Jonathan Kuminga Contract Saga Continues, Removes Social Media Accounts

With a month until the NBA season tips off, the Golden State Warriors continue to negotiate a new contract with forward Jonathan Kuminga.

The 22-year-old declined three contract offers presented by the Warriors so far, one of them including a three-year, $75.2 million offer plus a team option on the third season, according to ESPN.

However, Kuminga instead wants a player option and could take a $7.9 million qualifying offer, his agent, Aaron Turner, said. The qualifying offer would make him an unrestricted free agent next summer, putting the ball in his court.

“There’s a lot of upside,” Turner said on The Hoop Collective podcast. “He wants to pick where he wants to go. So the [qualifying offer] is real, for sure.”

Amid the contract dispute, Kuminga appeared to deactivate his personal Instagram and X accounts.

The Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings explored options for acquiring the forward throughout the summer, with the former reportedly offering a four-year, $80-88 million deal. Despite the pursuit, the Warriors are still holding onto the 2021 draft pick and could still negotiate a new contract.

“If [the Warriors] want to win now, if you want a guy that’s happy and treated fairly who is a big part of this team, we believe, moving forward, you give him the player option,” Turner said. “You do lose a little of that trade value. But if it’s about the here and now, you give him that.

“You don’t get a perfect deal, but you get a pretty good deal and he gets to feel respected about what he gets and we all move on and worry about winning, helping Steph [Curry].”

Kuminga joined the Warriors in 2021 as the seventh pick in the draft. In his first season with Golden State, he helped the franchise win its seventh NBA championship. The forward averaged 15.3 points and 4.6 rebounds in 2024-25, but was sidelined for a chunk of the season after suffering an ankle sprain in January.