The Kuminga Situation Keeps Getting Weirder…
The number one story in the NBA right now (if you just kind of ignore the whole the Clippers and Kawhi cheated thing) is STILL Jonathan Kuminga and the Golden State Warriors who are the middle of a MONTHS long contract stalemate…
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The warriors since Mike dunlevy all they have been doing is losing talent for nothing…
I thought the warriors were light years ahead
Is he really that good?
The next bet on yourself L incoming. Dude is trashing his reputation and he ain’t nice like that
OMG TAKE MONK PLS
Gsw really should’ve cashed out on young assets after championship they have handled every single one terribly
Kuminga and Cam Thomas could be SUPERSTARS for the shanghai dragons
Why not just sign kuminga to what he wants & trade him or at least a 1+1 at max or 1 yr max
Team chemistry -200
The refusal to hold Kerr accountable is why this situation reached this point. Everyone acted like JK was the problem, "he's trash, loser ball, no value" just for us to see them stake their off season on him. Dubs wanted to have their cake and eat it too (lower his potential staying value while getting a massive return in a trade). Fanbase having to eat crow this entire time has been thoroughly enjoyable. The Qualifying Offer would be the icing on the cake.
4:44 thing is Warriors would love to have Monk & first but in order for money to work, they have trade either Moody or Buddy along with Kuminga and that Warriors doesn't want to.
Kuminga doesn’t even want to be in Golden State, and the Warriors don’t actually want him — so WHY are we pretending this is a “negotiation”? This is two exes trying to split rent because neither can afford to move out. Just TRADE him already before this mess kills the season.
You keep repeating yourself in the video. Either add more substance or get to the points that you’re trying to make.
with malik monk, i believe they would have to give up Moody or Hield, and they do not want to do that
Does anybody else think that the Bulls should do another 1 for 1 and swap Vucevic for Kuminga with whatever small assets attached? I think Kuminga would fit will on the Bulls. Let him do his thing scoring with Giddey passing to him and see what he can be. Perhaps he's the next Jaylen Brunson, and if not you slightly overpay for a solid 6man.
Kerr’s stubbornness is killing Kuminga’s value fast
Warriors should just bench him until he is ready to sign a deal, he won't wait the whole year because at the end no one would want him in free agency anyway and he would end up signing mid year before trade deadline.
If they had traded him 2 years ago they would have gotten more and wouldn't be in this mess.
You must be one of the commentators who don't really watch the warriors very closely. Because you said they really don't know if he is any good. Yes, they know he is very good. Everybody but Steve Kerr knows he is very good. That's why when he actually gets any minutes he scores 25 to 30 points per game. But Kerr has the solution for that, put him way down at the end of the bench and play guys like Santos, lamb, Kory Joseph and pretend Kuminga doesn't exist. Until Curry gets hurt I'm the playoffs and you are forced to play Kuminga and he goes out and averages 24 points per game when Kerr doesn't even give him that many minutes. Yep – the young guy can play. They know he's good.
Here is the scary things, what happens when Kuminga is given more playing time and he starts knocking down 3 pointers at 40% or better. If you watch his shooting form, he has a nice shot. He just needs more playing time. You wait and see what happens when he starts playing 30 plus minutes on a regular basis. He will become an excellent 3 point shooter. You put that together with his crazy athleticism and you have a superstar in the making.
I would've loved to see Kuminga on my Nuggets.
I've never understood why it's so bad to "lose a player for nothing." If the other option is overpaying the player, I'd rather lose them for nothing. When you overpay, you either stuck with a bloated contract, which prevents other moves, or you have to attach assets to get off the contract. Just ask the Warriors themselves after they signed Poole. And it's even more damaging to do that now, given the current CBA.
It's be one thing if Kuminga could actually help them win. Then you might overpay him and hope for the best. But I've seen no evidence he's a useful NBA player for a winner. He puts up numbers, but that's not the same thing. I think they should just let him take the Q.O. and not care how podcasters perceive it.
Warriors front office is garbage damn 😂
Why all this mess for a mere role player?
