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'He’s Their Type of Player' – Golden State Warriors Urged to Trade Jonathan Kuminga for Chicago Bulls Free Agent

Originally posted on Hardwood Heroics | By Jordan Samar | Last updated Jul 10, 2025 8:36 AM ET

The Golden State Warriors are having a quiet offseason thus far, as they have yet to decide what to do with Jonathan Kuminga, who remains a restricted free agent.

Most recently, Gilbert Arenas pitched for the Golden State Warriors to send Jonathan Kuminga to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Josh Giddey, who is also a restricted free agent this offseason.

“They’re looking like they’d try to go after like a (Josh) Giddey type. That’s their type of player. Giddey,” Arenas suggested on his podcast.

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“They’d put Giddey at the one,” he continued. “They’d put him at the point and say, ‘Yeah, just do you.’ Now they have a guy who’s going to rebound, pass the ball, shoot like he’ll hit shots.”

Golden State Warriors have a “handshake deal” with NBA champion free agent, claims insider

The Golden State Warriors are keen to add a center following the free agency departure of Kevon Looney . And according to Marc Grandi of 95.7 The Game, the Golden State Warriors have had a handshake deal with Al Horford.

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“I don’t think the holdup on Al Horford is him deciding whether he wants to retire or not. My read is that GSW has a handshake agreement with him in place, but it could be slightly edited depending on how much extra money they have to play with based on the Kuminga outcome,” Grandi posted on X (formerly known as Twitter).

Horford is one of the top free agents available at the moment despite his age. The 39-year-old center averaged 9.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists on 42/36/90 shooting splits across 60 regular season games (42 starts) in 2024-25 with the Boston Celtics.