No traction against Jonathan Kuminga of Warriors, Cam Thomas of Nets in a limited free agency

The limited free agency is a state of limbo that the players desperately try to avoid, since the rules are strongly inclined in favor of the teams. This year, in particular, it is difficult because there were so few teams with space on the limit, which means that the player had even less leverage. If you need tests, the Cases of Jonathan Kuminga and Guerriers’ networks are perfect examples how a player can be blocked in a limited free agency.

In the end, the smart money is on Kuminga and Thomas who return to play for their current teams, which could create an embarrassing dynamic. In both cases, it would be considerably less money than they think they deserve and with shorter contracts that could help facilitate a trade.

There have been updates in both of the last few days, here is where things are found.

Jonathan Kuminga

The rhythm of the talks around the forward warriors has collected, but this does not mean that the sides are closer to an agreement. While the general manager of Warriors Mike Dunleavy made what the team considered a fair offer, Kuminga told Espn’s Anthony Slater That the offers that the Warriors have done do not approach what he is looking for.

But Kuminga found nothing that presented attractive, he said, so the negotiations pull around will remain motionless, probably keeping the other activities out of the season of the warriors. They are the only NBA team not to sign or exchange for a player this summer.

There are two reasons why Kuminga is blocked: money and role. From the point of view of money, Kuminga is looking for a contract in the 30 million dollar seasonal band, while the Warriors offer shorter affairs, two or three years, with a low season of $ 20 million. It is a huge gap. Part of the financial challenge is on the side of the Warriors: a sign of Kuminga would be hard with Golden State in the first luxury tax apron, a number is currently about $ 25 million low, but with at least five other points of rosters to be filled.

The other party is the role in court. Kuminga wants a bigger one, to have the ball in his hands more, something he has not constantly had under Steve Kerr in Golden State (even after sections in which he played well with multiple touches).

That’s why the original hope for both sides had been to find a cartel agreement that would bring Kuminga to a new situation and to the Warriors a choice of the first round and a player, except for the fact that the trade was not out there. Phoenix remains interested and could offer Kuminga a wider role, but they lack a choice of the first round to trade and are not exactly profound with the talent that want to move. Slater summarized him in this way on Espn.

“Kuminga is looking for a more guaranteed and coherent starting role and of opportunities in the foreground, they said sources. It is something that the Suns and kings have launched. Kuminga would be a significant part of the rotation of the warriors to open the next season, and they would have needed his extra -showing the nights when Steph Curry, 37 years old or Jimmy Butler, 35, is something that was for the Eact. Kuminga no longer wants to be a secondary option or a fallback plan, fearing minimization in important moments.

In the end, the most probable result is Kuminga who signs a two-year contract of 45-50 million dollars-quinds Kerr must show Kuminga, even if Curry and Butler are healthy. Warriors will need that creation of added shots with their current list, but also puts Kuminga on display as a potential trade asset at the deadline or next summer.

For now, with the NBA season almost three months from the beginning, there is no pressure to quickly finalize an agreement. So the stall continues.

Cam Thomas

Cam Thomas is a Getter bucket – 24 points per game last season when healthy, shot 34.9% from 3, and is a boy who draws double – and wants to be paid like an elite marker.

The nets do not see it in this way, and therefore the sides are at a stalemate. Thomas hopes for a contract that has an average of over $ 20 million per season, but the goals have not offered anything more than $ 14 million per season, second Jake Fischer of Bleacher report.

“I did not hear that Brooklyn offered Cam Thomas something over a two-year agreement with a team option on the second (year) that I don’t think he is going very north-if not at all north-of medium-level attempt from $ 14.1 million …

“Cam Thomas thinks of himself as one of the most elite markers of the NBA games players, and wants to be compensated as such … I certainly believe that you want north of $ 20 (millions per year).”

Where the disconnection lies in Thomas’s value concerns his level of efficiency in obtaining dry and his defense, rather than anything else-team, teams think that it is a pony to a hat-trick, even if it is really a nice trick. Thomas got angry with Ringer’s Zach Lowe When he said that the consent of the championship on Thomas was that of an “empty caloric ball pig”. Thomas shouldn’t like it, but it doesn’t mean Lowe is wrong – that it is absolutely the perception of Thomas, right or not. Thomas said in his defense: “This is most likely the same consent teams that cannot protect me and send double teams from Jump Ball. Because we are twice to a boy who” is not so good “makes sense.” While nobody is saying that Thomas is not “so good”, the reason why the teams send double is that they do not fear him to abandon and make the defense that climb (there is also not much creation of other shots in the Brooklyn roster).

There is a real value for Thomas throughout the League, but it needs to get out of Brooklyn, and at the moment there is no exchange that will bring it to someone who will pay it. Wait that the parties are satisfied with a two -year contract, one who (just like Kuminga) is very negotiable at the expiry or next summer, Porta Thomas somewhere that wants to be.