Jonathan Kuminga, Warriors Settle on Two-Year, $48.5M Contract
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Restricted free agent forward Jonathan Kuminga has accepted a two-year, $48.5 million agreement with the Golden State Warriors that features a team option for the second season, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Sources told Charania that Golden State raised its proposal by roughly $8 million within the two-year structure during summer talks. Kuminga will collect about $23 million this season, nearly $15 million more than the $8 million qualifying offer he had been weighing.
Had the 22-year-old signed that qualifying offer, he would have become an unrestricted free agent next summer and would have been ineligible to be traded during the 2025-26 campaign. Instead, the new contract preserves the Warriors’ ability to move him once he becomes trade-eligible in January.
Kuminga and his representatives initially pushed for a player option but ultimately chose this shorter pact over Golden State’s earlier three-year, $75 million offer, maintaining greater flexibility over his immediate future. The Warriors held firm on keeping the option on their side throughout negotiations.
Source: Hoops Rumors
