The Golden State Warriors have gone on report indicating they wish to retain Jonathan Kuminga as he enters restricted free company. Kuminga has been extra of a favourite of Joe Lacob and the entrance workplace than of Steve Kerr all through his tenure with the Warriors.Â
“We worth JK,” Mike Dunleavy Jr. mentioned. “I believe he had a resilient season. … So far as bringing him again subsequent season, I believe it is one thing we’re very fascinated by doing as a result of, once I take a look at the issues JK does effectively, when it comes to attending to the rim, ending, getting fouled, these are issues we tremendously want. We all know he can convey these to the desk. It is not hypothetical.”
Dunleavy added: “For that purpose, we’ll attempt to convey him again, however you have to have these conversations. You have to determine it out. It is a two-way avenue when it comes to creating — getting a brand new contract and all of that. So, we’ll see the place it goes.”
The Warriors may re-sign Kuminga, or they might additionally work on a sign-and-trade. Steve Kerr mentioned if Kuminga stays with the Warriors, Kerr is dedicated to creating issues match higher than they did after Butler arrived on the commerce deadline.
“I assumed he had a extremely good 12 months,” Kerr mentioned. “He was actually coming into his personal earlier than he obtained harm. The harm actually harm him. When he got here again from the harm, he was not in rhythm, he was not the identical participant he was when he obtained harm. In order that put form of a bit of little bit of an impediment in our manner as we are attempting to get to the playoffs.
“It felt sq. peg, spherical gap for us. We clearly went away from JK as a part of the rotation, and he dealt with it very well. … He is a man who has obtained a variety of expertise and skill, nonetheless rising, nonetheless uncooked in some ways, however a variety of what now we have to determine is roster development and mixture. … Mixtures have been difficult. We now have to do a greater job as a employees of determining some issues and the way we’re going about our enterprise. JK has obtained issues to enhance on, and we obtained to enhance our roster all-in-all.”
