Jonathan Kuminga, Warriors is not a good choice, says Udonis Haslem – NBC Sports Bay Area and California
Jonathan Kuminga’s future with Warriors is complicated and uncertain, but Udonis Haslem believes that the solution is actually quite simple.
The three -time NBA champion and the ESPN analyst, like the rest of the NBA world, discussed the situation of Kuminga with Golden State in the “NBA TODAY” edition of Wednesday. Haslem was asked for what Kuminga, who is a limited free agent, should want while emerging in an unexplored territory.
“He should want to go to be his best version and I don’t think it will happen to Golden State,” said Haslem. “And it’s nothing against Golden State, it’s nothing against Kuminga. It’s not a good choice. Especially when you have a guy like Jimmy Butler. Jimmy Butler is a damn basketball player. He needs the ball in his hands. He will do the other guys better. He will defend herself on the other side. Her basketball IQ is out of the roof.”
When the Warriors acquired Butler for the first time at the commercial expiration in February, they had hoped that the six times all-star and Kuminga thrived together on the field.
But he never worked as hoped for Golden State, as Haslem explained.
“And I think it is where [Butler] Get the advantage with Kuminga, “said Haslem.” If you put it in the game, you put it with Steph [Curry]You put it with those other guys and don’t miss a shot. You put Kuminga and it’s a bit of an offensive stop. He takes the ball in his hands, he wants to do his things. So, Jonathan Kuminga should look for a situation or an opportunity to be his best version. It’s his time and shouldn’t feel bad for this.
“Often, we make the boys feel to want to enter that light and be their best version. I don’t think he should feel bad for this. He played the game. It was in Golden State long enough. He is a damn good basketball player. It is his time to shine and wants his opportunity, and he doesn’t blame him.”
The Warriors extended a qualified offer from $ 7.9 million to Kuminga, making it a limited free agent. This means that if he receives an offer from another team, Warriors can choose to combine that offer and hold him or refuse to combine it and let them sign with the other team.
They can also explore a cartel scenario, which a source confirmed to NBC Sports California on Wednesday is under discussion with the kings and pistons who would have sent the second year guard Devin Carter and the great man Dario Saric to Golden State, Kuminga in Sacramento and the high quality guard Malik Monk in Detroit.
The possibilities are unlimited, but it seems more and more likely that Kuminga’s time in the bay is approaching.
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