Should the Celtics Trade for Jonathan Kuminga?

Kuminga is averaging 12.8 points and 4.1 rebounds in 22.1 minutes of floor time this season. At six-foot-eight with a six-foot-11 wingspan, he has the length and athleticism to be a Swiss army knife defensively, one who can thrive in a switch-heavy scheme.

The seventh overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft is a low-volume three-point shooter who's gone from making 37 percent of his 2.2 long-range attempts in the 2022-23 campaign to 28 percent of his 2.5 shots from beyond the arc in 33 games this go-around.

However, he's an explosive athlete who's making an increased impact at getting to the rim, where he's a reliable finisher, evidenced by his 58.8 percent shooting percentage inside the arc, with most of those attempts coming around the basket.

The former Florida State Seminole is making slightly north of $6 million this season, and Golden State exercised his $7.6 million club option for 2024-25. Fitting into the $6.2 million Grant Williams traded player exception (TPE) and being on a team-friendly deal next season will make the prospect of acquiring him even more attractive to the Boston Celtics.

However, while a breakup between Kuminga and the Warriors seems likely to happen before the Feb. 8 trade deadline passes, it would be shocking if Boston offered something enticing enough to acquire the 21-year-old.

The Celtics have no interest in shaking up their top six; Payton Pritchard plus picks that project to be late in the first round wouldn't prove satisfactory, and neither would Sam Hauser. The latter is also an ideal fit in Joe Mazzulla's three-point-heavy offense.

So, while it's hard to imagine Boston doing better than fitting Kuminga into the Grant Williams TPE, it's an improbable landing spot for a young player who would cost a lot to acquire and is looking for far more of a role than he'd have with the Celtics.