{"id":7806,"date":"2024-10-05T03:38:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T03:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=7806"},"modified":"2024-10-05T03:38:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T03:38:06","slug":"can-kuminga-be-warriors-no-2-scorer-i-see-myself-doing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=7806","title":{"rendered":"Can Kuminga be Warriors&#8217; No. 2 scorer? \u2018I see myself doing it&#8217;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Kuminga\u00a0is ready to step up and become one of the Warriors&#8217; top offensive weapons.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/instagram.fdad3-6.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/461928086_1232432004914375_7209487863991918527_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35&amp;efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6ImltYWdlX3VybGdlbi4xMDgweDEzNTAuc2RyLmYzMDgwOC5kZWZhdWx0X2ltYWdlIn0&amp;_nc_ht=instagram.fdad3-6.fna.fbcdn.net&amp;_nc_cat=111&amp;_nc_ohc=-g_jUS-9AtgQ7kNvgF5bOK8&amp;_nc_gid=1e6deb8148464745b75f5d80ebb432c1&amp;edm=ALQROFkAAAAA&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;ig_cache_key=MzQ3MDEwNjEwMTE5NzE0NTg1NA%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&amp;oh=00_AYBoamUdSkz0ovSdaGmV9vC3RVOvY0L6vlPAxN2PD7eBLQ&amp;oe=67067E15&amp;_nc_sid=fc8dfb\" \/><\/p>\n<p>95.7 The Game&#8217;s Whitley Sandretto\u00a0recently asked Kuminga\u00a0if he believed he could become Golden State&#8217;s No. 2 scoring option behind Steph Curry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will take you back to last year,\u201d Kuminga told Sandretto this week at Warriors training camp in Hawaii. \u201cI started kind of slow because I was trying to find my identity. I was trying to fit around new guys who came around the team. And as I kept going, I kind of took that responsibility, and it\u2019s because my teammates trusted me, my coaches trusted me. They pushed me to be that guy. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned a lesson that I could come to this year and be that guy and not force anything and be there when they need me to be. &#8230; Being the best second guy isn\u2019t just coming in, dropping 30 [points] every night. Basketball doesn\u2019t work that way. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I see myself doing it. I see myself helping and taking that load off Steph, but we got a lot of great players. It&#8217;s just a matter of who has the best night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kuminga on his ability to be the Warriors second scorer alongside Steph:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned a lesson that I could come to this year and be that guy and not force anything\u2026 I see myself doing it. See myself helping and taking that load off Steph, but we got a lot of great players.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XG6ZXWK1MP\">pic.twitter.com\/XG6ZXWK1MP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 95.7 The Game (@957thegame)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/957thegame\/status\/1842024347663532231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Warriors picked Kuminga No. 7 overall in\u00a0the 2021 NBA Draft, knowing that he had lots of raw talent that needed to be polished and refined.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a021-year-old made\u00a0huge strides during his third season, averaging 16.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game &#8212; all career highs. Kuminga had his fair share of struggles, too, clashing with coach\u00a0Steve Kerr over lineup\u00a0decisions and being benched at critical moments.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors had opportunities to pursue big-time trades and free agents this offseason, but they decided to keep their core mostly intact, betting that the likes of Kuminga, Moses Moody, Trayce Jackson-Davis and Brandin Podziemski will continue their improvement curves.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the official start of the 2024-2025 NBA season just a few weeks away, Kuminga can assert himself as Golden State\u2019s No. 2 scoring option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Kuminga\u00a0is ready to step up and become one of the Warriors&#8217; top offensive weapons. 95.7 The Game&#8217;s Whitley Sandretto\u00a0recently asked Kuminga\u00a0if he believed he could become&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can Kuminga be Warriors&#039; No. 2 scorer? 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