{"id":174605,"date":"2026-01-26T16:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=174605"},"modified":"2026-01-26T16:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:28:19","slug":"the-lakers-make-hilarious-offer-for-jonathan-kuminga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2026\/01\/26\/the-lakers-make-hilarious-offer-for-jonathan-kuminga\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lakers Make \u201cHilarious\u201d Offer For Talented Two-Way Wing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/lakers\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> are wheeling and dealing ahead of the Feb. 5 trade deadline. They sit fifth in the West. They know a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/12\/18\/trade-season-begins-breaking-down-the-lakers-options\/\" target=\"_self\">few upgrades could push them into genuine contention.<\/a> That search for improvement has led Los Angeles to <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kuminjo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Kuminga. <\/a>According to Evan Sidery of Forbes, the Lakers made an offer of\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/klebima01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maxi Kleber<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/v\/vincega01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gabe Vincent<\/a>, and a 2032 second-round pick for Jonathan Kuminga. This is clearly not enough to get a Kuminga trade done.<\/p>\n<h2>The Lakers Make \u201cHilarious\u201d Offer For Jonathan kuminga<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Pelinka\u2019s Optionality Remains<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_172511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172511\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/USATSI_25841664_168420908_lowres-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-large wp-image-172511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/USATSI_25841664_168420908_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/USATSI_25841664_168420908_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/USATSI_25841664_168420908_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/USATSI_25841664_168420908_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/USATSI_25841664_168420908_lowres-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/USATSI_25841664_168420908_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/USATSI_25841664_168420908_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-172511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apr 3, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga (00) shoots against Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves (15) during the first half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lakers GM Rob Pelinka preached optionality on Media Day earlier this season. He has not spoken recently. He has stayed quiet amid a \u201c<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/amp\/s\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/lakers-lebron-james-shrugs-off-reported-tension-jeanie-buss-it-dont-bother-me.amp\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feud<\/a>\u201d between Jeanie Buss and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LeBron James.<\/a> We can assume his stance remains unchanged. His offer to Golden State supports that assumption.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Lakers and Warriors have conducted brief trade discussions involving Jonathan Kuminga.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles appears willing to offer the expiring contracts of Gabe Vincent and Maxi Kleber alongside a 2032 2nd-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>Golden State is not showing any legit interest in LA\u2019s assets. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6xv7uofCys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6xv7uofCys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Evan Sidery (@esidery) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esidery\/status\/2015833184559083899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Why Golden State Won\u2019t Bite<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Warriors have held onto Kuminga for far too long. They now operate with a strategy of getting immediate value. If Golden State rejected <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/monkma01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malik Monk<\/a> from Sacramento, they will not want Vincent. Vincent is smaller and a streakier shooter than Monk. Kleber makes sense on paper as a backup big. He often makes more sense on paper than on the court. The appeal of those players lies in their contracts.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What the Warriors Really Want<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Warriors can pursue cap relief after <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/butleji01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Butler\u2019s<\/a> torn ACL. The Lakers should know a second-round pick will not move Golden State. The Warriors remain willing to move Kuminga. They want at least a first-round pick. That would give them assets for a potential <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/antetgi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> trade. It remains to be seen if the Lakers will meet that price.<\/p>\n<p><label>Credit:<\/label><span><\/span>\u00a9 William Liang-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 The Los Angeles Lakers are wheeling and dealing ahead of the Feb. 5 trade deadline. They sit fifth in the West. They know a few upgrades could push them into genuine contention. That search for improvement has led Los Angeles to Jonathan Kuminga. According to Evan Sidery of Forbes, the Lakers made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5018,"featured_media":174608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,1608,26,3],"tags":[50244,4921,4297,2057],"class_list":["post-174605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-basketball","category-lakers","category-news","tag-2025-26-nba-season","tag-gabe-vincent","tag-jonathan-kuminga","tag-maxi-kleber"],"modified_by":"Frederick Okocha","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174609,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174605\/revisions\/174609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}