The Jonathan Kuminga is very close to coming to a head with the trade since the forward is now eligible to be traded, but one former NBA player is still in disbelief about the whole situation.
Kuminga hasnt played for the Warriors since the December 18th and by all reports, doesnt want to play, despite the fact the team are in desperate need of another scorer as the team continues to flail in 8th seed with a 24-19 record on the season.
The Jonathan Kuminga situation is complete bullsh*t, Austin Rivers said on his podcast. The way they have treated Kuminga is something that I havent seen in quite a while. All right, this is a 20-point per game caliber player. I know this because hes done it. When guys were hurt, he literally averaged 20 plus for a month and some change. Im not making this up, this happened. All right, last year that he was in and out of the lineup, didnt even play in the playoffs, then they bring him in one game off the bench, he scores 30. All right? In a playoff game!
Kuminga has played in just 18 games for the Warriors this season, averaging 11.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game on 43.1 percent shooting from the field and 32 percent from three and Rivers is baffled that his talent continues to get wasted on the bench night after night.
Kuminga is a freak talent and athlete Rivers continued. Im talking about he does things on the court jumping wise and explosion wise that people are like, Whoa. How the hell can this guy not get a minute on a sorry ass Warriors team? It drives me crazy. I watch the Warriors all the time. I watch more basketball now in my life than I ever have due to to my new job at NBC. And Im watching this piss poor ass Warriors team and Im like how the hell goes this guy not get off the bench? Im watching Podziemski, Moody, a bunch of other random ass players and those guys are good. And Moodys solid, Podziemskis solid. They got other players Ive never heard of. Pat Spencer plays before Kuminga. He hasnt played in 14 games. Hes 6-foot-8 and is a scorer. The Warriors half the time struggle scoring and they have a 20 point per game player who sits at the end of the bench because the coach dont like him. Its personal and I know this because Im close to Kumingas camp. I know about things that I cant say on air.
A split from the Warriors seems imminent for JK.
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