{"id":3634,"date":"2024-09-24T03:45:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=3634"},"modified":"2024-09-24T03:45:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:45:09","slug":"jonathan-kuminga-addresses-warriors-extension-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=3634","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Kuminga Addresses Warriors Extension Talks.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1856516269-e1703618265470.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1856516269-e1703618265470.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1856516269-e1703618265470.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1856516269-e1703618265470.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Jonathan Kuminga, Warriors\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"168\" data-dom-ready-time=\"186\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Jonathan Kuminga #00 of the Golden State Warriors on the bench.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jonathan Kuminga\u00a0addressed the extension talks of the lack thereof with the\u00a0Golden State Warriors\u00a0in an\u00a0interview with The San Francisco Standard\u2019s Tim Kawakami.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t really got into it that much,\u201d Kuminga told Kawakami. \u201cI don\u2019t want to step my foot off track. I\u2019m focusing on how can I be great? How can I help something? The better you play, the more you do things, everything\u2019s going to open up itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019m not worried about things like that because I know who I am, I know myself. At the end of the day, it\u2019s just having an opportunity, a chance to go out there and prove. And just waiting for the moment. It\u2019s God\u2019s plan, so I\u2019m not even tripping or thinking about it day to day. Whenever it happens, it\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kuminga and the Warriors have until October 31 to strike a deal. Otherwise, the rising star will become a restricted free agent after this season.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old Kuminga is seeking a max deal \u2014 similar to the $224 million over five years his draft classmate Franz Wagner of Orlando Magic and Scottie Barnes of Toronto Raptors received,\u00a0according to Yahoo Sports\u2019 Jake Fischer.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Warriors Not Inclined to Offer Jonathan Kuminga Max Deal<\/h2>\n<p>However, the Warriors \u201caren\u2019t currently prepared to give Kuminga a max extension or anything that stretches too close to that $44.8 million annual salary,\u201d\u00a0per The Athletic\u2019s Anthony Slater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been tentative extension discussions between the sides, league sources said, but a clear divide remains,\u201d Slater wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the reason the Warriors are reluctant to extend Kuminga this offseason is because of the poison pill, according to Slater, which will make salary matching complicated in case they would need to include their young forward in star trade if the opportunity arises toward the February trade deadline.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Jonathan Kuminga\u2019s Patient Approach<\/h2>\n<p>Unlike last season, when Kuminga showed his impatience, particularly about his lack of playing time under Warriors coach Steve Kerr, this time, the fourth-year forward is taking a patient approach when it comes to his extension talks with the team that drafted him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody\u2019s got their time when God opens their doors,\u201d Kuminga told Kawakami. \u201cMy door isn\u2019t open yet. At some point, it\u2019s going to be open. Obviously, soon or anytime, I know they\u2019re going to be open. If you look at what other people are getting or doing or having, it\u2019s going to slow you down. So, I\u2019m not trying to slow down. Try to keep doing what I always do, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the team again loaded with veterans even after\u00a0Klay Thompson\u00a0and\u00a0Chris Paul\u00a0left in the offseason, Kerr would be facing the same roster crunch that kept Kuminga frustrated in the first half of last season.<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0The Athletic reported Kuminga \u201chas lost faith\u201d in Kerr in January, their once-frosty relationship was smoothed out over a meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Kerr inserted Kuminga in the starting lineup. And the Warriors\u2019 former lottery pick took off.<\/p>\n<p>Kuminga averaged 17.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 46 games as a starter, as he often looked as the team\u2019s second-best scoring option behind franchise star\u00a0Stephen Curry.<\/p>\n<p>If Kuminga can take another leap this season, he could have a strong case to merit the rookie max extension next summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyJonathan Kuminga #00 of the Golden State Warriors on the bench. 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