{"id":835787,"date":"2026-09-04T04:08:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T04:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/835787\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T04:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T04:08:38","slug":"timberwolves-sign-jonathan-kuminga-to-two-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/835787\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves Sign Jonathan Kuminga To Two-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Timberwolves have finalized their two-year, $12.4MM contract with free agent forward Jonathan Kuminga<\/a>, according to the NBA\u2019s official transaction log<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Word broke on August 26<\/a> that Kuminga had agreed to a two-year deal with Minnesota that includes a second-year player option. The Timberwolves used the taxpayer mid-level exception to complete the transaction.<\/p>\n

At the time the contract was reported, Minnesota couldn\u2019t sign Kuminga to the terms of his new deal. But the team created the financial flexibility necessary to sign Kuminga by trading<\/a> Josh Green<\/a> to the Jazz for Cody Williams<\/a> and John Konchar<\/a>, who was subsequently waived<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Wolves reportedly used the stretch provision<\/a> on Konchar\u2019s contract,\u00a0spreading his $6.17MM cap hit across three seasons, resulting in annual cap charges of roughly $2.06MM.<\/p>\n

By swapping out Green\u2019s expiring $14.68MM contract for Williams ($6.02MM) and incurring a $2.06MM cap charge for Konchar, Minnesota generated approximately $6.6MM in cap savings, moving the team $10.6MM below its second-apron hard cap.<\/p>\n

After signing Kuminga, the Wolves now have 14 players under standard contract and still have $4.5MM in breathing room under their hard cap, giving them more than enough space to add a 15th man on a minimum-salary contract.<\/p>\n

Kuminga, who was selected seventh overall in the 2021 draft, averaged 12.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists on .463\/.333\/.724 shooting in 23.1 minutes per game across 36 appearances last season with Golden State and Atlanta. The 6\u20197\u2033 forward spent four-and-a-half years with the Warriors prior to being traded to the Hawks in February.<\/p>\n

Timberwolves president of basketball operations Tim Connelly, star guard Anthony Edwards<\/a>, and co-owner Alex Rodriguez all played roles in recruiting<\/a> Kuminga to Minnesota. Agent Aaron Turner subsequently explained<\/a> why Kuminga chose the Wolves despite receiving more lucrative offers and defended<\/a> his handling of Kuminga\u2019s free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Timberwolves have finalized their two-year, $12.4MM contract with free agent forward Jonathan Kuminga, according to the NBA\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[6422,355,99],"class_list":["post-835787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-jonathan-kuminga","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835787","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=835787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}