Overview

• Talks remain stalled over contract structure, with Golden State’s latest known proposals including a three-year, $75.2 million offer with a team option, a two-year, $45 million deal with a team option, and a three-year, $54 million fully guaranteed pact.
• Agent Aaron Turner says the one-year $7.9 million qualifying offer is a real option that would give Kuminga a no-trade clause this season and unrestricted free agency in 2026, and senior reporters describe that route as the most likely outcome absent a change.
• Turner contends the deal would be signed if the Warriors convert the team option to a player option in the final year, framing the option as essential leverage after four uneven seasons in role and minutes.
• Sacramento and Phoenix have explored sign-and-trade frameworks that include player options and a starting power forward role, but Golden State has not found an acceptable return and is described as reluctant to send him to the Kings.
• Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green have urged the front office to retain Kuminga, with training camp set for Sept. 29 and the qualifying-offer decision due by Oct. 1.