With Jonathan Kuminga signing with Minnesota instead, the Lakers are exploring options to fill their power forward and backup center needs, per Khobi Price of the California Post.
A trade pitch would send Mikal Bridges to Dallas in exchange for Daniel Gafford and Caleb Martin, addressing New York's center void after Mitchell Robinson left for Boston.
Brett Siegel reports Miami had genuine trade interest in John Konchar while he was still with Memphis. Konchar was later dealt to Minnesota in the Josh Green trade involving Utah, then waived and stretched to help the Timberwolves sign Jonathan Kuminga, leaving him a free agent.
Minnesota has agreed to send Josh Green and cash to Utah for Cody Williams and John Konchar, according to ESPN sources and Shams Charania, a swap of wing depth that also helps the Timberwolves duck a projected second-apron overage.
Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report tabs Grizzlies guard Ty Jerome as a quiet trade candidate, with Memphis chasing draft capital for a rebuild.
A trade idea has New York sending Pacome Dadiet and Phoenix's 2029 second-round pick to Charlotte for 7-foot-1 center Ryan Kalkbrenner, with no reporting that the two sides have talked or that the Hornets are shopping him.
A proposed three-team deal has the Lakers landing Kel'el Ware and Vit Krejci, with Dalton Knecht going to Portland and Milwaukee collecting three second-round picks (a 2031 from Portland, plus 2031 and 2032 from Washington).
ESPN's Summer Forecast panel picked the next superstar likely to request a trade, and James Harden drew the fifth-most votes behind Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, Zion Williamson and Jaylen Brown.
+3Three late-summer money moves are pitched, none of them reported as under discussion. One would send Josh Green from Minnesota to Memphis for D'Angelo Russell and Kris Murray, saving the Wolves just over $3 million so they can complete Jonathan Kuminga's two-year, $12.4 million deal.
Six Pelicans could be moved after a 26-56 season, among them Herb Jones ($14.9M), Saddiq Bey ($6.6M) and DeAndre Jordan ($3.9M). New Orleans should cash in on veterans and build around players under 25.
Dan Favale of Bleacher Report lists Dereck Lively II among young players who could hit the trade block, pointing to his injury record, the final year of his rookie deal and a Dallas frontcourt now built around Cooper Flagg.
A straight swap sending Josh Green to the Lakers for Jarred Vanderbilt is the most common Green trade being built on HoopsMatic, per data cited alongside HoopsHype, with the Lakers appearing as his destination in 17.4% of them.
With Jonathan Kuminga off to Minnesota, the Lakers still have an open starting spot, and Yahoo's Jacob Rude lists five ways they could fill it: P.J. Washington, De'Andre Hunter, Saddiq Bey, Ben Simmons and internal option Adou Thiero.
Brian Windhorst said on The Hoop Collective that Minnesota has no plans to move Donte DiVincenzo, who is working back from the torn Achilles he suffered in last season's playoffs. DiVincenzo is in the final year of the four-year, $46.9 million deal he signed with the Knicks in 2023, at $12.5 million.
A trade proposal would send Ty Jerome from Memphis to Los Angeles, with Jaden Hardy and 2031 and 2032 second-round picks going back the other way.
A rundown of stars unlikely to move before the season but plausible in February: Jimmy Butler on an expiring $57 million deal in Golden State as he rehabs a torn ACL, Anthony Davis in Washington after both sides agreed to postpone extension talks, Kyrie Irving with two years and $82 million left in Dallas, and Zion Williamson needing a second healthy season to draw calls.
Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report sketched a Warriors-Pistons-Mavericks deal built around Detroit landing Kyrie Irving, with P.J. Washington and Taurean Prince going to Golden State plus two Detroit second-rounders, and Brandin Podziemski and Moses Moody heading to Dallas.
A trade idea has Houston sending Kevin Durant and Clint Capela to Philadelphia for Joel Embiid plus second-round picks in 2027 and 2032.
A proposed deadline deal has the Trail Blazers sending Jrue Holiday to Golden State for Draymond Green and De'Anthony Melton, thinning Portland's crowded backcourt of Ja Morant, Damian Lillard, Scoot Henderson and Shaedon Sharpe while adding a frontcourt defender.
+2A hypothetical four-team deal has the Lakers landing Josh Hart and a 2031 second-rounder while the Knicks take PJ Washington and two second-round picks. Dallas would collect Jaden Hardy, Jake LaRavia and a 2033 first, with Dalton Knecht going to Houston.
