The Golden State Warriors have gone on report indicating they want 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.
“We worth JK,” Mike Dunleavy Jr. stated. “I feel he had a resilient season. … So far as bringing him again subsequent season, I feel it is one thing we’re very taken with doing as a result of, after I take a look at the issues JK does nicely, when it comes to attending to the rim, ending, getting fouled, these are issues we drastically want. We all know he can carry these to the desk. It isn’t hypothetical.”
Dunleavy added: “For that motive, we’ll attempt to carry him again, however you have to have these conversations. You have to determine it out. It is a two-way road 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 stated 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 yr,” Kerr stated. “He was actually coming into his personal earlier than he acquired damage. The harm actually damage him. When he got here again from the harm, he was not in rhythm, he was not the identical participant he was when he acquired damage. In order that put sort of somewhat little bit of an impediment in our approach 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 acquired a number of expertise and skill, nonetheless rising, nonetheless uncooked in some ways, however a number of what we’ve got to determine is roster development and mixture. … Mixtures have been tough. Now we have to do a greater job as a workers of determining some issues and the way we’re going about our enterprise. JK has acquired issues to enhance on, and we acquired to enhance our roster all-in-all.”
