Overview

• Jonathan Kuminga skipped media day and the start of practice while remaining a restricted free agent before the $7.9 million qualifying-offer deadline of Wednesday at 9 p.m. PT.
• Reported offers include two years at $45 million, three years at $75.2 million with a third-year team option, and three years at $54 million without an option.
• Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler publicly downplayed the distraction, with Green saying Kuminga told him he wants to stay and Curry expecting professionalism upon his return.
• Golden State announced 10 minimum deals at media day while holding back formalization of Horford’s multiyear agreement to preserve flexibility tied to Kuminga’s outcome.
• Accepting the qualifying offer would place Kuminga on a one-year deal with de facto no-trade protection and unrestricted free agency in 2026, while declining it without a new agreement would keep him in restricted status under NBA rules.