{"id":5837,"date":"2024-11-29T07:40:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T07:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5837"},"modified":"2024-11-29T07:40:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T07:40:06","slug":"breaking-jonathan-kuminga-gets-honest-on-coming-off-warriors-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5837","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Jonathan Kuminga Gets Honest on Coming Off Warriors Bench.."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Golden State Warriors star Jonathan Kuminga opened up on his bench role<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For the first time all month, Jonathan Kuminga finally started again for the Golden State Warriors. After hoping to prove himself as a max player, Kuminga was relegated to a bench role for the team by October, but the hopeful All-Star says it doesn’t bother him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen [they] took me out the starting five, I didn\u2019t complain,\u201d Kuminga said after the Warriors faced the Thunder. \u201cComing in today and telling me that I\u2019m going to be in the starting five, I was happy but that hasn\u2019t affected me at all. I still go out there and just play and be free. It\u2019s not something that really affected me or anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though playing on the bench contradicts Kuminga’s hopes of becoming a max player, the 22-year-old claims that he’s happy with coming off the bench.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like it\u2019s been a great role and I\u2019m happy with it,” Kuminga said. “I haven\u2019t complained or anything like that\u2026 that\u2019s what they want me to do and I feel very comfortable at doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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