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Golden State Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. met with reporters on Monday for his pre-draft press conference. While much of the focus centered on the upcoming NBA Draft, Dunleavy also addressed one of the most pressing topics of the Warriors’ offseason: the looming restricted free agency of forward Jonathan Kuminga.
Kuminga, who just completed his fourth NBA season, averaged 15.3 points per game on 45.4% shooting from the field during the regular season. He showed flashes of elite scoring ability when given a consistent role, however, an ankle injury and the mid-season arrival of Jimmy Butler complicated his usage down the stretch.
Golden State retains the right to match any offer sheet Kuminga receives, but with few teams projected to have significant cap space, such an offer may never materialize. In that case, a sign-and-trade could become the most viable option—especially if both sides see the benefits of a fresh start.
However, any trade involving Kuminga won’t be simple. Due to the NBA’s base year compensation rules, only 50% of his new salary would count as outgoing salary in a trade, making it harder for the Warriors to execute a clean financial match without triggering one of the apron limitations.
Given those constraints, the Warriors will need to evaluate all options carefully. Whether it’s securing a long-term deal or leveraging a trade to recoup assets, how the front office navigates Kuminga’s future will be the biggest domino for the Warriors’ offseason.
For more on this and other news around the NBA, here is our latest news round-up for Tuesday, June 24th:
Warriors News:
Mike Dunleavy Previews Warriors 2025 NBA Draft, Free Agency
Kawakami: The Warriors’ potential offseason target list — from Porzingis to Portis Jr. to Brown | The San Francisco Standard
Celticscenter Kristaps Porzingis : Everybody knows the Celtics will be looking to cut down their payroll, and Porzingis, with one year left at $30.7 million, could be a prime option. The big salary makes this a difficult deal to put together, given the Warriors’ constraints and the Celtics’ current second-apron status. To make it work, this would have to involve a third team that could take Kuminga’s salary then ship him to Boston, it’d take the Warriors sending out Moody and other assets, and Kuminga would have to agree to a contract. Very tricky.
The latest on Jonathan Kuminga, much more on restricted free agency AND how RFA intersects with the NBA Draft | The Stein Line
Sources say that Chicago has as an ongoing interest in the 22-year-old forward. This tracks with past interest that the Bulls have shown in Kuminga in previous trade discussions with Golden State over the past two seasons involving players such as Alex Caruso, Zach LaVine and Nikola Vučević.
The reality for Kuminga is that a clearer read on his summer landscape is unlikely to reveal itself until Kevin Durant’s trade future is resolved and the NBA’s most accomplished scoring forward widely regarded as available has a new team. There is a belief among some rival teams, for example, that Miami could emerge as a potential Kuminga suitor — among various guards and swingmen that the Heat could target — if Pat Riley and Co. do not win the Durant Trade Sweepstakes.
The High Stakes of Kevin Durant’s Closing Act | The Ringer
Those problems with coaches have followed him on his many stops through the NBA. Durant’s exit from the Bay Area arguably had more to do with his issues with Steve Kerr than any shouting match with Green. Durant repeatedly complained both publicly and privately about Kerr’s offensive principles during his final season with the Warriors, and he continued to do so even after he left for Brooklyn. The two have since reconciled, but league sources identify Kerr as among the reasons Durant opted not to return to Golden State at the trade deadline. In Gotham, Durant had similar critiques of Nash’s concepts, and the coach was later fired during Durant’s last season. And this past season, cameras routinely caught him in verbal spars with Suns coach Mike Budenholzer, urging him to simplify the offense, yelling at him during possession changes, or pouting in the corner in protest as the offense flowed without him.
Warriors hosted CBA draft prospect Hansen Yang last week, according to the San Francisco Chronicle’s Sam Gordon
Warriors conducted a pre-draft visit last week with two-time CBA All-Star center Hansen Yang, sources tell the Chronicle. Golden State picks 41st in this week’s NBA draft.
— Sam Gordon (@BySamGordon) June 24, 2025
NBA News:
Celtics trading Jrue Holiday to Trail Blazers, sources say | ESPN
The Boston Celtics are trading Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers for Anfernee Simons and two second-round draft picks, sources told ESPN on Monday night.
Portland moved aggressively to reacquire Holiday, whom the franchise originally received from the Milwaukee Bucks in the Damian Lillard trade in 2023 and later moved to Boston.
Simons joins Boston on an expiring contract, while Holiday is owed around $72 million in 2026-27 and 2027-28. The deal saves Boston $40 million in luxury tax payments next season, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
Tyrese Haliburton’s emotional post prior to surgery for his ruptured achilles
Man. Don’t know how to explain it other than shock. Words cannot express the pain of this letdown. The frustration is unfathomable. I’ve worked my whole life to get to this moment and this is how it ends? Makes no sense.
Now that I’ve gotten surgery, I wish I could count the… pic.twitter.com/UyY0iFEp6Z
— Tyrese Haliburton (@TyHaliburton22) June 24, 2025
Mavs’ center Daniel Gafford intends to sign a three-year extension to remain in Dallas
Dallas Mavericks center Daniel Gafford intends to sign a three-year contract extension worth nearly $60 million, sources tell ESPN. Mavericks officials and Gafford's agents, Mike George and Shy Saee of Klutch Sports, negotiated the new deal through 2028-29. pic.twitter.com/KinN3vFri6
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 23, 2025
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