[Trade] Warriors have obvious Jonathan Kuminga trade demand after latest Kings reports

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There’s no way the Kings are building a relationship with Kuminga so they can sign him in a couple years. Stiles is back in the he don’t know Jack list for me.

27 is a shaping up to be a bad draft so if they want an unprotected first that year I could live with it.

Kuminga is a swing, he is a flawed player but the risk reward is about right.
 
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iowamcnabb said:
There’s no way the Kings are building a relationship with Kuminga so they can sign him in a couple years. Stiles is back in the he don’t know Jack like for me.

27 is a shaping up to be a bad draft so if they want an unprotected first that year I could live with it.

Kuminga is a swing, he is a flawed player but the risk reward is about right.
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It could be though. The problem is the Kings would have to do some serious mind trick magic to convince him to sign for the MLE. The only real concerns are giving up rebuild pieces and signing a contract with a player that appears to be one that approximately two teams deem worth the $$$. If it doesn't work, not even Vivek can escape this fate, it's a rebuild and it's definitely in that long range. Not a short one like might have been.
 
ESPN article on Kuminga mentions the Kings/Suns a few times.
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Sources: Kuminga still declining Warriors' terms

Jonathan Kuminga's decision to continue to decline the Warriors' offer is due in large part to Golden State's insistence on having a team option for the second season and unwillingness to let him maintain the built-in no-trade clause, sources told ESPN.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

Doesn't seem like this is gonna happen, anyway......
 
This is where we keep shooting ourselves in the foot by insisting on getting players back instead of cap space when we do make a trade. It seems like somebody should have been able to look ahead six months ago to see what the free agent market was going to be this summer and also how few teams were going to have cap space. We could have kept our pick by losing a few more games and also had cap space to steal a decent player but instead we've got a bunch of players we don't want who nobody else will trade for unless we also give them draft capital in exchange for taking on our contracts. It's always so frustrating to watch this team stumble around getting nothing done season after season because they never plan their next move out in advance.
 
hrdboild said:
This is where we keep shooting ourselves in the foot by insisting on getting players back instead of cap space when we do make a trade. It seems like somebody should have been able to look ahead six months ago to see what the free agent market was going to be this summer and also how few teams were going to have cap space. We could have kept our pick by losing a few more games and also had cap space to steal a decent player but instead we've got a bunch of players we don't want who nobody else will trade for unless we also give them draft capital in exchange for taking on our contracts. It's always so frustrating to watch this team stumble around getting nothing done season after season because they never plan their next move out in advance.
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The biggest issue is how the leaks have come back. This is going to be an interesting locker room dynamic. Bank on it. The dumpster is there, full of gas, anyone got a match? haha.
 
hrdboild said:
This is where we keep shooting ourselves in the foot by insisting on getting players back instead of cap space when we do make a trade. It seems like somebody should have been able to look ahead six months ago to see what the free agent market was going to be this summer and also how few teams were going to have cap space. We could have kept our pick by losing a few more games and also had cap space to steal a decent player but instead we've got a bunch of players we don't want who nobody else will trade for unless we also give them draft capital in exchange for taking on our contracts. It's always so frustrating to watch this team stumble around getting nothing done season after season because they never plan their next move out in advance.
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Could be sitting on Kuminga and an unprotected top 8 pick from New Orleans next year but no we needed to get smacked in the play-in and get Lavine who literally nobody in the league wanted
 
Capt. Factorial said:
He has a player option. I can't imagine he opts out of it, because he won't get that much on the open market. So unless you think we can trade him for $45M worth of expiring contracts...I don't see how we have cap space next offseason.
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Even if he somehow opted out for a 2-3 year extension for more money I doubt it would help much after paying Keon and Keegan.
 
Capt. Factorial said:
He has a player option. I can't imagine he opts out of it, because he won't get that much on the open market. So unless you think we can trade him for $45M worth of expiring contracts...I don't see how we have cap space next offseason.
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Depends what teams are willing to offer. 3 years $75 mil is better than 1 year $45 mil. At what point does he become a vet min contract with the current CBA?
 
Section 101 said:
Depends what teams are willing to offer. 3 years $75 mil is better than 1 year $45 mil. At what point does he become a vet min contract with the current CBA?
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It seems like guys who opt out in the final year and do a spread like that tend to do better than guys who opt in and get bought out at the deadline. Once a player gets bought out it sure seems like they get tagged as a buyout guy and become exactly what you say there - riding out the rest of their career on minimum deals.
 
Capt. Factorial said:
I really don't see a scenario where LaVine opts out of [checks internets] $49M dollars for a contract with an AAV of $25M. Can't see it.
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Yeah, if he were older maybe he would. He's still young enough to get that longer contract after this one if he stays healthy. If this works then maybe it's feasible he opts out and signs back to give the Kings a little more breathing room kind of like Harden has done in the past with the Sixers. As said it's probably not making much if a dent if space is the goal however.
 
Capt. Factorial said:
He has a player option. I can't imagine he opts out of it, because he won't get that much on the open market. So unless you think we can trade him for $45M worth of expiring contracts...I don't see how we have cap space next offseason.
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You can offer a multiyear extension that is less annually but more in total.
 


The Golden State Warriors are running out of options on the Jonathan Kuminga front. Kuminga reportedly declined a two-year contract offer worth $45 million due in large part to the inclusion of a team option for the second season, and is seemingly prioritizing a future with a different team. The Sacramento Kings are one of the last lifelines the Warriors have on the sign-and-trade front, but there's one player who appears to be a sticking point in negotiations: Keon Ellis. The harsh reality of the Kuminga situation is that the Warriors have backed themselves into a corner.

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Capt. Factorial said:
Westbrook is 37. Paul is 40. LaVine is 30. LaVine has probably 5 years before there can be any consideration of him taking a vet min contract.
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So if you are Levine, do you risk getting injured on the opt in year/decline in value or do you try to get a longer term deal for less per year, but more overall guaranteed money?
 
TheMobb said:
On top of that LaVine is coming off a year where he put up 23ppg on 51% FG and 44% from 3. That type of efficiency on that volume is prime Steph like numbers.
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Don't like his contract but if he is healthy he's still a good player as long as we have good defenders around him. The biggest problem was the fit with Monk and DDR and basically dumping the entire defensive load on Keegan.
 
Section 101 said:
So if you are Levine, do you risk getting injured on the opt in year/decline in value or do you try to get a longer term deal for less per year, but more overall guaranteed money?
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With this new CBA I think the latter, but it is not going to be for 50% of that deal, more like 75%.

So instead of 1 year at 49 or 3 years at 75, more like 3 years at 120. Maybe he'd agree to a declining deal or all 3 years at 40 though, so both player and team have flexibility if either decide to move on. I think we will see more like this as time goes on and players and GMs accept the reality of the current CBA.
 
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