It is not breaking news to say that the LeBron James watch, as it is about to enter week three, has all the eyes and ears of the league. A subplot of LeBron\u2019s latest destination decision is that teams around the league are placing a pause on their decisions until this is all sorted out. One of those players who appears to be impacted is fellow wing Jonathan Kuminga.<\/p>\n
In an article written by The Athletic\u2019s Dan Woike<\/a>, Kuminga has garnered interest from the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> since late June. However, \u201cit appears that momentum has stalled with the sides\u201d, with Woike noting that the Lakers aren\u2019t \u201coverly motivated to push the significant draft capital into sign-and-trade scenarios.\u201d<\/p>\n It appears that the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> are looking hard into the services of Kuminga if the Lakers interest dissipates. \u201cAccording to league sources, (Cleveland) is the team most-often connected to Kuminga other than the Lakers,\u201d Woike noted.<\/p>\n This makes sense as the Cavaliers appear to be looking to upgrade their wing rotation. Obviously, they have been a prominent name in the LeBron James sweepstakes; Kuminga appears to be their second pathway to ensuring there is an influx of talent.<\/p>\n Kuminga could be a necessary gamble for the Cavaliers. His talent has not necessarily translated to someone who projects as a difference-making wing. What Kuminga does offer is an upside play on potentially a cheaper deal than most younger wings his age. It is also good to note that Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson has a prior relationship with Kuminga from their shared time on the Golden State Warriors<\/a> together.<\/p>\n It appears that there could be more movement on the free agent front once teams and players have an idea of where the King will preside this upcoming season. The NBA\u2019s silly season never ends, and neither does the league\u2019s intrigue about LeBron James.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is not breaking news to say that the LeBron James watch, as it is about to enter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[313405,355,99],"class_list":["post-774429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-cavs-rumors","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}