What could Warriors realistically decide to do with Jonathan Kuminga?

The NBA is like the stock market: it fluctuates and is unpredictable. One day, teams are competing for championships. The next, they are looking to rebuild and start anew.
 
Every organization is looking to buy low and sell high regarding their assets in trades and acquiring free agents. The biggest question for the Golden State Warriors is what their plans are for Jonathan Kuminga. 

There has been speculation during the infancy of the NBA offseason that the Warriors will look to seek a sign-and-trade of the young power forward, but it seems unrealistic due to the collective bargaining agreement restrictions.

There is a provision in the NBA CBA called base year compensation that is only applied to sign-and-trades and could limit what the organization can get back in value. In essence, if the team signs Kuminga to a $30M deal per year, then it can only get back a player who is at a $15M-per-year salary slot. It’s not good business practice for the Warriors to solely trade their most popular commodity and receive half of his value in return.

A sign-and-trade in the offseason seems unrealistic, but there are other options that the organization could pursue involving Kuminga as a centerpiece of a deal. According to multiple NBA ESPN insiders, Golden State could be involved in a multi-team trade for another disgruntled superstar.

In a hypothetical trade presented by ESPN, the Warriors would acquire Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo in a four-team trade also involving the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Golden State would be sending out a lot of its young depth in Kuminga, guard Brandin Podziemski, forward Trayce Jackson-Davis and future assets with a 2029 and 2031 first-round pick. Most importantly, it would also be parting ways with the heartbeat of the organization, veteran forward Draymond Green.

The big three of star guards Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler plus Antetokounmpo would put the Warriors fanbase into a fever dream, but in reality, it’s unrealistic. The prominent members of the organization, head coach Steve Kerr and general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr., have stated during the offseason that they are fine with Curry, Butler and Green as their core going forward and the big moves are finished. 

Golden State will look to add incrementally to the roster. According to Michael Soto of HoopsHype, the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat "are two teams to monitor" as possible trade destinations for Kuminga, but the Warriors also haven't ruled out possibly keeping him.
 
With all the speculation surrounding the young power forward, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that Golden State signs him to a deal, potentially worth up to $25M per year, and then trades him at the trade deadline of the upcoming new league year. 

By signing Kuminga to a deal this offseason, then waiting to deal him at next season's trade deadline, Golden State can get the most value in return instead of conducting a sign-and-trade during the offseason and getting half the value of his contract in return.