NBA Trade Ideas Sending Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga To Bulls, Kings

July 30, 2025

Two NBA trade ideas involving Golden State Warriors restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga have been created.

NBA writer Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints created the following trade ideas:

Trade 1

Chicago Bulls receive: F Jonathan Kuminga (4-year, $115 million contract with about $24 million Year 1 base compensation) & C Trayce Jackson-Davis

Golden State Warriors receive: G Ayo Dosunmu, F/C Jalen Smith, CHI 2029 1st-round pick (Lottery-protected, becomes two 2nd-round picks in ’29, ’30 if not conveyed), CHI 2028 2nnd-round pick

Trade 2

Sacramento Kings receive: F Jonathan Kuminga (4-year, $112 million contract with about $25 million Year 1 base compensation)

Golden State Warriors receive: G Devin Carter, F Haywood Highsmith, SAC 2027 1st-round pick (Top-8 protected)

Miami Heat receive: G Malik Monk, F KJ Martin

Utah Jazz receive: G Terry Rozier, MIA 2029 1st-round pick swap (More favorable to UTA), CHA 2027 2nd-round pick (via MIA)

Kuminga wants to leave the Warriors. He doesn’t like playing for Steve Kerr and doesn’t think he can become an All-Star in Golden State since Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler are there.

However, the Warriors control Kuminga’s future since the forward is a restricted free agent.

The Kings and Bulls can’t sign Kuminga to an offer sheet because they don’t have cap space. For Kuminga to land with Sacramento or Chicago, a sign-and-trade deal will need to happen, which Siegel created above.

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 floor, 30.5% from beyond the arc and 66.8% from the free-throw line.

The 22-year-old Kuminga was the seventh overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. He enters next season with career averages of 12.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists with Golden State.

The Warriors want to re-sign Kuminga. They recently offered Kuminga a two-year, $45 million contract.

Kuminga, though, declined the offer because the contract had a team option in Year 2 and there was no built-in no-trade clause.