[Charania] Breaking: Ending a summer-long stalemate, Jonathan Kuminga has agreed to a two-year, $48.5 million contract to return to the Golden State Warriors, agent Aaron Turner told ESPN. The deal has a team option designed for the contract to be ripped up and renegotiated next summer.
Update: Through negotiations between Mike Dunleavy Jr. and Turner from July to September, Golden State ultimately increased its offer by a total of $8M in the two-year framework and guaranteed Kuminga approximately $15M more than his qualifying offer would have for this season.
Update 2: Kuminga chose this two-year deal over three years and $75M so he can maintain a higher level of control over his immediate future. The Warriors never wavered on team option frameworks. Now, both sides understand likelihood of exploring trades when Kuminga is eligible in January.
Source:
1) https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3m23lhnrt3w24
2) https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3m23lmihzic2z
3) https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3m23ln55gjk2z
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lmao vibes gonna be so ass for the next 4 months
Trade eligible January 30th
…that’s not the Kings
So Kuminga basically gets $24m for one year to show what he’s got and go somewhere else next summer. Not bad I guess
The rare lowercase “Breaking” from Shams, even he was sick of this shit
Coulda sworn they kept threatening to take the qualifying offer lmao
After all that it’s a fucking 1 plus 1 LMAO
Finally. This dumb saga is over.
Does this leave enough money to sign Seth Curry?
Bro said they’re just ripping it up and doing this again next summer lmao
“designed for the contract to be ripped up and renegotiated next summer”
LMFAO
So Kuminga blinked first. Knew that was too much guaranteed money to pass up
Warriors got what they wanted – giving Kuminga a chance to live up to his contract while effectively having a 1+1 trade chip.
Kuminga also got his payday, but he also has to prove it.
lol all that pump faking for nothing.
Great! Can’t wait for the trade deadline
Wow all that to not sign the QO, biggest waste of time.
Go ahead and trade dog in February. Win win for Golden State.
Also this proves to me Nets really said fu to Cam Thomas lol they didn’t even negotiate with him, he never wanted 30 mil the reports already came out after the fact.
Kings just like “hey Malik…idk wat u heard over the summer but it was all lies we swear”
25 mill to continue being ass for a year and then will probably still have to take a prove it deal afterwards lol
So who is he getting traded for in January?
He was never going to take the qualifying offer. But this offer was on the table at the start of negotiations. Good riddance
Kuminga smart not to bet on himself
But I was told he had immense amounts of leverage
And so comes the end to the most overhyped and disappointing free agency Shams ever promised. If it weren’t for the Kawhi situation and the daily updates that Kuminga and the Warriors aren’t going to be together forever, it may be the most boring offseason ever. Shit, it still might be
Fuck r/NBA.
Where’s all the bums who said he was taking the QO and passing up 18 million dollars.
Kuminga is not this good for this to receive nearly 400 comments in less than an hour
All I’ve heard about this guy is the drama surrounding him rather than his actual play
FAFO
we gotta trade his ~~bum~~ superstar ass
There were some Warrior haters who really convinced themselves that Kuminga would take the QO to spite the Warriors against his interests because they wanted the Warriors to suffer