Fifth-year veteran forward Jonathan Kuminga, who was a restricted free agent this offseason, received a bag from the Warriors.

After months of slow negotiations and offer refusals, Kuminga signed a two-year contract reportedly worth $48.5 million contract on Tuesday.

Compared to the rest of what was a somewhat calm 2025 NBA free agency period, the two parties were involved in one of the relatively pricier restricted free-agent deals of the offseason. Here’s how Kuminga and Golden State’s newfound partnership stacks up against other deals.

Jonathan Kuminga got the 2nd-highest AAV of any restricted free agent this summer, 5th-highest in the last 3 offseasons (Via Spotrac)

And he will re-enter free agency at 23 or 24 years old with roughly $49-million to $73 million in career earnings, getting out after 5 or 6 years…

— Jackson Lloyd (@JacksonLloyd952) September 30, 2025

Kuminga was rewarded with a new average annual value of $23.4 million, giving him the second-largest restricted free-agent deal of the offseason after Chicago Bulls guard Josh Giddey. Giddy signed a four-year, $100 million contract with Chicago early on Sept. 12, giving him an AAV of $25 million.

The difference between Kuminga’s and Giddey’s AAVs isn’t much in NBA terms — about $1.6 million. However, there’s a decent-sized gap after Kuminga. Grizzlies center Santi Aldama, with an AAV of $17.5 million, is third on the list after signing a three-year, $52.5 million contract with Memphis on June 30. 

And after Aldama, Miami Heat guard Davion Mitchell is the last restricted free-agent signee on the list with a double-digit AAV ($12 million). Mitchell signed a two-year, $24 million contract with Miami on July 8.

When looking at previous classes, as Jackson Lloyd’s X post explains, Kuminga earned the fifth-highest AAV of any restricted free agent over the past three offseasons; quite impressive for a 22-year-old.

Golden State appears to have high expectations for Kuminga, the franchise’s choice with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. The Warriors certainly will pay the swingman — at least for one season — at a rate that rivals some of the league’s top up-and-comers.

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