I hope when Jonathan Kuminga resurrects his career, he loses the Kumbucket nickname and replaces it with the Kryptologist

I always got downvotes from Warrior fans but it was evident that the Warriors culture didn’t want Kuminga to flourish. I saw the way he performed in the playoffs with Curry off the floor. You can tell he has been disgruntled

He truly is Y2J

Damn. You usually want to keep these things in house smh

Could’ve used him in the Last Jedi

This post and your comment gave me intense deja vu

I don’t think this was a secret

That Warriors player: Jonathan Kuminga

Jimmy Butler. Had to have been the source.

He’s a HOF coach but in this scenario it’s Thibs-level stubbornness in the worst way. His Rookie year they win the chip and he actually played during the season. Since then, in the name of winning now, he’s been increasingly isolated while the Warriors have accomplished absolutely nothing. Kerr has nothing to show for squandering the potential of the #7 overall pick and the Warriors’ best potential trade asset. He wouldn’t even play him this year to boost his value when there was literally zero chance he wasn’t getting traded. Just makes absolutely no sense.

There’s been evidence of this since his rookie year when he opted to play “Big Nepo” Damian Lee who outside of one decent shooting/scoring night per month was useless and a complete liability on the floor at all times. Hell it got even worse the next season when he would play Anthony Lamb who was just as bad as Damian Lee but also came with the added bonus of being a PR nightmare.

“It’s clear the coach doesn’t believe in him.”

Like GD. Then what was the point in re-signing him? It’s like if he can’t get things to work with the Dubs, then no one else can have him!? 😄

Well kuminga is young so he damn well needed to ask a vet what is allowed and what’s crossing the line for injury’s reports 😂

His agent doesn’t even have the experience to give that kind of advice.

The FO specifically.

I don’t care what the reasons are, Kerr and JK don’t mesh.

So the FO holds on to JK so his value can tank…

They really have. Can’t blame Kuminga for feeling some sort of way towards Kerr and the front office. One day he’s in the rotation, the next he’s not. One day they talk about him being in the team’s plans and the next he’s the scapegoat.

This pick and the Wiseman pick and the way they were handled cost Curry at least one more Finals trip if not another ring

From the outside looking in this is one of the weirder roster situations in recent memory. Who’s winning by keeping him around?

They’re going to have take on bad money at this point, but maybe they can get a batch of seconds too?

Says it’s a warriors player. Can’t be a player if you don’t play

Nah it’s Moody for sure. Theyve been teammates since their draft. Plus that’s his diction

We hear that it is tough to develop young talent when you have an older core of stars. I think it’s also possible that the Warriors suck at the development of young players.

I’m ngl Kuminga isn’t the level of talent for this to be a massive fuck up

It’s just getting a ton of press

It’s actually unreal how much the Warriors have fucked this up.

What would you have done?

LiGhT yEaRs AhEaD!

That FO drank their own Kool-aid.

I don’t understand this line of thought, he’s gotten plenty of chances he’s just not good

The GSW fans running interference to defend both Kerr and the front office when we can all clearly see what’s happening is the most annoying part.

It’s pretty impressive. It’s also leading to revisionist history where people are pretending like he used to be this super valuable trade piece who was seen as a future star

Sure his value has fallen but this has been going on for years now. He legitimately just isn’t a good player despite his “potential” and athleticism

It’s also that warriors news gets clicks. Like if the same level of player was having the same kind of drama on the Jazz we wouldn’t really be seeing it get much coverage. 

Kuminga’s camp? Like Golden Stats hasn’t been pushing stories for years about how they’re expecting a great return for this future superstar.

Korkmaz had a trade demand lol

“The player, who we will refer to only as Jimmy B… No wait, that’s too obvious, let’s go with J Butler… Provided 8 bags of his favourite coffee in exchange for anonymity. When the deal was finalized, his smile as Big as his Face.

Most of the young guys get play. JK just doesn’t want to play within the system. Pods, Moody, Post, Gui, Pat show they can follow the system

Hell nah if it was Jimmy he’d want people to know it was him

No. I was more shocked that they were going to play him.

I’m also not a fan of guys getting paid millions of dollars who don’t want to play because someone hurt their feelings and forcing a trade. If you played well and asked for a trade then you’d have value to bargain with…

Why the f would you sign him

To trade him?

The problem with “he isn’t likely a star” but “he can score when given free rein” is only stars get free rein on winning teams. 

You don’t also get “given” free rein as much as you take usage from other players on the team. JK at his best is a below average offensive threat vs 2nd units. Only teams that are gonna give this clown free rein are bad or delusional. 

He’s a poster child for the jack of all trades master of none, except he’s more like a 7 of spades of all trades master of none, and you gotta be bluffing or an idiot to go all in on that.

He started the season well doing the right things, but he reverted to his old stuff of playing for himself and the team was worse with him.

He just doesn’t work with Kerr’s system. When he’s playing well he can be really good, he had a lot of good stretches here, but it always go back to just not working after a while.

You can’t understand why a team isn’t playing a player that makes them less likely to win?

He doesn’t fit Kerr’s system. You can fault him for being unable to learn how to play within the system, that’s fair, but keeping him for this many years now playing “will they won’t they” until Kerr absolutely despises him and he despises the team in turn…that’s bad

I mean I think JK isn’t that good but to be fair I think it’s insane that Kerr can’t come up with a good bench lineup for him to contribute. I get spacing is an issue but there are numerous bench lineups where it could work. Like Gui is getting minutes but JK can’t?

It’s partially his actual gameplay has become a detriment to our flow on the court, and I would argue partially they have developed some personal bias against him too.

They can’t anymore at this point. Bridge is too burned. Jan 2, Kerr announced that Kuminga would play. Then, lower back tightness. Hence, “I wouldn’t play either.” Kuminga clearly chose to sit out, maybe for the first time that day.

His first injury occurred in the first game he didn’t start. Nov 12. I think it’s clear that he valued the guaranteed start.

They’re trying to win games

Your comment tells me you’ve been looking for reasons.

4 chips as a coach in 6 finals. Has he been perfect? No. But 4 chips though.

M NIGHT SHAMALAN

It’s turned into both now. That’s what’s going on with “the Jan 2 game.” Context, that was Warriors vs. Thunder and they load managed Curry, Butler, and Green. Kerr announced Kuminga would play that night, then suddenly, lower back tightness.

I don’t know how this is all on Kerr when the GM and owner have all the power to trade Kuminga. All coaches have to win games and develop their players. He’s not a young buck and we all knew JK wouldn’t fit in GS for a couple of seasons now, so why are they holding onto him and devaluing him? This is on the GM and owner.

what has he shown?

The way Kerr has mishandled the Kuminga situation should always be held against him in any all-time great coach conversations.

You do realize that there’s a really good chance that when that conversation takes place, the other person is going to say, “Who is Kuminga?” Right?

Lol no it wont

This is a FO issue 

To use him as a trade piece.

I call him Kerrorist.