“Unbelievable. He can shoot the skin off the ball.”

That’s how Devin Booker — one of the best shooters in today’s game — described Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht after he went off for seven straight points in the final 1:23 of Thursday night’s game against the Suns, forcing overtime and then scored the next. 13 in the extra frame – making it a total of 20 in a row – to give Los Angeles the win. Knecht finished with 35 points and eight made 3s.

While this outing should come at a preseason discount, the fact that Knecht did it – and has averaged 18 points per game, a 36% mark from 3 in the preseason – should earn him a spot on the Lakers rotation to start the season.

The Lakers drafted Knecht No. 17 out of Tennessee because he was arguably the best shooter in the draft and Los Angeles would need more shooting in JJ Redick’s system, where he wants them to get more 3s. Throughout the preseason, Redick has said that Knecht is already in the top 1% of shooters in the league.

We’ll see where Knecht fits in the Lakers’ rotation starting next Tuesday night, when they open the season against the Minnesota Timberwolves (a team with its own interesting rotation questions this season).