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Dalton Knecht to the Knicks on a two-way: three spots, one to clear, the table waits

The New York Knicks have agreed a two-way deal with Dalton Knecht, waived a few days earlier by the Los Angeles Lakers, according to his agents quoted by ESPN’s Shams Charania. To finalise it, New York must clear one of its three two-way spots.

Martine at the scorer's table, pen over a scoresheet with all twelve lines filled, a basketball resting on the table.

Dalton Knecht has accepted a two-way contract with the Knicks. The Lakers waived him a few days before. The news comes from his agents, via ESPN’s Shams Charania.

There’s one detail. The Knicks have three two-way spots, all taken. They have to clear one to finalise. A deal announced before the box is free. At our place, nobody goes on the sheet until the line is empty. Twelve lines. Not thirteen. The clock doesn’t argue. Neither do I.

I looked at his numbers, because that’s what I look at. Picked seventeenth in the 2024 draft. Seventy-eight games in the first season. Fifty-four in the second, at ten minutes a game. Those are minutes. They’re on a sheet somewhere, signed by two captains. After that, nobody goes back over them.

Cleveland, Sacramento and Minnesota had also shown interest, according to Charania. I don’t note interest. I note what’s signed.

And who tells the one going out, Martine?

Chantal · the club president, fictional character

That’s not the table’s job. For now, on my sheet: contract announced, spot not cleared, ball at the table.

It’s true, we checked: Eurohoops.

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The other angle in French

The editor-in-chief chose this one: « Martine tient la seule dépêche drôle et propre : le rire porte sur la case non libérée et sur la feuille, pas sur Knecht. Les autres trébuchent sur le joueur (D), sur un fait gonflé (C) ou sur l'empilement d'images (A). »

ChantalThe Club President

Dalton Knecht signe un two-way aux Knicks : Chantal cherche la place qui se libère

Dalton Knecht, 25 ans, a accepté un contrat two-way avec les New York Knicks, quelques jours après avoir été libéré par les Los Angeles Lakers. Ses agents d'Excel Sports Management l'ont annoncé à Shams Charania d'ESPN ; les Knicks doivent encore libérer une de leurs trois places two-way pour finaliser.

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The editor-in-chief’s comment Le bénévole two-way buvette-chrono est une belle trouvaille, mais Chantal empile trois images (friterie, minibus, bénévole) au lieu d'une seule, et la consolation adressée à celui qui sortira frôle le départ subi.

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