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Kuminga, league sources said, still has visions of becoming an All-Star, not f
itting into an ever-moving mid-tier rotation role. He wants to be a featured p
layer in an NBA offense and chase the 20-point-and-beyond dreams he’s spent h
is life chasing and the last week of his fourth season tasting.



With an injured Steph Curry out of the picture, here were Kuminga’s averages
the last four games of the Minnesota Timberwolves series: 24.3 points on 54.8
percent shooting. He was a powerful 22 of 29 within five feet. He was a respec
table 7 of 18 on 3s. He blew through Rudy Gobert for a memorable dunk. He toas
ted Naz Reid repeatedly in space. He was given the Anthony Edwards assignment
on the other end



Kuminga wasn’t perfect. The Warriors lost all four games. But he was a primar
y and productive source of offense in the second round of the playoffs against
 a great defense. Minnesota had real trouble staying in front of him. That’s
the type of week that only stokes the belief that Kuminga’s career desires ar
e attainable, if given the room to stretch his legs, either with the Warriors
or elsewhere.

There isn’t an irreconcilable player-and-coach or player-and-organization per
sonality clash, league sources said. This is all about finding the contract an
d opportunity Kuminga craves.



根據聯盟消息人士透露，這並不是什麼球員和教練、球員和球隊之間無法調和的個性衝突
。現在的重點，只是要找到能滿足Kuminga渴望的合約和上場機會而已。

Curry, Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler will make a combined $139.6 million nex
t season. Below them — a three-man core general manager Mike Dunleavy maintai
ns the franchise is committed to building around — there isn’t a bunch of hi
gher-priced roster-building tools to use.

Kuminga represents the largest one, either through a fourth hefty contract com
mitment that’ll stretch the Warriors near the aprons or a sign-and-trade oppo
rtunity that brings back the type of mid-rotation pieces to better round-out a
 fringe championship roster.




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The cleanest path is finding a sign-and-trade scenario that delivers the Warri
ors veterans who fit the unique Steve Kerr system built around Curry, Green an
d now Butler — three unique and proven winners. One league source noted the w
ay Daniel Gafford and P.J. Washington altered Dallas’ fortune two trade deadl
ines ago as a blueprint. Those two — a steady starting center and versatile w
ing — made a combined $28.8 million at the time of the trade.

Ever since one of Kuminga’s early-career breakout games in Chicago, Kerr has
repeatedly mentioned the name Shawn Marion as a favorite idealized comparison.
 Their roster could certainly use a 6-foot-7 slasher who defends every positio
n, pounds the glass, flies around with force and impacts the game without ever
 needing a play design.







But there’s a square-peg-round-hole reality that has proven itself out in nea
rly a half-decade together. Kuminga has acknowledged he must rebound better —
 activity that usually trickles down to the rest of his game. But he’s an on-
ball scorer at heart and has trained and built his basketball instincts with t
hat in mind.

There is not a current expectation that the Brooklyn Nets are preparing an off
er sheet for Kuminga, but there are signs Brooklyn could be willing to use its
 open cap space as a vehicle to execute multi-team trade scenarios this summer
, league sources said.






That could open up several avenues and possible suitors for Kuminga, one of th
e market’s most intriguing names. The Warriors’ front office, with the help
of new cap specialist Jon Phelps, showed some creativity last summer, routing
Thompson’s departure into a six-team sign-and-trade that delivered Buddy Hiel
d and Kyle Anderson (after generating the space for De’Anthony Melton).

Something similar would check the box for the first two agendas. But that’s w
here it gets tricky.



