{"id":5055,"date":"2024-11-27T03:56:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T03:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5055"},"modified":"2024-11-27T03:56:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T03:56:13","slug":"breaking-warriors-trade-pitch-sends-jonathan-kuminga-to-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5055","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Warriors Trade Pitch Sends Jonathan Kuminga to Toronto.."},"content":{"rendered":"<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\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2178792417-e1729877678507.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2178792417-e1729877678507.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2178792417-e1729877678507.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2178792417-e1729877678507.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Jonathan Kuminga, Warriors\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" data-img-load-time=\"972\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1245\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Jonathan Kuminga maintains focus amid uncertain future with Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The future of\u00a0Jonathan Kuminga\u00a0in a\u00a0Warriors\u00a0uniform was uncertain before the start of the 2024-25 season \u2014 he failed to reach a contract extension with the team. It became even more uncertain at the first quarter point of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Through the first 17 games of the\u00a02024-25 NBA season,\u00a0Jonathan Kuminga\u00a0was fourth on the\u00a0Warriors\u00a0in scoring (13.3),\u00a0sixth in minutes (22.7) and fourth in field goal attempts (10.9). Those numbers were all drastically down from the 2023-24 season when the Congolese native averaged 17.4 points after the All-Star break and was consistently the team\u2019s third option on offense.<\/p>\n<p>The word around the league is that Kuminga could be on the move before the February 6, 2025 trade deadline. In light of the reports,\u00a0Sporting News\u2019 Stephen Noh\u00a0proposed a trade that would send Kuminga and\u00a0De\u2019Anthony Melton\u00a0to the\u00a0Raptors\u00a0in exchange for unheralded big man\u00a0Jakob Poeltl.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warriors would get:<\/strong>\u00a0Poeltl<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raptors would get:<\/strong>\u00a0Kuminga, Melton<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven how well the Warriors have played, it makes sense to be judicious about who they bring in if and when they trade Kuminga,\u201d Noh wrote on November 22. \u201cDe\u2019Anthony Melton is\u00a0out for the year with an ACL injury. He could be combined with Kuminga to bring back a $20 million player like the Raptors\u2019 Jakob Poeltl or the Bulls\u2019 Nikola Vucevic.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Jakob Poeltl A Good Fit for Warriors?<\/h2>\n<p>The writer argued a Warriors trade for Poeltl would be easier to pull off than a move for a complex contract like Jimmy Butler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Warriors could go for a much bigger name like Jimmy Butler, but it would take Andrew Wiggins and several other veterans to make the financials of that type of deal work. They would also need to throw in their future draft picks, of which they have two available to move. The options are open for the Warriors, but they have to act before the trade deadline. Kuminga\u2019s value will continue to decline if Kerr keeps reducing his minutes, and this team is too good to wait for him any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Lead\u2019s Tye Hooker\u00a0also argued that Poeltl, who\u2019s averaging a\u00a0career-high 16.2 points\u00a0and 12.2 rebounds in the 2024-25 campaign, would be a perfect fit in Golden State.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Matter of Time Till Warriors Trade Kuminga?<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Raptors would likely have a high price tag on him, Poeltl could provide the Warriors with some much-needed height and floor-spacing ability within their rotation,\u201d Hooker wrote on November 24. \u201cIf the Warriors want to find themselves a big man who could take their roster to the next level, bringing in a guy like Jakob Poeltl could be just the right move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In light of Kuminga\u2019s diminishing role with the team,\u00a0The Athletic\u2019s Sam Amick reported on November 1 that the fourth-year wing was highly expected to be moved before the February 6, 2025 trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet while rival executives believe the Warriors are more willing than ever to include Kuminga in a trade of significant magnitude, the fact remains that they\u2019re setting their sights very high in terms of possible targets,\u201d wrote Amick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne name to monitor is Jimmy Butler, the 35-year-old Miami Heat star who league sources say drew interest from the Warriors during the offseason and who did not come to terms on an extension. He\u2019ll be an unrestricted free agent next summer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyJonathan Kuminga maintains focus amid uncertain future with Golden State Warriors. 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