"The situation has deteriorated into this inactive state, where team sources have said that essentially every major figure on the ground level of the operation -- most notably Kuminga, Kerr and the veterans watching a $22.5 million player rot on the bench while they're stuck in a "mediocre" state, as Jimmy Butler called it -- agree that the cleanest resolution for all involved is a trade prior to the deadline."
"The Warriors spent the entire summer in contentious contract negotiations with Kuminga, using a challenging restricted free agency market to get him back on a two-year, $46.8 million contract with a team option on the second season. That structure, which Kuminga told those around him he felt forced into signing, further soured his relationship with management, league sources said, but was done to deliver the Warriors a tradeable contract at the deadline."
Jonathan Kuminga demanded a trade from the Golden State Warriors on the first day he became eligible to be moved. His contract signed this summer prevented a trade until Jan. 15, with the deadline on Feb. 5. Kuminga started the first 12 games but was demoted after struggles and has not played in the past 13 games. Coach Steve Kerr dropped him to the bottom of a deep rotation, and Kuminga withdrew citing back soreness before a Jan. 2 game Kerr planned to use him in. Fractured relations stem from a two-year, $46.8 million deal Kuminga felt forced into, structured to be tradeable.
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