Report: Lakers Eye 3 New Targets to Pair With Luka Doncic After Kuminga Rejects

Best Moves Remaining for Lakers After Jonathan Kuminga Debacle

The Los Angeles Lakers’ two-month pursuit of Jonathan Kuminga turned them into a laughing stock when the 23-year-old athletic forward opted to sign a two-year, $12.4 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Despite Los Angeles offering a higher long-term salary through potential sign-and-trade frameworks, Kuminga chose the financial flexibility of a player option in year […] The post Best Moves Remaining for Lakers After Jonathan Kuming…

What’s next for Lakers after whiffing on Jonathan Kuminga?

Jonathan Kuminga chose to sign with the Timberwolves in free agency for less money than the Lakers were offering. How should the Lakers pivot?

Report: Lakers Eye 3 New Targets to Pair With Luka Doncic After Kuminga Rejects

The exhausting Jonathan Kuminga saga is over. He is, after all, not signing with the Los Angeles Lakers, who reportedly pursued the free agent forward aggressively at the start of free agency.Kuminga, 23, was the subject of rampant speculation since the end of June, when the Atlanta Hawks, who traded for Kuminga ahead of the […] The post Report: Lakers Eye 3 New Targets to Pair With Luka Doncic After Kuminga Rejects appeared first on HEAVY.

Lakers face questions after losing Jonathan Kuminga

The Lakers will enter training camp without Jonathan Kuminga after spending much of the summer trying to bring the young forward to Los Angeles. Kuminga ultimately accepted a two-year, $12.4 million contract with Minnesota, despite the Lakers being prepared to offer considerably more money through a potential sign-and-trade. Los Angeles envisioned Kuminga as part of […] The post Lakers face questions after losing Jonathan Kuminga appeared first …

Why weren't Lakers able to land Jonathan Kuminga?

For weeks it has been reported that free agent forward Jonathan Kuminga was deciding between the Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves. Kuminga has now made that decision, choosing to join the Timberwolves on a two-year, $13 million contract with a player option in the second year. It was believed that the Lakers were the favorites to land Kuminga and had they had been recruiting him since the start of free agency. But he ultimately chos…