The Los Angeles Lakers are close to a week into the season and have started it off on the right foot.

Los Angeles sits at 3-0, but before their first regular-season game, the Lakers needed to trim their roster down from 16 to 15 players on standard contracts.

The Lakers had plenty of options to move on; however, the most obvious choice was to l et go of their former first-round pick, Dalton Knecht .

Lakers Rejected Bucks’ Trade Demand Before Waiving Dalton Knecht

Knecht has been viewed as the odd man out and ultimately was after the Lakers waived him. However, before the Lakers waived him, NBA insider Brett Siegel noted that they were unwilling to meet the Bucks' price for Knecht.

Siegel noted that the Lakers were unwilling to throw in two second-round picks alongside Knecht for center Jericho Sims.

"The Bucks had briefly talked through what Los Angeles would want but were unwilling to trade center Jericho Sims straight up for Knecht and wanted multiple second-round picks or a pick swap.…