ESPN accidentally showed Tidjane Salaün while introducing Dalton Knecht during 2024 NBA Draft
Wednesday night’s first round of the 2024 NBA Draft brought Tennessee star Dalton Knecht to the start of his professional career.
However, the ESPN broadcast of the evening’s festivities didn’t seem to know who Knecht was as they tried to showcase him before the picks began coming off the board.
Once the lower third for Knecht’s name appeared on the broadcast, French prospect Tidjane Salaün came up instead in a very confusing mix up.
We’re not entirely sure at what happened for the broadcast to confuse Knecht for Salaün, but it certainly kept viewers on alert to point out the mistake for themselves.
They don’t look alike at all, so we’re very unsure how this happened.
We can't place it, but something looks different about Dalton Knecht.
(H/T @ContextFreeCBB) pic.twitter.com/wutKujpWp9
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) June 27, 2024
That ain’t the Dalton Knecht I know#NBADraft2024 #NBADraft #NBA pic.twitter.com/RbB2VKHprB
— RYAN (@ChaseTheLock) June 26, 2024
I hardly recognized Dalton Knecht pic.twitter.com/i7gxe8OHAL
— Dylan Holt (@DylanHolt_) June 27, 2024
The broadcast eventually got it right, but what a strange mistake regardless.
Which one is the real Dalton Knecht?
(It's the guy on the right. Tidjane Salaun is the one on the left.) pic.twitter.com/JMARvoTXcJ
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) June 27, 2024