{"id":819838,"date":"2026-08-25T00:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T00:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/819838\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T00:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T00:03:13","slug":"lakers-jonathan-kuminga-pursuit-gets-a-new-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/819838\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers\u2019 Jonathan Kuminga pursuit gets a new update"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of now, Jonathan Kuminga<\/a> is still a member of the Atlanta Hawks<\/a>, although a trade could happen before the regular season begins. <\/p>\n

According to a new report from Kurt Helin of NBC Sports<\/a>, the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> and Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> are the two teams \u201cat the table\u201d for a Kuminga trade. <\/p>\n

The Lakers explored a deal previously, but now, Helin adds another player could be involved in those discussions: Guard Jaden Hardey. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Lakers and Hawks are talking sign-and-trade again, with guard Jaden Hardey reportedly in the conversation (he makes $6 million this season), while previously that was Jared Vanderbilt ($12.4 million),\u201d Helin wrote. <\/p>\n

The Lakers reportedly had a two-year,<\/a> $20 million offer on the table for Kuminga before talks stalled<\/a> due to draft pick compensation. <\/p>\n

The Timberwolves emerged as a new suitor in July<\/a>, although it remains to be seen what they would offer Kuminga. <\/p>\n

Helin added in his report that Kuminga likely views the Lakers as a better fit, and he could slot in and play the four since LeBron James<\/a> left LA and decided to play for the Philadelphia 76ers. <\/p>\n

If Kuminga were to come, it would form a talented lineup that includes Austin Reaves<\/a>, Luka Doncic and prized offseason acquisition Walker Kessler<\/a><\/a>, along with plenty of other moves LA made this summer. <\/p>\n

The season is still a couple of months away, and the Lakers aren\u2019t giving up in trying to acquire Kuminga. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As of now, Jonathan Kuminga is still a member of the Atlanta Hawks, although a trade could happen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,479,164,4025,4024,867,150,6,255],"class_list":["post-819838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golden-state-warriors","tag-basketball","tag-golden-state","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-goldenstate","tag-goldenstatewarriors","tag-jonathan-kuminga","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-warriors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117153222073455383","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}