{"id":145865,"date":"2025-07-04T04:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T04:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/145865\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T04:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T04:32:10","slug":"wizards-among-teams-eyeing-jonathan-kuminga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/145865\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards Among Teams Eyeing Jonathan Kuminga"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wizards are the latest potential suitor to emerge in the Jonathan Kuminga<\/a> sweepstakes, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic<\/a>, who reports that Washington has entered the picture within the last 24 hours. The idea of the 22-year-old forward fitting into the Wizards\u2019 rebuild has \u201cgained real momentum,\u201d sources tell Slater.<\/p>\n

\"\"In addition to Washington, the Kings, Heat, Bulls, Bucks, and Nets have all expressed \u201cvarying levels\u201d of interest in the Warriors\u2018 restricted free agent, Slater writes.<\/p>\n

Confirming prior<\/a> reporting<\/a> out of Sacramento, Slater says the Kings floated an offer that would include 2024 first-round pick Devin Carter<\/a>, veteran forward Dario Saric<\/a>, and a pair of second-round picks. However, Golden State views that as a \u201cbuy-low\u201d attempt, per Slater, who suggests the Pacific rivals haven\u2019t gained any real traction.<\/p>\n

Both the Warriors and Kuminga appear willing to be patient in the hopes of getting what they want out of the process, Slater explains. From the team\u2019s perspective, that would mean acquiring a promising young player and a first-round pick in any sign-and-trade scenario. For Kuminga, the goal is ending up in a situation where he feels he has the full support of an organization and its coaching staff and can be a featured part of a team\u2019s core.<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s no resolution by the time the Las Vegas Summer League tips off next week, the tentative plan is for Kuminga\u2019s camp to have in-person meetings with interested teams in Vegas, Slater notes.<\/p>\n

One of those meetings could involved the Warriors. As Slater details, the idea of the former No. 7 overall pick working out a deal to remain in Golden State isn\u2019t off the table, so there has been talk of Kuminga, agent Aaron Turner, head coach Steve Kerr, and general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. sitting down together in Vegas to discuss what a reunion might look like.<\/p>\n

Kuminga appeared in just 47 games in 2024\/25, having missed more than two months due to a badly sprained ankle. He had an inconsistent role when healthy, averaging 15.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.2 assists in 24.3 minutes per game, with a .454\/.305\/.668 shooting line.<\/p>\n

Although he was out of the Warriors\u2019 rotation entirely for some key games at the end of the regular season and in the postseason, Kuminga averaged 24.3 points per game on .554\/.389\/.720 shooting in his final four playoff games vs. Minnesota after Stephen Curry<\/a> injured his hamstring, providing a reminder of his offensive upside ahead of his restricted free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wizards are the latest potential suitor to emerge in the Jonathan Kuminga sweepstakes, according to Anthony Slater…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[7,10877,3208,867,6,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-145865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-wizards","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dario-saric","10":"tag-devin-carter","11":"tag-jonathan-kuminga","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-washington","14":"tag-washington-wizards","15":"tag-washingtonwizards","16":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114793096557585206","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145865","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=145865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}