{"id":301619,"date":"2026-08-28T12:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americansforabetteramerica.com\/?p=301619"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:37:16","slug":"lakers-top-options-after-las-failed-pursuit-of-jonathan-kuminga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americansforabetteramerica.com\/?p=301619","title":{"rendered":"Lakers\u2019\u00a0top options after LA\u2019s failed pursuit of Jonathan Kuminga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lakers\u2019 failed pursuit of Jonathan Kuminga, who is signing a two-year deal with the Timberwolves, has left them with a hole in the frontcourt.\u00a0 And with their payroll $8.1 million from the NBA\u2019s $209 million first-apron threshold, they\u2019re hard-capped for the 2026-27 season. With their roster already having 16 players signed to guaranteed contracts&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/27\/sports\/lakers-targets-after-jonathan-kuminga-spurns-la-for-timberwolves\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a> <span class=\"news_item\">Source: New York Post<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lakers\u2019 failed pursuit of Jonathan Kuminga, who is signing a two-year deal with the Timberwolves, has left them with a hole in the frontcourt.\u00a0 And with their payroll $8.1 million from the NBA\u2019s $209 million first-apron threshold, they\u2019re hard-capped for the 2026-27 season. With their roster already having 16 players signed to guaranteed contracts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":301620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17874],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americansforabetteramerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americansforabetteramerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americansforabetteramerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americansforabetteramerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americansforabetteramerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=301619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/americansforabetteramerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americansforabetteramerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/301620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americansforabetteramerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=301619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americansforabetteramerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=301619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americansforabetteramerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=301619"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americansforabetteramerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fyst_prominent_words&post=301619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}