Kuminga signs two-year, $48.5M deal with Warriors, team option
SAN FRANCISCO — Restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga and the Golden State Warriors reached agreement this week on a two-year, $48.5 million contract that ends a months-long stalemate and clears the way for the team to finalize several late offseason additions as training camp opened in San Francisco. The deal includes a team option on the second season and makes Kuminga eligible to be traded in mid-January, putting his immediate future under the club's control while leaving open the possibility of a move before the February trade deadline.
Kuminga's agent, Aaron Turner, confirmed the agreement. The first-year salary figures place Kuminga among the club's higher-paid players, a development that narrowed Golden State's salary flexibility and shaped how the team structured other signings. The Warriors quickly added veteran center Al Horford on a two-year deal with a player option for the second season and brought back several role players, while also signing Seth Curry to a short-term arrangement to reunite him in camp with his brother Stephen Curry.
Kuminga, 22, reported to practice and took part in scrimmages after the deal was completed. "I'm here now. That's my goal and...