Earlier, the Warriors beat the Bulls by 42 points 138-96, although Klay was absent, but the warriors who fired all the time sent 39 assists throughout the game, the whole team had 11 players on the court, all of them scored, and 6 of them scored to double digits, and the highest score was not Curry, nor the pool that replaced Clay's start, but the first-year rookie Jonathan Cuminga from the bench, the whole game Cuminga in only 25 minutes of playing time, On 10-of-12 shooting, he scored 25 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks, bringing the plus-minus to +22.
As a potential new star who won the 7th pick in the first round of the Warriors in last year's draft, Cuminga rose to 2 meters 03 in height, the division guard swingman, as a former five-star high school student, has excellent physical talent, but like Jaylen Green, Isaiah Todd, these talented high school students, Cuminga did not go to the NCAA, but directly joined the development league, the first to accept the baptism of professional leagues. Before entering the NBA, Cummingga played for the Development League's Ignition Team, where he played for the team in 13 games, averaging 15.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1 steal, 0.8 blocks, and if he had to pick a bone in the egg, his shooting level needed to improve, with only 24.6% shooting and a dismal 62.5% shooting rate from the free throw line.
And in the draft meeting, Cuminga should have been picked by the Thunder who held the No. 6 pick, but Presti accidentally skipped Kuminga, thus choosing Josh Gidi from Australia, watching this potential new star actually drop to the seventh pick, the Warriors did not hesitate to take it down, and in the 14th pick also picked another potential stock Moses Moody, can be in this draft big year, in the lottery area to select two rookies, the Warriors are indeed earned. Although in the official regular season, limited by the Warriors' front positions of Bjelica, Wiggins, and Porter, Kuminga did not get too many opportunities, but as long as the playing time is guaranteed, Cuminga can indeed bring great surprises to the Warriors.
Not long ago, the Warriors away to the Raptors game, Cuminga in the 36 minutes of playing time, 15 shots 9 cut a career-high 26 points, and in the last 3 games, Cuminga can average 18 points per game, following the last game against the defending champion Bucks to score 15 points and 7 rebounds, and in today's game against the Bulls such a strong team once again cut 20+ performance, Cuminga can also be regarded as using practical actions to prove that he can play "high-end games", but the Warriors have a coach who despises talent It also makes a talented striker like Cumminga not fully cash in on his talent.
It is undeniable that Kerr is indeed one of the most outstanding managers in the NBA at present, but in the past few years, in the absence of major generals in the Warriors, he began to learn from his mentor Popovich to dig up some role players with no talent, and the Warriors have really gained Poole, Anderson and this year's Little Payton in the past two years, so in order to continue to show their "greatness", even if the Warriors choose two lottery shows this year, the chances to play are also greatly limited.
It is no exaggeration to say that according to Cuminga's potential, if you go to another team that attaches importance to the development of young players, it is absolutely possible to become the main rotation, and even win the starting position in one fell swoop, but in the current Warriors with Curry as the core and aiming to impact the present, Cuminga can only let himself "grow slowly".