Warriors need to figure out what’s next for Draymond Green, Jonathan Kuminga

There’s a growing sense around the league that the Warriors may need more than a tweak to stop the slide.

San Francisco Chronicle columnist Scott Ostler went a step further, suggesting Golden State consider trading Jonathan Kuminga and temporarily moving Draymond Green out of the starting lineup.

The thinking is simple. Kuminga has become a constant question mark. One night he’s starting, the next he’s buried, and now he’s eligible to be dealt on January 15.

After returning Thursday from a three-game absence, Kuminga played just nine minutes and missed four of five shots.

Ostler argues the on-again, off-again role has turned into a distraction, and that rival teams still believe Kuminga could flourish in a different system.

Green, meanwhile, has struggled to take care of the ball and knock down shots. His turnovers are up. His shooting is down. Ostler believes a brief move to the bench could reset things and allow the Warriors to open games with more spacing around Stephen Curry.

Nothing here is framed as permanent. Just different. And at this point, different might be exactly what Golden State needs.

The Warriors did avenge their Wednesday loss to the Suns on Saturday, so who knows? Maybe that’s a start.