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After being a semi-regular in the Golden State Warriors’ rotation last season, Jonathan Kuminga’s playing time has leveled off in a big way this 2022-23. He’s averaging only 10.8 minutes per game, down from the 16.9 he saw last campaign. He was seen as a promising young talent, but has been unable to find minutes […]

The Golden State Warriors started off the season with an 11-man rotation. In their latest win against the Miami Heat, only 10 players took the court – leaving out second-year man Jonathan Kuminga. Kuminga was already being used sparingly for the team’s first four games. He played just over 10 minutes per contest in those […]

Draymond Green believes it’s up to him to fix the Golden State Warriors’ porous early-season defense. Even one of the most impactful, additive defenders in league history, though, couldn’t possibly plug all the leaks that have sprung during the defending champions’ 2-2 start to the regular season. Besides, Green’s sweeping influence can only extend so […]

Moses Moody knows what it will take for the Golden State Warriors’ young second unit to establish an on-court identity. Good thing he, James Wiseman, Jonathan Kuminga and company can work from an example set by the Warriors’ dynastic core. “Game reps and just more film study, more practice reps. We’re just working on it, […]

The 2022-23 NBA season is suddenly almost a week old, with the Golden State Warriors beginning their title defense by proving they’re a legitimate threat to repeat and prompting major questions about their workable depth against playoff competition. Here are three hot takes from the Warriors’ 2-1 start to the regular season. 3. Jonathan Kuminga and […]

The Golden State Warriors spent most of preseason bragging about their wealth of quality depth. Steve Kerr and Stephen Curry invoked the “Strength In Numbers” 2015-16 champions as a comparison for these Dubs after their season-opening win over the Los Angeles Lakers, when Golden State celebrated ring night by going 11-deep in a blowout victory. […]

Draymond Green is stepping away from the Golden State Warriors indefinitely. The four-time champion couldn’t guarantee he’d be in the lineup on October 18th against the Los Angeles Lakers for the regular season opener, and Steve Kerr later clarified there really is no concrete timeline or specific benchmarks that must be met for Green’s return. […]

Andre Iguodala didn’t decide to return to the Golden State Warriors for his 19th and final NBA season to play the unique role Udonis Haslem does with the Miami Heat. The 38-year-old made abundantly clear before announcing his plans on Friday that he had no interest in occupying that de facto player-coach role with the […]

Few teams in basketball return as many top players this season as the Golden State Warriors. The six-man core that led them to another title remains fully intact, with Kevon Looney re-signing in July and contract questions facing incumbent free agents Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole—not to mention Draymond Green, who has a player option […]

Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga is entering just his second season in the NBA, but he’s already become material for a Stephen A. Smith hot take. In a recent episode of First Take, the ESPN personality recently revealed that he’s heard of reports about Kuminga’s poor attitude off the court. Warriors head coach Steve […]

The Golden State Warriors are in one of the most enviable spots as a franchise in the NBA. Not only are they fresh off a championship victory against the Boston Celtics in the 2022 NBA Finals, they are well set up for the future, with a young core led by Jordan Poole and Jonathan Kuminga […]

A couple of weeks back, Stephen A. Smith dropped a massive truth bomb on Jonathan Kuminga and his alleged lack of mental fortitude for the Golden State Warriors. According to Stephen A, he’s heard that Kuminga has been “shortchanging” the Dubs with the lack of determination he’s exhibited in terms of mastering his craft. For […]

Jonathan Kuminga did not exactly put forward any eye-popping performances during the Summer League. This could probably have a lot to do with the fact that the Golden State Warriors asked the incoming second-year wing to try out a few things that he wasn’t very accustomed to. This included ball-handling duties, which clearly isn’t one […]

Maybe Jonathan Kuminga really isn’t privy to Stephen A. Smith’s pointed criticism of his work ethic on Tuesday’s edition of First Take. It’s late August, after all, the last leg of the offseason before the uber-talented forward begins his sophomore campaign with the Golden State Warriors. Perhaps Kuminga is taking this valuable time to unplug […]

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors are on top of the world. But that doesn’t mean there can’t ever be a little trouble in paradise. Could some of that trouble be coming from Jonathan Kuminga? The incoming Warriors sophomore has reportedly exhibited some slightly worrisome behavior, with ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith recently noting […]

Jonathan Kuminga turned heads as a rookie with the Golden State Warriors, carving out a reserve rotation role during the regular season while hinting at long-term star potential that many always believed made him a steal with the seventh overall pick of the 2021 draft. No standout individual performance or jaw-dropping personal highlight is what […]

Jonathan Kuminga mostly played bystander during the Golden State Warriors’ championship run, barely getting off the bench in the last two rounds of the playoffs. His surprise insertion as a starter against the Memphis Grizzlies in the second round proved short-lived, too. Kuminga didn’t play in the Warriors’ hard-earned close-out victory over their budding rivals […]

It hasn’t been too long since Stephen Curry proved that he is much, much better in basketball than he is in baseball. Nevertheless, the Oakland Athletics decided to call up one of his teammates for an inaugural first pitch. Let’s just say that Steph’s pitch pales in comparison to Jonathan Kuminga’s honorary pitch. The incoming […]

After rocking the basketball world by winning their fourth NBA championship in eight years, the Golden State Warriors have re-established themselves as the team to beat in the NBA. Stephen Curry won his first NBA Finals MVP, Klay Thompson made his long anticipated return to the court and Draymond Green was back to his old […]

