Brian Windhorst: There's still a window there for the Lakers to do a Jonathan Kuminga sign-and-trade deal using Jaden Hardy. But my thing on the whole Jonathan Kuminga sign and trade thing is that for the Hawks to do a sign and trade, they're going to probably end up in the tax unless you can ship someone to a third team who has to be paid. And I've just been very doubtful that unless the Hawks are in love with the situation that they're going to end up, signing and trading Kuminga. The other thing with Kuminga is a sign and trade has to be three years. Doesn't have to be fully guaranteed, but it can't be player options. It'll be team options. And so, if Kuminga can't get a contract number that he likes in the first year, even if it's more money, this is one thing that Lakers fans, you know, the Lakers fans have been sort of putting Kuminga on their team in their head. And look, maybe it does get done, but Kuminga, he wouldn't control his contract. That first year salary, even if it's higher, would be less than he thinks his value is, right or wrong.
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Shams Charania: . — 8/14/2026This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype:While sources say the Schröder deal is not specifically a prelude to another imminent move — either for Jonathan Kuminga or Peyton Watson, both of whom the Cavs remain interested in — . — 8/14/2026
APHoops: The per @JakeLFischer. “I would expect Harden to be paid handsomely.” — 8/11/2026
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It has reached the second month of what has become a second consecutive prolonged Jonathan Kuminga free agency process. The Lakers met with Kuminga in the early hours of free agency, pitching him on a high-minutes role for a high-profile fringe contender in desperate need of athletic help on the wing. The opportunity appealed to Kuminga, but the sign-and-trade contract offer (years, money, package going back to Atlanta) didn't satisfy all sides. . — 8/7/2026
Jon Krawczynski: ‘What is going to be very difficult for them in this scenario is that they only have a minimum offer to extend to Jonathan Kuminga. One of the things that has been made clear by Kuminga's camp to anyone that is expressing interest in him is that he wants a good chunk of money. And I think that started over 20 million per year. And I think that's dropped a little bit just given the lack of action on the market right now. — 8/6/2026
Jon Krawczynski: ‘There was a report from my friend Michael Scotto at HoopsHype last week that the Wolves have emerged as a team that has expressed interest in Jonathan Kuminga. — 8/6/2026
Again, on this podcast, we never say never and we try and deal in reality as much as we possibly can. Getting one of them is going to be hard enough given the salary cap situation that the Cavs are currently in, given the lack of perceived trade assets and given the salary cap situation of some of These other teams that we’re talking about here. So for example, you’ve got the , because there are people around the NBA that are saying to themselves, what are the Lakers going to give the Hawks that the Hawks value enough or that the Hawks actually want? The hawks already have 17 guys under contract, so they have some things that they have to do internally. — 8/5/2026
Without such a move with the Atlanta Hawks, they would have only a minimum to offer, so those talks have gone nowhere, league sources said. — 8/5/2026
With the Cavaliers’ current cap situation, any sign-and-trade would create a hard cap at the first apron. — 7/31/2026
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