Sign-and-trade scenario emerging for Jonathan Kuminga?

Anthony Slater: Expectation is that Jonathan Kuminga will be out of the Warriors’ initial Game 1 rotation entering this Rockets series. He looms as an in-game or in-series adjustment. -via Twitter @anthonyVslater / April 20, 2025

Tim Kawakami: Kerr is getting more & more terse when asked questions about Kuminga’s diminished role in the rotation. Tonight basically just shook his head when asked if he’s had conversations with Kuminga about it lately. But if Moody can’t go tonight, GSWs might need minutes from Kuminga. -via x.com / April 15, 2025

Head coach Steve Kerr’s decision to not turn to Kuminga off the bench like he usually has done throughout the year raised some eyebrows, especially with the postseason right around the corner. According to Warriors insider Tim Kawakami, he believes that Kerr doesn’t want to disrupt the chemistry Golden State currently has with each other by trying to force Kuminga in the rotation. “I’m a Kuminga guy,” Kawakami said on “Warriors Plus Minus.” “I like his game, I understand that he does throw knots into their offense sometimes, I think his talents are over and above all that, but I don’t think there’s a great momentum in the locker room for JK to play, it just does not feel that way, I’ll put it that way.” “They like the other stuff they do, as Kerr said, ‘We’ve got a unit that we like,’ they’ve got a rotation they like. I think we all can see, maybe you need to be better in certain areas. He has not reached that conclusion, that it’s not worth the risk of playing him to mess up their chemistry.” -via Clutch Points / April 14, 2025