Reports: Warriors RFA Jonathan Kuminga agrees to 2-year deal

Field Level Media|published: Tue 30th September, 20:06 2025

May 10, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga (00) grabs a rebound in front of Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley (10) in the second quarter during game three in the second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images

Restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga will return to the Golden State Warriors on a two-year, $48.5 million contract, ESPN and The Athletic reported Tuesday.

Kuminga's contract includes a team option for the second year, the reports said, that allows the Warriors to pivot toward negotiating a fresh deal with the former lottery pick.

ESPN previously reported that Golden State presented three contract frameworks to Kuminga: a three-year, $75.2 million deal with a team option on the third season and a guaranteed $48.3 million in the first two years; a two-year, $45 million deal with a team option on the second season; and a three-year, $54 million deal with no options.

Kuminga, 22, was seeking a player option instead of a team option, but the Warriors stood firm. His agent, Aaron Turner, told "The Hoop Collective" earlier this month that Kuminga was prepared to sign the one-year, $7.9 qualifying offer that would allow him to become an unrestricted free agent in 2026.

He chose the two-year contract, which allows him to reach free agency sooner than the three-year pacts.

Reports earlier in the offseason indicated that the Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns had interest in trading for Kuminga, but the Warriors did not entertain sign-and-trade possibilities.

It took time for the seventh overall pick of the 2021 NBA Draft to work into the Warriors' rotation, as he mostly came off the bench as a rookie on the most recent Golden State team to win a championship.

In 258 regular-season games (84 starts), Kuminga has averaged 12.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. That included 15.3 points and 4.6 rebounds over 47 games (10 starts) in 2024-25, when he missed two months with an ankle injury.

Kuminga hardly saw the court for the Warriors in their first-round upset of the Houston Rockets. But once Stephen Curry suffered an injury in Game 1 of the second-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Kuminga stepped into the rotation and averaged 20.8 points in 27.4 minutes per game as the Warriors lost in five.

--Field Level Media

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