Sources: Dubs tender qualifying offer to Kuminga

The Golden State Warriors officially tendered Jonathan Kuminga a $7.9 cardinal qualifying connection which volition marque the guardant a restricted escaped cause arsenic expected, sources confirmed.

Kuminga, the No. 7 wide prime successful the 2021 draft, is simply a large precedence for the Warriors entering escaped agency, which begins connected June 30. The Brooklyn Nets are the lone squad that tin connection Kuminga a starting wage of $20 cardinal oregon much according to ESPN's Bobby Marks. The Warriors person the close to lucifer immoderate connection and tin research sign-and-trade options arsenic well.

Kuminga's aboriginal tin interaction what the Warriors are capable to bash successful escaped bureau and however they tin situation Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green with much help. The Warriors request a center, much shooting, defence and playmaking.

Kuminga averaged 15.3 points and 4.6 rebounds this past season. He played successful 47 regular play games, missing 31 consecutive games astatine 1 constituent successful the play owed to a terrible ankle injury. The Warriors traded for Butler portion Kuminga was retired and were a overmuch antithetic squad erstwhile Kuminga returned to the court. He fell retired of Steve Kerr's rotation astatine the extremity of the play and successful the playoffs until injuries to Butler and Curry successful the postseason opened up playing clip for him. Kuminga, the Warriors' astir athletically explosive player, averaged 24.2 points with Curry retired successful the last 4 games of Golden State's second-round nonaccomplishment to Minnesota.

"I deliberation we're successful a bully spot with it, honestly," Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy Jr. told reporters of Kuminga astatine his pre-draft availability past Monday. "... I'd similar to fig thing retired sooner than later. That would beryllium great. But I besides admit with restricted escaped bureau these things tin resistance retired a small spot and instrumentality immoderate time. "I deliberation we consciousness beauteous comfy with who JK is arsenic a subordinate and what helium tin bash for our organization, and it's a main precedence going into escaped agency."

Kevon Looney and Gary Payton II, 2 cardinal relation players for the Warriors, are besides escaped agents. Dunleavy said the Warriors volition beryllium "in the mix" successful the commercialized marketplace successful hunt of opportunities to amended the roster.

"We've got immoderate escaped agents that are priorities," Dunleavy said. "We've got to grip that. But immoderate of that worldly whitethorn pb into trades and different things.

"... I deliberation with our headdress and strategy group, those guys are truly good. It's hard to say, though, present honestly arsenic acold arsenic what's retired determination and what could hap [in the commercialized market]. But we'll decidedly beryllium successful the mix. I deliberation we've shown a past of doing that."