Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga Looking To Make $25 Million In Average Annual Salary

Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga is looking to make $25 million in average annual salary, according to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line. 

Kuminga is a restricted free agent. He has three options: re-sign with Golden State on a new deal, play next season with the Warriors on a qualifying offer worth $7.9 million and enter unrestricted free agency next offseason or sign an offer sheet with a rival team. 

If Kuminga signs an offer sheet with a rival team, the Warriors can either match the offer sheet or let the talented forward leave and work on a sign-and-trade deal.

“Kuminga’s holding pattern has generated the most media attention to date,” Fischer wrote. “His agent Aaron Turner has held numerous discussions with Warriors officials in Las Vegas, league sources tell The Stein Line, with the hope of securing a contract — even a short-term contract — that pays at least $25 million in average annual salary … whether that’s to stay with the Warriors or switch teams via sign-and-trade.

“Sources say that the Warriors have expressed reluctance to go that high in price over a long-term agreement while also seeking some level of first-round draft compensation in any theoretical trade that ships Kuminga elsewhere.”

Kuminga averaged 15.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists for the Warriors last season in 47 games. He shot 45.4% from the field, 30.5% from beyond the arc and 66.8% from the free-throw line. 

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 conference semifinals in five games. 

Kuminga has career averages of 12.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists in the NBA. He was the seventh overall pick in the 2021 draft.