Kuminga is a restricted free agent.... not sure why people keep throwing his name out there. He turned down $150million contract and wants to be paid more... I wouldn't be that excited to pay him more than Jeremi Grant as well as send the Warriors assets. Also we have Deni+Camara... I don't even know that Kuminga would start here.
Beggers can't be choosers... He turned that contract down when he thought he could get better offers. I'm guessing his best offer will be in the range of ~$15-$20M/year now.
I can't speak for everyone else, but my suggestion was for Phoenix to trade for him. He would start there. A sign and trade is possible, but difficult in matching salaries.
What about the Lakers needing size, and willing to take Ayton, low risk too as he is on a 1 year. Maybe they can take Grant too off us. Maybe get back Rui, Dalton and filter. Would anyone actually like that trade? I dont know salary wise what would need to be added to the Lakers side to make that work too. But just a thought. Ayton for Rui, Smith and Dalton works it seems. We would need to add someone else maybe to entice them.
So where would Rui and Dalton play in PDX - backup Deni and Camara? Plus we still have Grant? I mean Id do that deal just because I think Ayton is worth less than nothing, but I'd imagine the Lakers would need much more. At that point I don't see how getting Rui and Dalton fills a need.
Not big swing but I wonder if we could pull some sort of trade with Simons going to Hou for Jabari Smith. Not sure what other player or picks would need to be involved but seems like they need a little more scoring.