The Golden State Warriors are ready to defend their title. Barely three weeks after the start of free agency, the reigning champions’ roster is nearing its final form. Kevon Looney is back, Gary Payton II and Otto Porter are out, and Donte DiVincenzo and JaMychal Green are in. Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga look poised […]

Jonathan Kuminga flashed all the physical tools and nascent skill in Summer League that makes him a fixture of Golden State Warriors’ long-term future. But the sophomore forward’s play in Las Vegas was objectively inconsistent nevertheless, most beset by a jumper that failed him again and again from both beyond at the arc and at […]

The Golden State Warriors enter Sunday’s Las Vegas finale against the Washington Wizards at 1-6 in Summer League play, with five of those losses coming by double digits. Don’t conflate that lack of team-wide success with automatic discouragement about Golden State’s talented young players, though. The Warriors were never going to be as cohesive at […]

Owner Joe Lacob and general manager Bob Myers definitely aren’t the only ones who have high hopes for the Golden State Warriors’ next generation. Before the Warriors’ Las Vegas Summer League game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday, promising sophomore forward Jonathan Kuminga was asked what it’s like to be on the court with […]

Jonathan Kuminga called his 2022 Summer League debut “one of the worst games I’ve ever had in my life.” His four-point, five-turnover performance against the New York Knicks last week came just 48 hours after he’d returned from his native Congo, joining the Golden State Warriors late in their preparations for Las Vegas. Kuminga subsequently […]

James Wiseman stole the show in the Golden State Warriors’ 86-85 win over the San Antonio Spurs at Las Vegas Summer League, celebrating his highly anticipated and long-awaited return to the floor with a thunderous lob dunk, pull-up three-pointer and pair of impressive blocks all in the game’s first four minutes. He wasn’t nearly as […]

Jonathan Kuminga followed up an eye-popping debut at Summer League last July with an extremely promising rookie season. But he was a bystander during the Golden State Warriors’ championship run, garnering mostly garbage-time minutes in the playoffs despite starting three games against the Memphis Grizzlies in the second round. Don’t take Kuminga’s barely-there postseason role […]

The Golden State Warriors didn’t exactly get Summer League play off to a rousing start. The California Classic hosts went winless at Chase Center, losing three games by a combined 65 points. But the summer squad that takes the floor in Las Vegas over the next week-and-a-half, thankfully, will look much different than the short-handed […]

Stephen Curry will turn 35 years old by next season’s playoffs, while Draymond Green and Klay Thompson will be 33. The Golden State Warriors couldn’t have won a fourth title in eight seasons without a revamped supporting cast, but none of their elite young prospects carved out a consistent spot in Steve Kerr’s playoff rotation. […]

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors are living the dream. They just won the 2021-22 NBA championship and now have the entire offseason to bask in their success. But best believe Steph Curry and co. already have next season in mind and what it would take to repeat. That’s just the way both the […]

The Golden State Warriors were down 2-1 to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals when Steve Kerr changed his starting lineup, inserting Otto Porter for Kevon Looney. They won the next three games in convincing overall fashion, winning an incredible fourth title in eight seasons. Golden State’s first championship of this ongoing dynasty, remember, […]

Ime Udoka pared down the Boston Celtics’ rotation to seven players in Game 3, committing further to small ball and asking more of Robert Williams III while leaving Daniel Theis on the bench from the opening tip to the final buzzer. Steve Kerr, meanwhile, is still clearly searching for the Golden State Warriors’ optimal lineup […]

The Golden State Warriors were punched in the mouth by the Boston Celtics in Game 1 and were unable to respond. Despite once leading by 15 points and having control for most of the game, the Warriors trail the series 1-0. Boston outscored the Warriors 40-16 in the fourth quarter, tying for the largest scoring […]

Andre Iguodala is no stranger to the NBA Finals, entering his seventh trip in 18 career seasons making the grandest stage in basketball and his sixth doing so with the Golden State Warriors. He’s the elder statesman on a Warriors team rife with young talent such as rookies Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody. Asked about […]

At 32 years old, Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green is not exactly an old man. Unfortunately for him, some of his younger teammates are barely 20, which definitely makes him their senior. This was exactly the case for rookie Jonathan Kuminga, who apparently, used to laugh at Green whenever he saw him early in […]

The Golden State Warriors missed an opportunity to sweep the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Final Tuesday night, losing 119-109. However, that final score was not indicative of how dominant the Mavs were for much of the game. Yet, the Golden State bench cut a 29-point deficit all the way down to eight points […]

Even after a hard-fought, physical series in the second round of the NBA playoffs, the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors have nothing but respect for each other. Ja Morant’s absence ended up being too much for the Grizzlies to overcome but they gave the Dubs a very hard time. Even with the mutual respect, […]

The Golden State Warriors showed massive confidence in Jonathan Kuminga in the NBA playoffs. Steve Kerr made him the youngest player ever to start a postseason game despite having other veterans he could have played. The entire franchise knows that they have someone special on their hands. Draymond Green told Marc Spears of Andscape that […]

The Golden State Warriors made the bold decision to start Jonathan Kuminga in the NBA playoffs. The 19-year-old had only started 12 regular-season games and had only played 15 minutes in a playoff game once. He was the youngest player ever to start a postseason contest. The move paid off, as the Warriors dominated the […]

Jonathan Kuminga made a surprise start for the Golden State Warriors for Saturday’s Game 3 matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies. Taking the place of the injured Gary Payton II, Kuminga just set an NBA record with his first career playoff start. At just 19 years and 213 days, the Warriors rookie has now become the […]