{"id":539698,"date":"2026-01-16T02:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/539698\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T02:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:32:18","slug":"jonathan-kuminga-demands-trade-from-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/539698\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Kuminga demands trade from Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here we go again.<\/p>\n

Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga<\/a> demanded a trade Thursday, according to ESPN<\/a>, continuing the contentious relationship between the talented 23-year-old and the team.<\/p>\n

Thursday marked the first day that the Warriors are eligible to trade Kuminga since he re-signed as a restricted free agent in October.<\/p>\n

The two-year, $46.8 million contract Kuminga signed less than four months ago ended an offseason-long standoff between the Warriors and the former No. 7 overall pick, who had little leverage.<\/p>\n

Few teams possessed ample cap space to sign Kuminga, while the Warriors maintained the ability to match any offer he received due to his status as a restricted free agent.<\/p>\n

The second season of Kuminga\u2019s contract is a $24.3 million team option.<\/p>\n

Kuminga is averaging 11.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game in 18 appearances, including 13 starts.<\/p>\n

He averaged 15.3 points per game last season, but he started only 10 of his 47 appearances and hardly played in the Warriors\u2019 first-round series against the Houston Rockets last postseason.<\/p>\n

But the Warriors made it a priority to re-sign Kuminga, with many believing a trade before the Feb. 5 deadline was inevitable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here now,\u201d Kuminga said in October<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s everybody\u2019s goal, to be somewhere for longer. You never know your future. So far that\u2019s my goal. That\u2019s what I want to accomplish. Being here for longer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kuminga started each of the Warriors\u2019 first 12 games this season, but he has since fallen out of their rotation.<\/p>\n

Going into Thursday night\u2019s meeting with the Knicks, Kuminga had missed 13 games in a row \u2014 including on Jan. 2 when he ruled himself out with a back injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m disappointed for him that things didn\u2019t continue to go the way they did the first couple of weeks,\u201d head coach Steve Kerr said last weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, it was gonna be tricky to start J.K., Jimmy [Butler], Draymond [Green] at the 2, 3 and 4. I think anybody can see that\u2019s a tough combination, in a five-man combination, based on shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n

The frontcourt-needy Warriors, who began Thursday with a 22-19 record, reportedly haven\u2019t been in recent contact with the Nets or shown much interest in Michael Porter Jr., who is averaging 25.7 points per game.<\/p>\n

The Sacramento Kings and Dallas Mavericks are reportedly among the teams interested in Kuminga, who is in his fifth NBA season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here we go again. Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga demanded a trade Thursday, according to ESPN, continuing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3782],"tags":[7,74238,562,307,152,3954,6,671,308,255],"class_list":{"0":"post-539698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jonatha-kuminga","10":"tag-michael-porter-jr","11":"tag-minnesota","12":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","13":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nets","16":"tag-timberwolves","17":"tag-warriors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115902437738836282","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539698","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=539698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}