Jonathan Kuminga’s agent says Warriors never offer a $150 million deal for five years

During a long deadlock between Jonathan Kuminga and the Golden State Warriors, Kuminga’s agent Aaron Turner now denied rumors that his clients rejected a lucrative expansion offer last summer.

The Warriors Don’t Want to Extend Jonathan Kuminga Last Summer

Turner appeared on the Hoop Collective podcast, telling ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Anthony Slater that Golden State “don’t want to not make a deal last summer” and never reached a five-year, $150 million deal.

Last summer marked the first time Cushinga was eligible to sign a long-term extension.

NBA insider Jake Fischer reported in August 2024 that Kuminga’s representatives are seeking “the largest expansion in all respects” worth about $35 million a year.

Slater then reported in November that the Warriors offer up to $30 million per season. Turner said that if a five-year and $150 million proposal was made, Cubinga “would have accepted” the deal.

A five-year, $150 million offer will coincide with the expansion of Jalen Suggs and Jalen Johnson, who also signed in a 2021 draft course with Kuminga.

Golden State proposes three separate deals to Kubinga

ESPN’s Shams Charania and Slater reported earlier this week that Golden State had proposed three separate contracts to Kuminga.

The most profitable thing is to offer a three-year, $75.2 million contract in the third season and offer team choices. It guarantees Kubinga $48.3 million in the first two seasons.

Cushing Province also received a two-year, $45 million contract and offered an option for a team in its second season, while a three-year, $54 million deal has no options. However, Kumingga rejected these suggestions.

Although Kubinga has been asking the Warriors to turn the team’s options into player options, the team refused to offer any offer in the 22-year-old.

“if [the Warriors] Want to win now, if you want someone who is happy and treated fairly, he is a big part of this team and we believe that moving forward you can give him a player choice,” Turner said.

“You really lost some trade value [giving that up]. But if it is now and now, you will give it to him. You won’t get the perfect deal, but you get a lot of deals and he will be respectful of his gains and we all keep moving forward, worrying about winning, helping Steph [Curry]. ”

If Kuminga signs a qualifying offer, he will give up more than $40 million in margin over the next two seasons, but that will give him a trade-free clause and make him an unrestricted free agent next summer.