David Stern had the hammer in his hand.

In that story, the Blazers were apparently “unsatisfied” with the player they received and rescinded the trade. Stern, with the authority to fix the issue, reportedly ruled the case in favor of the Blazers, saying, “Who are we to say as a league to go against what their doctor’s recommendation?” Citing this, McMenamin expected Adam Silver to rule this trail in the Lakers’ favor. What do you think? Will Dalton Knecht be happy with this?

Amid the Mark Williams trade drama, did the Lakers hurt Dalton Knecht?

A month into Dalton Knecht’s Lakers debut, this is what LeBron James had to say about the rookie. “I thought it would be impossible. I have no idea how that happened but very grateful and very happy that he’s here,” said the superstar, speaking of the team picking the ace shooter in the 17th pick. It’s indeed a promising thing to hear from one of the greatest basketball players on the planet.

Amid this situation, Rob Pelinka traded him to the Hornets without any heads-up. It would rattle any one and that’s what seemed to have happened with the 23-year-old. Two days after being traded to the Hornets, the LA side once again made his return to the franchise. Was he happy with the reunion? It doesn’t seem like it.

Dave McMenamin said, “Dalton Knecht was back on the Lakers bench yesterday (Luka Doncic’s debut game), he didn’t look too pleased about it.” Moreover, the ESPN analyst also reached out to Knecht’s agent and they refused to drop any comments on the ongoing issue. So, what does it leave us with? A disappointed rookie? Will he move out on his own? What do you think of the whole issue? Let us know in the comments.