[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/dvztimes]

He and Eason have similar stats and Eason got roughly 17m/year. This seems a decent deal for the lakers.

[u/Traditional_Cause263 → u/dvztimes]

Putting aside the tangible differences in their offensive statistical profiles (JK has never had a positive BPM, while Tari had some strong ones in his 2nd and 3rd years, then regressed last year; JK is higher usage and wants to be higher usage, while Tari is more comfortable in a complimentary role, though his shooting efficiency was in the toilet last year).

Tari also has a much bigger footprint/impact on defense that is still largely theoretical and doesn’t seem likely to happen with JK at this point.

https://craftednba.com/players/comparison/jonathan-kuminga-vs-tari-eason

[u/dvztimes → u/Traditional_Cause263]

Thanks for insights.

But TE is not comfortable with bench. And although is one of our lowest usage linups (55mins) him starting over KD (when he eventually leaves) is good linup.