Kuzma pitched as the Lakers' cheap answer after losing out on Kuminga

Svyatoslav Rovenchuk at LakeShowLife names Kyle Kuzma as the Lakers' most gettable power forward now that Jonathan Kuminga has signed with Minnesota despite a bigger offer from Los Angeles.

Kuzma's $20.5 million salary is expiring, and the suggested package sends Dalton Knecht and Jake LaRavia, or Jarred Vanderbilt plus a second-rounder, to a Bucks team rebuilding after the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade.

PJ Washington, Derrick Jones Jr., Herb Jones, De'Andre Hunter, Daniel Gafford and free agent Bruce Brown are listed as the other options.

$90M · 4yrKuzma MIL → LAL | Vanderbilt LAL → MIL | LaRavia LAL → MIL

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Heavy · 28 Aug 2026Kuzma and De'Andre Hunter pitched as LA's post-Kuminga fallbacks

Heavy · 27 Aug 2026Kuzma pitched as the Lakers' cheap answer after losing out on Kuminga

Dalton Knecht De'Andre Hunter Herbert Jones Jake LaRavia Jarred Vanderbilt Jonathan Kuminga Kyle Kuzma P.J. Washington

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