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Jonathan Kuminga, Warriors end stalemate with two-year, $48.5M contract — but questions loom
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The Warriors have finally answered one of their biggest questions of the offseason . At least for the immediate future.
Golden State and Jonathan Kuminga agreed to a two-year, $48.5 million contract, ESPN's Shams Charania reported.
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Nevertheless, the NBA insider added that the second year of the deal has a team option that is "designed for the contract to be ripped up" and allow Kuminga to jump into free agency.
Warriors' Jonathan Kuminga dribbles the ball during the Warriors' Game 4 loss to the Timberwolves during Round 2 Game 4 of the 2025 NBA playoffs. NBAE via Getty Images
The deal comes just one day before the deadline to sign a qualifying offer.
Charania also said Kuminga shot down a three-year, $75 million contract so that he could hit unrestricted free agency sooner. If he had signed the qualifying offer, Kuminga, 22, would have made $7.9 million for the 2025-26 season.
At the end of last week, Kuminga's agent, Aaron Turner, told the "Hoop Collective" podcast that the forward was prepared to take a one-year contract if the team did not include a player option in a new offer. But finally, what had been a protracted contract stalemate comes to a close.
Jonathan Kuminga celebrates during the Warriors' Game 3 loss to the Timberwolves during Round 2 of the 2025 NBA playoffs. NBAE via Getty Images
Now, where Kuminga fits in on coach Steve Kerr's Warriors will be an interesting storyline to watch as the team also reached a verbal agreement on a multiyear contract with veteran center Al Horford on Sunday .
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After averaging 15.3 points and 4.6 rebounds over 24.3 minutes in the regular season last year, he played in just three contests out of seven in the team's first-round win over the Rockets, suiting up for 7:21 in his final appearance.
He did, however, play well in the second round with three games with 20 or more points after Steph Curry was sidelined with an injury.