類似的操作可以同時達成勇士現階段的前兩個主要目標。但接下來的問題就在於，這一切
其實並沒有那麼簡單。


In regard to Kuminga’s situation, the “base year compensation” rule in the
CBA is a critical impediment. Assuming Kuminga gets at least a 20 percent rais
e (he will) and his new deal takes the Warriors over the cap (it will), the in
coming salary will only count as 50 percent of Kuminga’s outgoing salary for
matching purposes. Basically: If Kuminga’s next deal starts at $30 million, h
is next team absorbs it as such, but the Warriors would be looking at a $15 mi
llion incoming match. They could exceed it by 125 percent ($18.75 million in t
his scenario), but if they were to take a dollar more than the theoretical mat
ch ($15 million in this scenario), they’d be hard-capped at the first apron.
Leaving all the accounting intricacies to the side, here’s what matters: That
 combination punch (the base-year rule plus first-apron cap) significantly lim
its the amount of sign-and-trade opportunities that can realistically be execu
ted.

Other salaries (at full price) could be added. The Warriors’ front office, Ku
minga’s representatives and the league are expected to explore all options in
to July. But team sources have been hinting that, because of these market and
financial restrictions, there’s a likely world where the most obvious and pru
dent path is for them to bring Kuminga back and figure the rest out later.





把所有複雜的會計細節都撇開，重點就是：BYC規則加上第一層硬上限的限制，會大幅縮
減實際上能完成的先簽後換方案的可能性。




有沒有折衷的辦法？



Lacob在第五戰後接受《The Athletic》訪問時說：「我那天一直聽著坐在我後面的T灰狼
球迷現場直播評論，他們全場都在討論Kuminga。他是唯一能真的守住Anthony Edwar
ds的人，而且守得相當不錯。他經歷了上一輪完全沒上場的窘境，還能這樣強勢回歸，我
真的很佩服他。我是他的大粉絲。」





Dunleavy hasn’t been as profuse in his praise and has generated a level of de
cision-making power made most clear in his execution of the Butler trade last
February, which is viewed internally as a big success. He’s on record stating
 his plan to maximize the present. But Dunleavy also has been particular and p
atient in his asset management and has been clear that he believes Kuminga has
 a skill set that can help this core.

“I look at the things JK does well,” Dunleavy said at his exit interview. “
Getting to the rim, finishing, getting fouled. These are things we greatly nee
d. We know he can bring those to the table. It’s not hypothetical. It’s not
a guy in the draft that we think can do it. He’s shown for four years he can
do that. For that reason, we’ll try to bring him back.”

The “base year compensation” rule only applies to the summer sign-and-trade.
 Once Kuminga is trade-eligible again next December, his full salary would cou
nt for matching purposes, loosening up some of the handcuffs — while also mak
ing negotiations about his starting salary number more nuanced.

Kerr has stated an openness to a Kuminga return. He only gave the five-man lin
eup of Curry, Brandin Podziemski, Kuminga, Butler and Green 12 total minutes t
ogether down the stretch of the regular season. It closed a road win against t
he Los Angeles Lakers together well, but the other Kuminga, Butler and Green l
ineups didn’t have a great output, and Kerr — in an urgent pre-playoff and p
layoff moment — went away from a rusty Kuminga, just back from a 31-game abse
nce.











“If JK comes back, we will for sure spend the early part of the season playin
g him with Jimmy, Draymond, Steph,” Kerr said. “To me, that would be a no-br
ainer. We didn’t have that luxury this (past) year.”

Curry (37) and Butler (35) will assuredly be managed throughout the regular se
ason. It’s very possible that Kuminga, by default, would be given a larger sh
are of on-ball scoring opportunities for long stretches and would only earn mo
re with success. The rest of the roster, as currently constructed, has shown i
ts lack of creation punch.

Kuminga, league sources said, hasn’t slammed the door shut on a return. Restr
icted free agency doesn’t really allow it. The Warriors have ultimate control
, regardless of his desire. But his comfort about the idea is dependent on sev
eral factors and there’s a month of conversation and eventual negotiations ah
ead with competing agendas in the mix.



Kerr：「如果JK（Kuminga）回來的話，開季初我們一定會讓他和Jimmy、Draymond、Step
h一起上場，這對我來說完全不用考慮太多。今年我們沒辦法做到這件事。」






還想成為全明星，老闆喜歡他，但體系未必適合，也可能先留下來後續再交易

不知道下一站Kuminga會去哪

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