The Golden State Warriors are finally moving on from Jonathan Kuminga.<\/p>\n
The Warriors struck a deal to trade Kuminga to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night, Yahoo Sports’ Kelly Iko confirmed<\/a>. Buddy Hield is also on the move to Atlanta. In return, the Warriors will receive Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n This ends a saga that has been months in the making, and finally gives Kuminga and the Warriors the fresh start that both sides clearly need.<\/p>\n The deal also almost certainly means that the Warriors won’t be able to make a deal for Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo before the deadline as Kuminga would have been central to any trade offer for him, according to longtime NBA reporter Marc Stein<\/a>.<\/p>\n That wasn’t the only move the Warriors made Wednesday night. The team dealt center Trayce Jackson-Davis to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for a 2026 second-round draft pick, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania<\/a>. Jackson-Davis has averaged 4.2 points and 3.1 rebounds off the bench this season, his third in the league.<\/p>\n Kuminga reportedly requested a trade<\/a> as soon as he was eligible to be dealt on Jan. 15. Five days later, he logged 21 minutes against the Toronto Raptors in his first action since December, posting 20 points, 5 boards and 2 assists in his return to play. He played nine minutes in the team’s next game before suffering a knee injury, which has sidelined him since<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Kuminga reached a two-year, $48.5 million deal<\/a> to return to the Warriors in late September after months of a contract dispute between the two sides that seemed like it was making no progress. Kuminga reportedly chose that over a three-year deal in order to set up the possibility for him to be traded ahead of the deadline, which has now happened. That deal also included a team option that was designed \u201cto be ripped up and renegotiated next summer.\u201d<\/p>\n The Warriors first selected Kuminga with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft out of the G League, though he\u2019s been incredibly inconsistent. He averaged 15.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game last season in about 24 minutes off the bench, and there have been times when he\u2019s completely fallen out of the Warriors\u2019 rotation.<\/p>\n Kuminga started the first 12 games of the season for the Warriors this fall, but he\u2019s been largely sidelined since. He went more than a month before playing in a game, though that run ended the day after Jimmy Butler tore his ACL<\/a>. Kuminga became trade eligible on Jan. 15, something the Warriors were waiting for.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Hield has averaged eight points, a career-low, and 2.5 rebounds per game this season. He’s largely come off the bench, and is in the second year of a four-year, $27.7 million deal.<\/p>\n