Malik Monk and a first from the KINGS?? Fire the entire front office.
JK it’s definitely gonna take the wrong lesson from this 🙄
The lesson he should take is his management team are poor at their job and should of encouraged him to take the offer the warriors gave last year
It was known last year that most teams don’t have a lot of cap space
it was known last that Steph was on a max and Dray
It was known that the warriors weren’t willing to pay Klay
It was known last year that the second apron rules were in
It was known last year that Kuminga is injury prone
It was known last year that the warriors won a championship without him
It was known that they don’t like that he can’t play defence or shoot
Yet he reheated 2 years 45million
He rejected 3vyears 75 million
Yes the warriors could have done better to develop him, but he did himself dirt as well. More he’s young so it’s his agents, they should of accepted 3 years $75 million
Now if he gets pennies, he needs to blame his management team
Jonathan Kuminga – He has the option to pursue 3 routes:
1. Accept the qualifying offer: What does this tell you? He wants to control his future, if he thinks he is not being utilized enough, he is going to leave the team at the end of the season and leave the veterans high and dry.
2. Accepts the deal w/ team option at year 3: Disadvantage? He will be used how they see fit, he will be disgruntled at the end of the day if he doesn’t get his way, he ends up stagnating his career like many rising stars that is under the wings of superstars.
3. Accepts the deal w/ team option at year 3: TAKING THE FUCKING ADVANTAGE OF LEARNING FROM THEIR SUPERSTARS! Workout with Jimmy Butler and Green and how they operate. Learn from them, dine with them, go to places with them, learn basketball and how they see the floor. Conditioning the mind for increased basketball IQ. The most obvious of all, workout when Stephen Curry works out! The conditioning, ball handling, shooting (DUH!!!), plays, confidence, learn, eat, repeat! Stop going on vacations whenever you get the chance! I’ve seen the Instagram, STOP IT! That is how young players today gets sullied in the league after a few years. Just like MJ, he didn’t have the body to go head to head with the pistons, what he did? He bulked up! What Curry did? He bulked up! JK has the athleticism to be an MJ – Fadeaway that BISH! Iso player! Get that through your head young blood! You are under the wing of the biggest BASKETBALL SUPERSTAR TODAY! And this is coming from a 5’5 Filipino dude who wanted to be 6’6, post-up Kobe and do that Fadeaway. Don’t mess up this chance. Understand that 30 is 30. You will never take that away from him. What you can do? Be that 2nd guy to make 30 be 30 when the moment is right. You have Jimmy and Green who is willing to pass you the ball any chance they get. This will be a defining moment for you, JK. Don’t fuck this up.
Can't believe the warriors are making a mess at basically the tail end of Steph. They can't even be decisive enough to actually pick to stay with Steph or find his replacement making it a hot mess unnecessarily.
Kuminga might not be worth all this, but good for him for fighting for what he thinks he is worth. They reduced his role and have been dangling him as trade bait for a while. He came in during the playoffs and put up numbers, with their aging roster they don't want to lose him. Get your money young man, even though you probably won't live up to the expectations. 😂
Golden Stare was 9 players.it's enough to NBA
I can imagine JK getting boos at Chase Center if he ends signing either the QO or the 2 year/3 year contract. As a Warriors fan, I'm literally okay that he will sign the QO then just leave. Let's just leave him burning his ass on the bench getting DNP whole year. I'm so pissed off that due to contract matching, we have this drama guy instead of Wiggs.
stop blaming kaminga… ha has a right to do whats best for his career. The owners want kaminga, steve kerr non coaching ass wants him gone so he can win another ring with steff
What isn't "Weird" on this channel?
Jonathan Kuminga is Westbrook minus the basketball IQ. He's all athleticism and while Westbrook can get away with being bad on defense because he's giving you all the assists, Kuminga isn't giving you assists or high rebounds and is bad on defense. Paying Kuminga will be a mistake. Giving him a no-trade will be a mistake. Not trading him sooner was a mistake. At this point the Warriors are either going to make one of the aforementioned mistakes or end up letting him walk.