Sacramento Kings Expected To Pursue Trade For Golden State Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga During Season

The Sacramento Kings are expected to pursue a trade for Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga during the 2025-26 season, sources told DallasHoopsJournal.

Kuminga signed a two-year, $48.5 million deal with the Warriors to end his restricted free agency. The second year of the deal, which is a team option, is designed for Golden State — or another team if and when Kuminga is traded — to rip up and construct a new contract next offseason.

The Warriors can trade Kuminga after January 15. Kuminga doesn’t have a good relationship with Golden State head coach Steve Kerr, sources said. The swingman wanted to leave the Warriors this offseason and play for the Kings, but Golden State wasn’t impressed with Sacramento’s offer for Kuminga, sources said.

The Kings offered Malik Monk and a protected 2030 first-round pick to the Warriors for Kuminga this offseason, sources said.

Kuminga averaged 15.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.4 blocks for the Warriors last season in 47 games. He was the seventh overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft.

Golden State beat the Houston Rockets in the first round of the 2025 playoffs in seven games but lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round in five games. Kuminga averaged 15.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.5 blocks in the 2025 playoffs.

Kerr was forced to play Kuminga in the Rockets series because Jimmy Butler missed Game 3 with an injury. Kuminga only played in the Timberwolves series because Stephen Curry got injured in Game 1 and missed Games 2, 3, 4 and 5.

The Warriors offered Kuminga a three-year, $75.2 million contract with a team option in the third season three weeks ago. Kuminga declined the offer because he wanted a player option over a team option.

Kuminga’s agent, Aaron Turner, presented a three-year, $82 million offer — including a player option in Year 3 — to the Warriors. The front office, led by general manager Mike Dunleavy, rejected it.

While Kuminga doesn’t want to be traded mid-season, he wouldn’t be upset about getting traded to the Kings, sources said. Kuminga had positive conversations with Sacramento head coach Doug Christie this offseason and the Kings’ front office told Kuminga they view him as an All-Star forward who would receive a high usage rate with them, sources said.