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Butler Seeks Answers as WarriorsKuminga Deadlock Nears Camp

Talks hinge on Golden State insisting on a team option in Year 3 versus the player option Kuminga seeks.

Overview

  • Restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga remains unsigned less than two weeks before training camp, with the standoff slowing the Warriors’ offseason plans.
  • Golden State recently upped its offer to three years and $75.2 million with a team option in the third season, which Kuminga’s camp has rejected.
  • Agent Aaron Turner conveyed, via ESPN, that Kuminga would sign if the third year were a player option.
  • Jimmy Butler contacted team leadership for clarity on the plan, and both he and Draymond Green have checked in with Kuminga about his mindset, according to NBC Sports Bay Area and ESPN.
  • Rival interest persists, with reports of a Suns proposal centered on Royce O’Neale and second-round picks and a declined Kings package involving Malik Monk and a protected 2030 first; a separate claim that Kuminga has “zero interest” in returning is from a limited-sourced outlet and isn’t widely corroborated.