{"id":117802,"date":"2025-06-23T04:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T04:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/117802\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T04:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T04:16:11","slug":"nba-rumors-2-eastern-conference-teams-eye-jonathan-kuminga-favorite-named-to-sign-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/117802\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Rumors: 2 Eastern Conference teams eye Jonathan Kuminga, favorite named to sign him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/golden-state-warriors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Golden State Warriors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Golden State Warriors<\/a> forward Jonathan Kuminga bet on himself last year, reportedly turning down a five-year extension worth $150 million heading into a contract year. While he\u2019s not going to get anything close to that in NBA free agency, multiple suitors are already emerging for him.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jake Fischer, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/chicago-bulls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chicago Bulls;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chicago Bulls<\/a> have had a long-standing interest in Kuminga and are expected to be joined by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/miami-heat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miami Heat;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Miami Heat<\/a> in pursuing him this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSources say that Chicago has as an ongoing interest in the 22-year-old forward. This tracks with past interest that the Bulls have shown in Kuminga in previous trade discussions with Golden State over the past two seasons involving players such as Alex Caruso, Zach LaVine and Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jake Fischer on the Chicago Bulls\u2019 interest in Jonathan Kuminga<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/chicago-bulls-atlanta-hawks-brooklyn-183000768.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chicago Bulls linked to pair of NBA Draft prospects;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bulls linked to pair of NBA Draft prospects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fischer added that the market for Kuminga really won\u2019t gain more clarity until after Kevin Durant is traded. So, Miami could back off its interest if it can acquire Durant ahead of the 2025 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Kuminga, who turns 23 in October, is coming off a down season. However, the 6-foot-8 forward played well in an expanded role during the NBA Playoffs, averaging 24.3 PPG and shooting 55.4 percent from the field in the final four games against the Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/nba-rumors-kevin-durant-trade-194000784.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miami Heat unwilling to include key piece for Kevin Durant trade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Heat unwilling to include key piece for Kevin Durant trade<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Miami and Chicago will both pursue Kuminga, Fischer writes that the \u201cmost likely outcome\u201d is that the young forward re-signs with Golden State. If he does, it will likely be on a deal with a far lower contract value than the extension offer the Warriors made last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga bet on himself last year, reportedly turning down a five-year extension worth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[328,7,920,919,329,3824,164,3553,867,938,189,152,6,3269,24167,3212],"class_list":{"0":"post-117802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bulls","8":"tag-alex-caruso","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-bulls","11":"tag-chicago","12":"tag-chicago-bulls","13":"tag-chicagobulls","14":"tag-golden-state-warriors","15":"tag-jake-fischer","16":"tag-jonathan-kuminga","17":"tag-kevin-durant","18":"tag-miami-heat","19":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-nba-free-agency","22":"tag-nikola-vucevic-jake-fischer","23":"tag-zach-lavine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114730748046000580","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}