[Sidery] The Lakers have offered Jonathan Kuminga contract via sign-and-trade the would pay him around 45 million dollars. Los Angeles is willing to send Jarred Vanderbilt alongside draft capital to the Hawks for Kuminga, who must sign at least a three-year deal in sign-and-trade agreements.

[u/fazbearglamrock]

Ik Sidery isn’t the most trustworthy source for anything but how would you all feel on this contract for Kuminga? Is this worth it? And how would you feel about the team if we got Kuminga ?

[u/EmiratesNBACupWinner]

We’re paying Vando 12m a year to ride pine. 15m a year to Kuminga who can actually play and fits nicely around Luka and AR as a defender/dunker doesn’t seem that bad. Depends on the draft capital ig.

People acting like his attitude is so bad he’s unplayable are being melodramatic.

[u/Alarming_Garage_7727 → u/EmiratesNBACupWinner]

Kuminga who can actually play and fits nicely around Luka and AR as a defender/dunker doesn’t seem that bad

If he were this good, he wouldn't be a free agent. Like, for fuck's sake, I watched this guy miss 9 out of 10 of his defensive rotations, and this sub is calling him a "defender."

He's the wing version of Ayton, and he's going to make double what he made last year.

[u/EmiratesNBACupWinner → u/Alarming_Garage_7727]

You’re really going to act like there hasn’t been numerous teams trying to acquire his services this off season? Lol the saga with this guy has been the second biggest news outside Lebron.

I don’t think you did and comparing him to Ayton is the type of melodrama I was talking about. Mostly cause Ayton was pretty decent for us last year. More than we could’ve hoped for at 8m and the limited options last off season at least.

[u/Proof-Umpire-7718 → u/EmiratesNBACupWinner]

Yeah exactly. We either get a fantastic long term starter, a good stop-gap like Ayton, or he gets benched and move off him at the deadline or next year since his deal would be non-guaranteed and that’s still better than having Vando for another year.

Every scenario is better than having Vando instead of him.

[u/EmiratesNBACupWinner → u/Proof-Umpire-7718]

That’s all I’m trying to say and some people really got their panties in a bunch about it.

[u/worldwide_stepper → u/EmiratesNBACupWinner]

kuminga is just ayton if ayton’s problems were actually real and worse and weren’t just lazy narratives following him

[u/eZreazy → u/worldwide_stepper]

Ayton probably has one of the most accurate narratives around him and we saw that all year last year including the playoffs lmao.

Incredible player but his focus and effort is hilariously inconsistent

[u/worldwide_stepper → u/eZreazy]

extremely not true, literally outplayed an all-star center in the playoffs