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

[Jdbraver137]

Warriors gonna run the clock out praying for a better offer. Which won’t come. Perhaps bring his value down even more as they get really desperate. It would be extremely hilarious for him to remain on the warriors until summer. Love the drama during curry’s last few years.

 

[hrdboild]

So now I'm reading GS is prioritizing expiring contracts for JK. That's pretty funny. They sign a guy to trade for expirings lol.

"League sources said the Warriors have been prioritizing expiring contracts in return for Kuminga. They've declined the idea of taking back long-term contracts unless they view it as no-brainer positive value. That has been the holdup in conversations with Sacramento. The Warriors refuse to absorb the three years and $60.4 million remaining on Malik Monk's deal, though league sources said Keon Ellis (on a cheap expiring deal) is a potential sweetener of interest to them."

Sources: Jonathan Kuminga demanding trade away from Warriors

Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga has demanded a trade away from Golden State, league sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

The bit about Monk's salary in that article is misleading. Monk only has 2 years and $41 million remaining after this season (the second year of which is a player option). They're already committed to the salary for this current season, whether they pay it to Kuminga, Monk, or someone else.

DeRozan is essentially an expiring with his buy out next year. DDR makes the most sense for the Warriors. You get the veteran scoring help you need and a potential expiring contract, if things don't work out.

DDR would be a deadly 6th man for Steph Curry's last couple of years run.

Yeah, DeRozan makes way more sense for them than Monk. He slides easily into the role Andre Igoudala played on their championship teams. Unfortunately, they really need a starting PF far more than they need a good sixth man so that's probably why they're still posturing. They've put themselves in a position where they've killed Kuminga's value and can't trade him for a viable starting forward without throwing in draft compensation. But without that viable starting forward their season is in peril.

 

[ockingsfan]

The bit about Monk's salary in that article is misleading. Monk only has 2 years and $41 million remaining after this season (the second year of which is a player option). They're already committed to the salary for this current season, whether they pay it to Kuminga, Monk, or someone else.



Yeah, DeRozan makes way more sense for them than Monk. He slides easily into the role Andre Igoudala played on their championship teams. Unfortunately, they really need a starting PF far more than they need a good sixth man so that's probably why they're still posturing. They've put themselves in a position where they've killed Kuminga's value and can't trade him for a viable starting forward without throwing in draft compensation. But without that viable starting forward their season is in peril.

We can throw in their old friend Dario Saric or Drew Eubanks to play PF. We can even let them pick which one they want!

 

[SacTownKid]

Warriors gonna run the clock out praying for a better offer. Which won’t come. Perhaps bring his value down even more as they get really desperate. It would be extremely hilarious for him to remain on the warriors until summer. Love the drama during curry’s last few years.

The Warriors are set up well to make a splash in 2027, so, much like LaVine and the Kings possibly buying him out rather than taking on longer money would it be surprising to see the Warriors just not pick up Kumingas option? If Perry made any type of imprint on Kuminga then he might be able to land him with the MLE in free agency if he wants regardless. Doesn't sound like any of the few cap teams have much interest to begin with and certainly no team is going to say "hey, here's the keys".

 

[Jdbraver137]

The Warriors are set up well to make a splash in 2027, so, much like LaVine and the Kings possibly buying him out rather than taking on longer money would it be surprising to see the Warriors just not pick up Kumingas option? If Perry made any type of imprint on Kuminga then he might be able to land him with the MLE in free agency if he wants regardless. Doesn't sound like any of the few cap teams have much interest to begin with and certainly no team is going to say "hey, here's the keys".

Then they lose him for nothing

 

[SacTownKid]

Then they lose him for nothing

I think they want the space for 2027. If they don't want Monk that's got to be why.