By Hoops Wire,Sam Amico
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The standoff between restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga and the Warriors is officially spilling over into basketball activities.
Kuminga didn’t travel to San Francisco over the weekend and will not be in attendance for media day on Monday, according to Shams Charania and Anthony Slater of ESPN.
General manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. reached out to Kuminga’s agent, Aaron Turner, on Sunday, but there’s been no real movement toward a new deal or his return to the team before Tuesday’s first practice.
Per Charania and Slater, the Warriors have kept three contract offers on the table.
The two most lucrative — two years at $45 million and three years at $75.2 million — both include team options in the final season. The lone offer without a team option is for three years and $54 million.
Kuminga has pushed back on the team-option structures unless the dollar figure rises and has conveyed that a player option would be viewed as a good-faith gesture after what his camp has described as “years of confusion” over his role under Steve Kerr.
Kuminga’s leverage sits with his one-year, $8 million qualifying offer, which expires Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Signing that deal would cost him more than $15 million in immediate earnings but give him an inherent no-trade clause and set him up for unrestricted free agency in 2026 — with significant cap space projected across the league.
Golden State, Charania and Slater note, wants to avoid that scenario and has held firm on not including a player option in any deal, expecting Kuminga to either pick from their offers or take the QO by Wednesday night.
Sign-and-trade conversations with Phoenix and Sacramento have stalled, per ESPN.
Meanwhile, Kuminga’s unresolved contract is holding up other Warriors business.
Veteran Al Horford has committed to a multi-year deal with Golden State, but his final contract figure can’t be locked in until the Kuminga situation is settled.
The same applies to the status of Gary Payton II and De’Anthony Melton, who have agreed to return but whose availability for Tuesday’s first practice is still up in the air.
The Warriors currently have 13 committed roster players following the signing of second-round pick Will Richard.
Their plan is for Kuminga to be the 14th, but he’ll have to make his decision by Wednesday’s deadline.
They’ve also spoken with Seth Curry about potentially filling the 15th spot — but any such move depends on how Kuminga’s contract is structured and whether Golden State can remain below the second apron.
