{"id":188870,"date":"2025-09-29T02:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T02:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/188870\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T02:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T02:35:07","slug":"report-jonathan-kuminga-wont-attend-warriors-media-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/188870\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Jonathan Kuminga won\u2019t attend Warriors media day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">As the Golden State Warriors head into training camp with 9 officially-rostered players \u2014 and verbal agreements with Al Horford, De\u2019Anthony Melton, and Gary Payton II, as well as signing 2025 draftee Will Richard to a four-year contract and agreeing to a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1972479459925299401\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:two-way contract with fellow second-round pick Alex Toohey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">two-way contract with fellow second-round pick Alex Toohey<\/a>, bringing that number to an unofficial 14 \u2014 there\u2019s still the matter of Jonathan Kuminga to be resolved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Until a resolution is found, the Warriors will continue to be shorthanded in training camp \u2014 and Kuminga will opt not to travel to the San Francisco Bay Area, per a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46416429\/sources-kuminga-appear-media-day-deadline-looms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania and Anthony Slater;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania and Anthony Slater<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cKuminga did not travel to San Francisco this weekend and won\u2019t be in attendance for media day on Monday, league sources told ESPN. General manager Mike Dunleavy made contact with Kuminga\u2019s agent, Aaron Turner, on Sunday, but there\u2019s no momentum toward a Kuminga contract or return prior to the team\u2019s first practice on Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In an effort to entice Kuminga away from what is considered the nuclear option \u2014 the $7.9 million qualifying offer that will give Kuminga a virtual no-trade clause and allow him to enter unrestricted free agency next summer, in exchange for leaving money on the table \u2014 the Warriors haven\u2019t pulled any of their standing multi-year contract offers, per Charania and Slater\u2019s report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe Warriors have kept their three outstanding offers on the table, sources said. The two most lucrative \u2014 two years, $45 million and three years, $75.2 million \u2014 include team options on the final season and the only offer without a team option is for three years and $54 million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">However, the Warriors offering a team option instead of the player option that Kuminga desires \u2014 a \u201csign of goodwill\u201d from his point of view that will provide him security and assurances after \u201cyears of confusion about his role\u201d under head coach Steve Kerr \u2014 remains the point of contention between the Warriors front office and Kuminga\u2019s camp.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Additionally, sign-and-trade talks with the Phoenix Suns and the Sacramento Kings currently \u201cdon\u2019t have any traction,\u201d per the report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kuminga\u2019s qualifying offer expires on Wednesday at 11:59 pm ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Golden State Warriors head into training camp with 9 officially-rostered players \u2014 and verbal agreements with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[28772,2241,5787,17817,2243,6422,355,6415,6404,6400,99,14594,5796],"class_list":{"0":"post-188870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-aaron-turner","9":"tag-al-horford","10":"tag-alex-toohey","11":"tag-gary-payton-ii","12":"tag-golden-state-warriors","13":"tag-jonathan-kuminga","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-phoenix-suns","16":"tag-sacramento-kings","17":"tag-shams-charania","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-training-camp","20":"tag-will-richard"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188870","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=188870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}