Jonathan Kuminga is getting more potential outs ahead of the Feb. 5 trade deadline.
The Golden State Warriors forward Kuminga has three new rival teams that are showing interest in him, Kevin O’Connor of Yahoo! Sports reported on Monday. Those three teams are the New Orleans Pelicans, the Washington Wizards, and the Portland Trail Blazers.
Kuminga, still only 23 years old, re-signed with the Warriors on a two-year, $46.8 million deal this past offseason (with a club option in the second year). The resolution came after a tense and lengthy offseason stalemate between the two sides.
But many of the same issues that have plagued Kuminga throughout his time in Golden State have recurred again this season. The ex-NBA champion Kuminga has experienced another round of his well-documented tension with Warriors head coach Steve Kerr and is now effectively a healthy scratch from the Warriors’ rotation, having not played at all since Dec. 18.
Over the offseason, one particular team in the Western Conference was linked most heavily to Kuminga. But now Kuminga is drawing interest from the Pelicans, Wizards, and Blazers, three sub-.500 teams who are presumably eyeing Kuminga as a young rebuilding piece.
Because of his spotty playing time this season, Kuminga is only averaging 11.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 2.6 assists through 24.8 minutes per contest. But with exactly one month to go until the NBA trade deadline, it appears that Kuminga’s market is really starting to expand here.
