{"id":37461,"date":"2025-09-21T19:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T23:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/kuminga-and-warriors-stalled-negotiations-qualified-offer-in-sight\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T19:57:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T23:57:02","slug":"kuminga-and-warriors-stalled-negotiations-qualified-offer-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nba\/kuminga-and-warriors-stalled-negotiations-qualified-offer-in-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuminga and Warriors: Stalled negotiations, qualified offer in sight?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jonathan Kuminga and the Warriors: A Contractual Stagnation<\/h2>\n\nJonathan Kuminga&#8217;s future with the Golden State Warriors hangs in the balance. According to his agent, Aaron Turner, the player is willing to accept the $8 million qualifying offer if the Warriors do not improve their current proposal.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot of potential. He wants to choose where he wants to go. So the qualified offer is real, for sure,\u201d Turner stated in an interview.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Aaron Turner, Jonathan Kuminga&#8217;s agent<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe Warriors have presented Kuminga, 22, with three different offers. The most attractive is a three-year, $75.2 million contract, with a team option in the third season, guaranteeing Kuminga $48.3 million in the first two years.\n\nHe has also been offered a two-year, $45 million contract with a team option in the second season, and a three-year, $54 million contract without options. So far, Kuminga has rejected all offers, requesting that the Warriors convert the team option into a player option, which he would sign.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0911%2Fr1543998_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<em>Jonathan Kuminga, in an archive image.<\/em>\n\nThe Warriors have refused to include a player option in any offer and have not commented on the status of negotiations.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cIf the Warriors want to win now, if they want a player who is happy and treated fairly, which is an important part of this team, we believe they should give the player the option,\u201d added Turner.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Aaron Turner, Jonathan Kuminga&#8217;s agent<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIf Kuminga signs the qualifying offer, he would forgo more than $40 million guaranteed over the next two seasons. However, he would gain unrestricted free agency next summer and an inherent no-trade clause, a high price to control his own destiny.\n\nKuminga has been exploring his options in the market, including opinions external to the Warriors organization. The Sacramento Kings and the Phoenix Suns have shown a more aggressive interest in the player.\n\nWarriors general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. stated that the team was in a &#8220;good position&#8221; with Kuminga, but this has not resulted in an agreement.\n\nThe Warriors owner, Joe Lacob, met with Kuminga in Miami in August to try to resolve the contract dispute, but negotiations have dragged on into September. The key point is that Kuminga is seeking a player option, something the Warriors have rejected.\n\nTurner has said that Kuminga would be willing to accept a team option deal if the Warriors increase the annual figure to around $30 million, or accept the current deals if they include a player option. Otherwise, they threaten to accept the qualifying offer, which would hurt his trade value.\n\nJonathan Kuminga&#8217;s contract situation with the Golden State Warriors remains unresolved as the season approaches.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Kuminga and the Warriors: A Contractual Stagnation Jonathan Kuminga&#8217;s future with the Golden State Warriors hangs in the balance. According to his agent, Aaron Turner, the player is willing to accept the $8 million qualifying offer if the Warriors do not improve their current proposal. \u201cThere is a lot of potential. He wants to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[6846,65,132,2150],"class_list":{"0":"post-37461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nba","7":"tag-agent","8":"tag-contract","9":"tag-golden-state","10":"tag-jonathan-kuminga"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}