Bruce Brown, Cam Whitmore floated as Lakers' minimum-deal wing fixes

With Jonathan Kuminga off to Minnesota on a two-year, $12.4 million deal, Fadeaway World lists cheap wings the Lakers could chase, starting with Bruce Brown and Cam Whitmore.

Los Angeles sits at a $207.2 million payroll, $1.8 million under the first apron and hard-capped there, so only veteran minimum contracts are available and salary would have to go out first.

Whitmore's route to the market runs through Cleveland, where the Cavaliers are reported to be considering a waive-and-stretch of his $5.4 million deal to duck the apron after re-signing James Harden.

Kuminga GSW → MIN | Brown DEN → LAL | Whitmore CLE → LAL

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