{"id":10640,"date":"2025-07-21T10:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/10640\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:31:07","slug":"absurdly-overpriced-nba-fans-react-as-jonathan-kuminga-reportedly-does-not-want-warriors-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/10640\/","title":{"rendered":"“Absurdly Overpriced”: NBA Fans React As Jonathan Kuminga Reportedly Does Not Want Warriors Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Absurdly Overpriced”: NBA Fans React As Jonathan Kuminga Reportedly Does Not Want Warriors Return<\/a> originally appeared on Fadeaway World<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Jonathan Kuminga<\/a> situation has put virtually everything on hold for the Warriors<\/a> this offseason. The 22-year-old rising star is reportedly making demands<\/a> beyond what the Warriors are willing to pay him. Which seems to have put every move on hold for them in free agency.<\/p>\n

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Now, according to the NBA Insider Brett Seigel<\/a>, the Warriors player would prefer not to return to the Warriors and wants to go elsewhere if his demands are not met. He has claimed this earlier in the season<\/a> as well, but now, after multiple discussions and negotiations with the team, it seems likely that Kuminga has played his last game in a Warriors jersey.<\/p>\n

“Kuminga\u2019s camp wants a big deal in the $30M+ range and doesn\u2019t want to be back with the Warriors. Golden State wants a small deal in $20M range where they can flip him because there\u2019s no market. Dubs are still holding out that an S&T with the Bulls can happen. Ayo Dosunmu is a good player.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

This decision did not sit well with fans as they were conflicted over whether Kuminga deserves the $30 million he is demanding. Some believed he is a starting-caliber player who deserves that contract, while some believe he is not in a position to make such demands.<\/p>\n

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“Is any team actually offering JK anything close to $30M? Seems absurdly overpriced.”<\/p>\n

“Hate to say it.. but he\u2019s worth $30M & a starting position”<\/p>\n

“I f**k with JK but he\/his agency can’t possibly believe his value is 30+ a season, without having any accolades, signature wins, or season-long production to justify that. Players with his resume\/skill got that 30 in a previous version of the CBA. Not this current one.”<\/p>\n

“No one is paying JK $30mm. He\u2019s lucky to get $20mm. Most likely a 2yr\/$40mm with a player option in year 2.”<\/p>\n

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“Can\u2019t shoot 3s, doesn\u2019t play defense, 12ppg, what am I missing?”<\/p>\n

“He needs new agents; he is good, but not 30Ms good.”<\/p>\n

“I hope he gets his money.”<\/p>\n

Jonathan Kuminga averaged 15.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.2 assists while shooting 45.4% from the field and 30.5% from beyond the three-point line in the 2024-25 regular season.<\/p>\n

In my opinion, Kuminga is being unrealistic to hold out for an offer like $30 million per year. Seeing his depleted role with the team in Jimmy Butler’s<\/a> presence, he cannot become the third-highest-paid player on the team, even above Draymond Green<\/a>, the four-time NBA champion, with still a few years left in his career at a high level defensively.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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It was rather unfortunate that Kuminga agreed to become a restricted free agent at the time of his rookie contract signing. If he were a free agent at the moment, he might realize that even then, he is in no position to demand more than $25 million in the market. The $20 million figure was a more trade-friendly number for the Warriors, but realistically feels hard to see a team match his demands at the moment.<\/p>\n

Related: Jonathan Kuminga Trade Watch: Top Fits If Warriors Say Goodbye<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Fadeaway World<\/a> on Jul 21, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Absurdly Overpriced”: NBA Fans React As Jonathan Kuminga Reportedly Does Not Want Warriors Return originally appeared on Fadeaway…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,7901,7902,7227,590,85,12644,3198],"class_list":["post-10640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-draymond-green","tag-jimmy-butler","tag-jonathan-kuminga","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-the-warriors","tag-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}