Lakers ready to pivot if they don’t acquire Jonathan Kuminga

Even as most of the NBA has been in a holding pattern awaiting LeBron James’ free agency decision, the Lakers have marched on with their roster reconstruction.The same week after James revealed he wasn’t returning to the Lakers for an unprecedented 24th NBA season, the team agreed to a sign-and-trade with the Jazz for Walker Kessler (four years, $130 million), made free agency deals for Quentin Grimes (four years, $60 million), Sandro Mamukelashvili (fou