{"id":144674,"date":"2025-07-03T17:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/144674\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T17:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:05:13","slug":"free-agent-rumors-kuminga-cp3-horford-westbrook-lillard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/144674\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Agent Rumors: Kuminga, CP3, Horford, Westbrook, Lillard"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kings are \u201cvery engaged\u201d on Warriors restricted free agent forward Jonathan Kuminga<\/a>, according to Matt George of ABC 10 in Sacramento (Twitter<\/a> links<\/a>).<\/p>\n

While the Kings have seemingly been extremely willing to discuss Malik Monk<\/a> in trade scenarios, Monk likely wouldn\u2019t be involved in any deal for Kuminga, says George, noting that Golden State doesn\u2019t appear to have much interest in the veteran guard.<\/p>\n

George has heard that the Kings have explored sending out guard Devin Carter<\/a>, forward Dario Saric<\/a>, and draft compensation as part of a deal to acquire Kuminga via sign-and-trade (Twitter link<\/a>). If a deal along those lines came to fruition, it would likely be combined with Sacramento\u2019s Saric\/Jonas Valanciunas<\/a> swap<\/a> with Denver in order to maximize the Kings\u2019 outgoing salary, which would allow them to give Kuminga a more lucrative deal.<\/p>\n

However, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic (Twitter link<\/a>), there\u2019s no agreement imminent at this point. Conversations on the Kuminga front with the Warriors and \u201cseveral\u201d teams are ongoing, Slater adds.<\/p>\n

Here are a few more items of interest on some of the top free agents still on the board:<\/p>\n

After starting all 82 games for San Antonio this past season, veteran point guard Chris Paul<\/a> is hoping to be a starter again in 2025\/26, per Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press (Twitter link<\/a>), which is one reason why he\u2019s still weighing his options in free agency. Reynolds says the Clippers are hoping Paul will join them, while Ramona Shelburne of ESPN (Twitter video link<\/a>) views the Suns as his most likely landing spot. John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 (Twitter link<\/a>) believes Paul would like to return to Phoenix, but thinks there would be a very limited role for him with the Suns, so he considered a reunion unlikely.
\nThe Warriors have been \u201cvery aggressive\u201d in trying to recruit Al Horford<\/a> to Golden State, per ESPN\u2019s Brian Windhorst (Twitter video link<\/a>). Windhorst believes Horford could end up in the West Coast if he continues his career, noting that the Lakers are among the other teams pursuing him. Windhorst\u2019s report came before the Lakers reached an agreement with Deandre Ayton<\/a>, but Los Angeles could still use frontcourt depth and still has its $5.1MM bi-annual exception available.
\nRussell Westbrook<\/a>, an L.A. native, would like to \u201cbe closer to home,\u201d according to Marc J. Spears of Andscape (Twitter video link<\/a>). Multiple reports this week have linked Westbrook to the Kings, but it sounds like that would only become a viable option if Sacramento ends up trading Monk.
\nIn ranking what he believes are the top five best landing spots for Damian Lillard<\/a> once he becomes a free agent, Spears places the Timberwolves atop his list (Twitter video link<\/a>). Mike Conley<\/a> is still penciled in as Minnesota\u2019s starting point guard, but he\u2019ll be 38 in October and struggled in the postseason, and the Wolves don\u2019t have much reliable depth at the position behind him. Lillard could be a perfect fit, though he\u2019ll miss most or all of the 2025\/26 season while recovering from his Achilles tear.
\nIn addition to previously reported suitors like Milwaukee and Indiana, the Knicks, Clippers, Cavaliers, and Nuggets also expressed some level of interest in Ayton before he agreed to join the Lakers, Shams Charania of ESPN said on SportsCenter (Twitter video link<\/a>). Charania added that several suitors reached out to Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin to ask about Ayton and got \u201crave reviews of him as a teammate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kings are \u201cvery engaged\u201d on Warriors restricted free agent forward Jonathan Kuminga, according to Matt George of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[869,7,2596,125,10877,1586,3208,479,164,4025,4024,867,1267,6,254,255],"class_list":{"0":"post-144674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golden-state-warriors","8":"tag-al-horford","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-chris-paul","11":"tag-damian-lillard","12":"tag-dario-saric","13":"tag-deandre-ayton","14":"tag-devin-carter","15":"tag-golden-state","16":"tag-golden-state-warriors","17":"tag-goldenstate","18":"tag-goldenstatewarriors","19":"tag-jonathan-kuminga","20":"tag-malik-monk","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-russell-westbrook","23":"tag-warriors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114790395103518927","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144674","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=144674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}