Dub Hub: Warriors’ best offer to Jonathan Kuminga reportedly in the range of two-years, $40 million

Rounding up all Warriors and NBA related news for Tuesday, July 29th.

In today’s Dub Hub:

• According to NBA insider Marc Stein, the Warriors’ best offers to Jonathan Kuminga are in the two-year, $40 million range.
• Draymond Green shows up to support Moses Moody’s Arkansas youth camp.
• Lakers’ Luka Doncic featured on the cover of Men’s Health.

The Golden State Warriors’ offer to restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga has reportedly fallen well short of a long-term commitment. According to NBA insider Marc Stein via The Stein Line, Golden State’s top offers to Kuminga have been two-year deals in the $40 million range.

Via The Stein Line:

The Warriors can’t sign free agents Al Horford and De’Anthony Melton — both of whom are widely expected to land in Golden State — until they resolve Kuminga’s future. Which is why they are the only team in the league this summer yet to sign or trade a player.

Word is that the Warriors’ best offers to Kuminga have topped out in the two-year $40 million range.

Kuminga’s camp, meanwhile, is said to be actively exploring sign-and-trade opportunities in pursuit of both a larger role and a more substantial payday. The Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns remain the most persistent suitors, according to Stein, but a deal has yet to materialize with the Warriors seeking a first-round pick in any potential sign-and-trade.

For more on this and other news around the NBA, here is our latest news round-up for Tuesday, July 29th:

Warriors News:

The Kuminga Konundrum: understanding the math of sign-&-trades and aprons | by GSWCBA | Dub Nation HQ

A one-year veteran minimum counts at $2.3M for apron purposes.3 However, if they use those final spots on their drafted rookies, Alex Toohey and/or Will Richard, their rookie minimums would only count at $1.3M each, nearly $1M less per player.4

Which means if they signed both of those rookies to the main roster for a combined $2.6M, they would have $26.3M left for that last spot. That’s essentially the most the Warriors could give Kuminga in the first year of his deal, unless they made a trade to shed some more salary (like trading Buddy Hield and his $9.2M for a player making $5M).

Should Jonathan Kuminga take the qualifying offer with the Warriors? It’s complicated | The Athletic

The Athletic recently polled 16 people who work in rival front offices, asking them what they believe would constitute a “fair” contract for Kuminga, given today’s circumstances. They were granted anonymity in exchange for their candor. Answers ranged from $17 million to $25 million in average annual value. The mean average annual value in the poll was $20.4 million.

One executive suggested a two-year contract. Ten mentioned three-year contracts. Four people said four years. And one fan of Kuminga’s game suggested the largest deal (both in years and average annual value): $125 million over five years.

The only 3 Warriors Jonathan Kuminga paths, including Bulls, Kings sign-and-trades | ClutchPoints

Kuminga and the Warriors alike have held out hope this offseason that the Bulls would be a suitor in a potential sign-and-trade scenario. In any scenario involving Chicago, Dosunmu would be the headline player going to Golden State.

Between his two-way abilities and secondary playmaking skills, Dosunmu would fit in as a key guard in Steve Kerr’s rotations that the Warriors haven’t had since trading away Jordan Poole.

Stephen Curry On Drake Loyalty, Retirement Date & Trash-Talking Kobe | 360 With Speedy

Draymond Green shows up to Moses Moody’s youth camp in Arkansas

NBA News:

Luka Dončić 2.0 Has Entered the Chat | Men’s Health

At the start of his NBA career, Dončić mostly received advice from Mavs trainers and nutritionists. During the offseasons, when he returned to Europe, the limited guidance left him flailing. And during the season, the vicious NBA travel schedules gave him little time to clean up his diet. “Especially in the NBA, you travel almost all the time,” he says. “You’re never home. And for me, you know, after the season, going back home, it’s a big thing, you know. I see my friends, my family, I see everybody. So it’s not easy for sure.”

What’s next for LeBron James | The Stein Line

It was a worry for every team he played for through the first 22 seasons of his career, but the Lakers’ widely presumed preferred scenario for their future is letting James’ contract drop off their books after the 2025-26 season. Paul’s statement upon announcing the player option decision, which is featured in full further down, essentially hints at this understanding if you read it carefully.

Chris Paul gets emotional at his Clippers’ introductory press conference

In case you missed it at Golden State of Mind:

NBA free agent rumors: Warriors, Seth Curry have ‘mutual interest’ in reunion

With Brandin Podziemski, Buddy Hield, rookie Will Richard, and presumably Melton all comprising the non-Steph Curry guards currently on the roster, Seth Curry would add some veteran depth with some family ties. His elite shooting could also make it easier to part with Hield in an eventual trade. While Hield was an excellent fit with the Warriors last season after the acquisition of Jimmy Butler, his $9.2 million salary is an obvious candidate to be aggregated if the Dubs make another big trade.

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