Warriors Reportedly Have '0 Interest' in Suns' Jonathan Kuminga Offer, Latest on Kings
The Golden State Warriors reportedly have varying degrees of interest in trade offers the Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings have made for restricted free-agent forward Jonathan Kuminga.
According to Sam Amick of The Athletic, the Suns have made Kuminga a four-year, $90 million contract offer as part of a potential sign-and-trade, but the Warriors have shown "zero interest" in what they are offering in terms of assets.
As for the Kings, they have reportedly offered Kuminga a three-year, $63 million deal, and the Warriors guard Malik Monk and a lottery-protected 2030 first-round pick as compensation.
The Warriors reportedly want the pick to be unprotected, though, which is why there has been no progress between the two sides.
Since they extended a one-year, $7.9 million qualifying offer to Kuminga, the Warriors are under no real pressure or obligation to move on from him unless Kuminga presses the issue and refuses to sign.
Because of that, the Warriors have the luxury of waiting things out and either trading him for the best package possible or keeping him as a major contributor during the 2025-26 season.
The 22-year-old was originally the No. 7 overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft, and he helped the Dubs win a championship in a bench role as a rookie.
Two seasons later was Kuminga's true NBA breakout, as he started a career-high 46 of the 74 games he appeared in and averaged personal bests across the board with 16.1 points per game on 52.9 percent shooting to go along with 4.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists.
Kuminga was a popular pick to take another leap last season and perhaps even enter the All-Star conversation, but that didn't happen.
He reverted to more of a bench role with only 10 of his 47 appearances being starts. His stats were mostly similar to the previous year with 15.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, but the efficiency took a hit to the tune of shooting a career-worst 45.4 percent from the floor.
Kuminga reminded the Warriors and the entire NBA of the type of player he can be during the postseason, though.
After superstar guard Stephen Curry went down with an injury, Kuminga averaged 24.3 points per game on 55.4 percent shooting over the Warriors' final four playoff games in the second round against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
That showing may be why teams like the Suns and Kings are pursuing Kuminga, but it could also have something to do with why the Warriors have been hesitant to move him thus far.
Curry and Jimmy Butler are both ahead of Kuminga in the Warriors' offensive pecking order, but having a No. 3 scoring option with the immense ceiling of Kuminga is something most teams would undoubtedly covet.
In the end, if no trade offer makes sense for the Warriors, signing the one-year qualifying offer could be the best possible move from Kuminga's perspective, as it would allow him to become an unrestricted free agent next offseason.
