{"id":627638,"date":"2026-02-27T06:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/627638\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T06:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:03:18","slug":"how-jonathan-kuminga-fared-in-second-hawks-game-after-trade-nbc-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/627638\/","title":{"rendered":"How Jonathan Kuminga fared in second Hawks game after trade \u2013 NBC Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/jonathan-kuminga-hawks-warriors\/1919995\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">big debut for the Atlanta Hawks<\/a> earlier in the week, former Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga followed it up with another impressive performance on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401810705\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his first start for Atlanta<\/a>, the former No. 7 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft had 17 points, nine rebounds and three assists in 30 minutes, along with a plus-23 plus\/minus. The Hawks took down the Washington Wizards 126-96 in the nation&#8217;s capital.<\/p>\n<p>And Kuminga&#8217;s highlights were impressive, too, which shouldn&#8217;t be a surprise to anyone who has watched him in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, Hawks coach Quin Snyder assessed Kuminga&#8217;s first two games with his new team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s really focused on moving the ball and being unselfish,&#8221; Snyder told reporters (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZachLangleyNBA\" rel=\"nofollow\">h\/t Zach Langley<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coach Snyder on Jonathan Kuminga: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s really focused on moving the ball and being unselfish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zach Langley (@ZachLangleyNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachLangleyNBA\/status\/2027218779105640837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401810687\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In Kuminga&#8217;s debut with Atlanta<\/a> on Tuesday &#8212; also in a win over the Wizards &#8212; he put up 27 points, seven rebounds and four assists on 75-percent shooting in just 24 minutes off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Warriors fans will be the first to point out this isn&#8217;t the first time Kuminga has shown out over a short span. But if the talented wing, who still is only 23 years old, can keep this up in his new home, he finally could be on a quick path to reaching his long-heralded potential in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dubs-talk-a-golden-state-warriors-podcast.simplecast.com\/episodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Download and follow the Dubs Talk Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a big debut for the Atlanta Hawks earlier in the week, former Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga followed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,479,164,4025,4024,867,6,255],"class_list":{"0":"post-627638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golden-state-warriors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-golden-state","10":"tag-golden-state-warriors","11":"tag-goldenstate","12":"tag-goldenstatewarriors","13":"tag-jonathan-kuminga","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-warriors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116141084229297085","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627638","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=627638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}