The Chicago Bulls could allegedly be a destination for Golden State Warriors Limited Free Agent Jonathan Kuminga, now that they have signed Josh Giddey again.
Bulls remain a potential landing site for Jonathan Kuminga
NBA Insider Jake Fischer On Friday, a drawing and trade “does not seem very plausible” because “the bulls just don’t have the outgoing trading pieces that the Warriors would look for in exchange for their 22-year-old.”
Fischer, however, also said that no one should completely reject Chicago as a future landing site “, because it is expected to have sufficient salary limit next summer.
“That belongs to the factors that the Kuminga camp has, I was told that it strongly regards the same route as [Cam] Thomas went and accepted the qualifying range of $ 7.9 million from Golden State that ends on October 1, “he wrote.
Last month a report appeared that there was a “renewed” dialogue between the Warriors and Kuminga, because the two parties remain in a paton of a contract.
During an appearance on NBA today Last month, ESPNs Anthony Slater Said Kuminga and his representatives in search of a multi-year contract from the Warriors that positions the former First-Rounder to be more a “building block” than just a trading ship.
“Well, there are renewed conversations between the two parties. There is a dialogue, but as you all know, do not necessarily talk to movement,” said Slater.
“Last week they shared contract concepts and opinions about the whole thing between each other, dating from last weekend. Kuminga wants more a player -friendly deal, more a signal that he is a building block, no trading.”
Kuminga prefers signing qualifying offer
Despite those conversations, the Warriors do not change their two-year contract offer of $ 45 million in Kuminga, and the 6-foot-8 wing has indicated that the qualifying range of $ 7.9 million is more attractive to him.
De Nieuwe Deal has a team option for year 2 and strip Kuminga of the right to give permission for transactions in year 1.
What is even more important, Kuminga tends to sign the qualifying offer because it contains a no-trade clause. The veteran attacker does not want to be traded halfway through the season and he is still looking for a player option.
“The word I have heard that I used on the Kuminga side is ‘pawn’,” Slater reported. “He does not want to sign this two -year -old deal with a team option of $ 45 million in which he is clearly used only to be traded in the middle season. That is not something he wants to register for.
“If you are talking about a three -year -old deal, if you are talking about something with a player option that shows him a little more, that’s something he would be interested in.
“But from now on the Warriors are hesitant to do that, and that is why Kuminga points to the people around him that he is very willing – and prefers – – [to sign] The qualifying offer about the two -year -old deal of $ 45 million. That is dangerous for the Warriors. They can try to call his bluff, but at the moment it seems to be trending towards the qualifying offer. “
The Bulls can really use a young player like Kuminga after the disappearance of Demar Derozan, Alex Caruso, Lonzo Ball and Zach Lavine, especially considering Nikola Vucevic will be 35 next month.
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