The Warriors refused to discuss any trade for Kuminga, forcing Klay Thompson to take a pay cut to renew his contract

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2024-05-12 12:59Published in Guangdong

After missing out on the 2023-24 playoffs, the Golden State Warriors also entered a long offseason early. For the Golden State Warriors, their offseason has been relatively quiet, with many teams missing the playoffs, or after being eliminated from the playoffs, the head coach is directly out of class, and the roster changes greatly.

The Golden State Warriors are arguably the best team in the NBA to maintain roster integrity in the past decade or so. But as veterans like Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green age, the Golden State Warriors desperately need some young players to step up and be the future of the team.

Recently, there have been a lot of rumors around the league about the Warriors' trade reinforcements. However, for the Golden State Warriors, they just need to make a few adjustments.

After entering the 2024 offseason, it is difficult to say whether the Golden State Warriors lineup, such as Klay Thompson, Chris Paul and Andrew Wiggins, will be able to stay with the Golden State Warriors next season.

However, the Golden State Warriors recently made clear a plan for the future, and that is that the team will re-sign Jonathan Kuminga. The team will not consider any trade for Jonathan Kuminga, who they hope will focus on in the future.

During the 2023-24 regular season, Jonathan Kuminga was publicly dissatisfied with the team's tactical set-up and playing time. Later, the Golden State Warriors also made some adjustments, making him the team's second or third man on the offensive end.

Jonathan Kuminga is only 21 years old, and he still has a lot of room to grow. However, the Golden State Warriors are now facing some salary space issues. The Golden State Warriors paid hundreds of millions of dollars in luxury taxes last year and spent the most in the league, but they couldn't even make the playoffs.

The Golden State Warriors have realized that the roster is aging, Stephen Curry and others are old, and if they want to win a championship, they must have young fresh blood. ESPN's Ramona Shelburne, recently spoke about Jonathan Kuminga's future.

Shelburne said Jonathan Kuminga won't be traded: "Not at all. Look, it's going to get complicated because of his renewal talks and how much money they have, but I think they're going to do everything they can to keep him. I don't think they even want to talk about him. ”

In the 2023-24 season, Jonathan Kuminga played 74 games in the regular season, 46 of which were as a team starter. He averaged 16.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. Jonathan Kuminga only began to get more playing time and tactical play after pressing the team.

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