Everyone thinks they have time with an up-and-coming player—until that times runs out.
As Dalton Knecht prepares for his second NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers must be willing to learn from a cautionary tale: Jonathan Kuminga and the Golden State Warriors. Kuminga is currently embroiled in one of the most infamous periods in restricted free agency history, with his future undecided with October just over the horizon.
Knecht still has three seasons left on his contract, but if the Lakers don't learn from where the Warriors went wrong, they could one day find themselves in a similar predicament.