{"id":872817,"date":"2026-08-27T02:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T02:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/872817\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T02:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T02:36:10","slug":"reports-kuminga-to-sign-with-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/872817\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Kuminga to sign with Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2309722\" class=\"wp-image-2309722 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kuminga-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2309722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Kuminga averaged 12.5 points and 4.2 rebounds last season between the Warriors and Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>Free agent Jonathan Kuminga has agreed to a two-year, $13 million deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania reported Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Jonathan Kuminga has agreed to a two-year, $13 million deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, plus a player option, agent Aaron Turner tells ESPN. Kuminga will be a starter alongside Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert on the West contender. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KdtD6YEy9j\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/KdtD6YEy9j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2092744769914945842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kuminga slides into the Timberwolves starting rotation at the forward position, joining LaMelo Ball, Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kuminga had other offers from the Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls and Portland Trail Blazers, but chose the Timberwolves on a shorter-term deal, per Charania\u2019s report. Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards was part of the recruitment process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The No. 7 overall pick from the 2021 NBA Draft, Kuminga spent the first five years of his career with the Golden State Warriors. After originally signing a two-year deal with the Warriors last offseason, Kuminga was traded to the Atlanta Hawks during the deadline, where he appeared in 16 games regular-season games, averaging 12.2 ppg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jonathan Kuminga averaged 12.5 points and 4.2 rebounds last season between the Warriors and Hawks. Free agent Jonathan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,302974,82],"class_list":["post-872817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jonathan-kuminga-timberwolves-free-agency","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872817","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=872817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}