{"id":151023,"date":"2025-09-17T19:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/151023\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T19:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:15:06","slug":"latest-on-jonathan-kuminga-hoops-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/151023\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest On Jonathan Kuminga | Hoops Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

After writing on Monday<\/a> in a story co-reported with Shams Charania that the Warriors have made Jonathan Kuminga<\/a> a three-year offer worth approximately $75MM with a third-year team option, ESPN\u2019s Anthony Slater provided an update on those negotiations on Tuesday during an NBA Today appearance (Twitter video link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually talked to Aaron Turner, Jonathan Kuminga\u2019s agent, this morning, and the messaging they\u2019re adopting this week is \u2018turn the TO to a PO and it\u2019s done,’\u201d Slater said. \u201c\u2026 (The team option) on that three-year deal, if that\u2019s suddenly a player option, not only will Jonathan Kuminga sign it, they\u2019re saying, but he will be completely bought in on the mission that they\u2019re asking of him, which is \u2013 using Turner\u2019s messaging \u2013 to get Steph Curry<\/a> and Draymond Green<\/a> a fifth ring (and) Jimmy Butler<\/a> his first ring.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reporting throughout the summer has indicated that Kuminga is seeking a contract that positions him to be more of a building block than simply a trade chip.<\/p>\n

While the 22-year-old would prefer to be in a situation where his role is both more prominent and more defined, Slater\u2019s report suggests he has expressed a willingness to re-sign with Golden State \u2013 where his playing time and responsibilities have been inconsistent \u2013 if he\u2019s assured of a multiyear guarantee and the opportunity to reach the open market in two years.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Kuminga\u2019s camp would view a third-year player option as) a show of goodwill\u2026for what they\u2019re calling \u2018years of confusion\u2019 over his role and a willingness to suppress some of his personal ambitions,\u201d Slater said. \u201c\u2026 (He would) accept what\u2019s probably going to be a bench role, what\u2019s probably going to be fluctuating minutes, and accepting what will very likely be a tradable contract.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to ESPN\u2019s report on Monday, the Warriors\u2019 only offer to Kuminga that hasn\u2019t included a team option on the final year was a three-year proposal that averaged about $18MM annually. There would be little reason for the RFA forward to accept that offer over the version of the three-year deal that includes a team option and is worth closer to $25MM per year.<\/p>\n

Signing the one-year, $8MM qualifying offer that comes with a no-trade clause and a path to 2026 unrestricted free agency remains an option for Kuminga until October 1 if he\u2019s not satisfied with any of the team\u2019s other offers.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more on Kuminga:<\/p>\n

Golden State\u2019s goal of maximizing cap flexibility for the summer of 2027 has been a factor in negotiations with Kuminga and in sign-and-trade talks, according to Sam Amick of The Athletic<\/a>. Given their desire to keep their options open for that offseason, the Warriors have been reluctant to give Kuminga a player option for 2027\/28; it\u2019s also one reason why the club isn\u2019t eager to acquire Malik Monk<\/a>, the centerpiece of the Kings\u2018 sign-and-trade offer for Kuminga, who has a player option worth $21.6MM for \u201927\/28.
\nThe Kings are still under the impression that Kuminga wants to play for them, but the Warriors shut down sign-and-trade talks with Sacramento and the Suns earlier in the summer, says Amick. While it\u2019s possible Golden State revisits those discussions at the 11th hour, league and team sources say a deal with either Pacific rival remains highly unlikely, Amick adds.
\nKeith Smith of Spotrac<\/a> takes a closer look at the Kuminga standoff, exploring various potential outcomes and explaining the various factors each involved party is taking into account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After writing on Monday in a story co-reported with Shams Charania that the Warriors have made Jonathan Kuminga…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,6689,18710,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-151023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-jonathan-kuminga","11":"tag-malik-monk","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}