Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga skips team gathering in San Diego amid contract standoff

Members of the Warriors are holding a team minicamp in San Diego this week — with Jimmy Butler, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green all in attendance. Noticeably absent: restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga.

Per ESPN’s Shams Charania on NBA Today, Kuminga did not appear at the gathering as his contract stalemate with Golden State continues.

Kuminga’s camp, led by agent Aaron Turner, remains adamant about landing a player option on the deal. The Warriors’ offers — reported as either three years, $75 million or two years, $45 million — have come with team options, not the player control Kuminga is seeking.

That’s the hangup. And with the October 1 deadline looming, Kuminga’s choices look increasingly stark:

• Sign the qualifying offer worth $7.9 million, which would give him a no-trade clause and make him an unrestricted free agent in 2026,

• Strike a new deal that finally includes the player option,

• Or potentially explore a sign-and-trade.

As Hoops Wire has previously noted, the drawn-out process has frozen the Warriors’ other roster moves. League insider Marc Stein reported that Golden State is expected to add Al Horford, De’Anthony Melton, Gary Payton II and Seth Curry once Kuminga’s situation is settled.

For now, though, it’s a waiting game. And the absence from San Diego shows just how unresolved this situation remains.

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