A new Hollywood star is born for the Lakers.

Dalton Knecht torched the Jazz for 37 points Tuesday night, tying a rookie record with nine 3-pointers in the Lakers’ 124-118 win over the Jazz.

LeBron James took a victory lap to celebrate the victory as Knecht bizarrely fell to Los Angeles with the 17th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.

“They didn’t find DK – the other 16 teams made a mistake,” James told reporters after the match with a big smile on his face. ‘Has anyone looked at him? They’re just lost.’

Knecht scored 21 points in the third quarter, including 18 straight Laker points, as James celebrated on the sideline.

While it was Bronny James’ second-round selection that attracted the most attention, it is Knecht who has made the impact on the field.

Knecht, who averages 11 points per game and shoots 46 percent from 3, falling so far down was a surprise on draft night, as the Tennessee product was rated No. 7 on the NBA Draft big board.

The rookie’s emergence has allowed first-year coach JJ Redick to move D’Angelo Russell to the bench in favor of a lineup featuring Knecht, James, Anthony Davis, Austin Reaves and a mix of Cam Reddish and Rui Hachimura.

The breaking point with Russell came on November 6 in a 131–114 loss to the Grizzlies after a series of troubling plays on both ends of the floor, which led to Redick slamming his chair into the sideline and calling a timeout.

Russell was removed from the starting lineup, where he played slightly better running the second unit.

“Sometimes he was very good in his level of competition and attention to detail, other times he just fell back into certain habits,” Redick said after the game.

The Lakers were tied at 4-4 after Redick’s sideline outburst, but have since won six straight games.

The Lakers face the Magic on Thursday before a Saturday night game against the Nuggets, who eliminated Los Angeles from the playoffs last season.