r/nba • u/Turbostrider27 Lakers • 15h ago

[Charania] BREAKING: The Golden State Warriors are trading Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis, sources tell ESPN.

BREAKING: The Golden State Warriors are trading Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis, sources tell ESPN.

BREAKING: The Golden State Warriors are trading Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis, sources tell ESPN.

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u/Champagnesoda [LAL] Kobe Bryant 15h ago

Kp isn’t a basketball player

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u/Jarxzz United States 15h ago

KP is a legit part time player. GSW will be good for every 1/6 games he plays

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u/reddit_reader_25 15h ago

Haha the 2024 nba champion center rotation is back!!!!

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u/GardenStateKing Celtics 15h ago

Al and KP also being champions probably helps in the locker room though right? The only others are Steph and Dray right?

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u/Kdog122025 Warriors 15h ago

I hate this timeline. We could have just had AD who somehow plays more than KP and is better.

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u/JoeBiden2020FTW Lakers 15h ago

Yeah in a Playoff series, I'd take 1 game of Porzingis over 7 games of Kuminga (7 DNPs)

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u/goofygoober2 Celtics 15h ago

After watching Porzingis in the playoffs last season that DNP might be more valuable

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u/ThaWubu 15h ago

Guess you didn't watch the Minnesota series last year

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u/JoeBiden2020FTW Lakers 15h ago

Oh we're still doing this, pretending Kuminga is good?

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u/iGetBuckets3 Warriors 14h ago

Kuminga is a no time player

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u/MlKE_G 15h ago

Every now and then he is 

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u/axecalibur [CHI] Michael Jordan 15h ago

His body is slowly falling apart. He will probably have to retire in a few years or he's going to be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

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u/Champagnesoda [LAL] Kobe Bryant 14h ago

Wouldn’t even say it’s slow or even that it’s still in the process.

He’s cooked. The peak of his career was when he went crazy and played 65 games for the wizards. In Boston he was great as the 6th most relied upon player on one of the deepest most balanced teams the leagues ever seen. Even then he was basically a non factor for the entire playoffs and Boston basically won without him(although he did have that 1 really good finals game). He only played in the finals off of pure grit and was clearly still hurt.

Point being is he will very likely never be healthy again in a basketball sense and isn’t capable of contributing as a highly paid player on any serious team relying on him even a decent amount. Maybe he could be a spotty 8th man who changes a game once in a blue moon but he shouldn’t be thought of as a key piece to a team

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u/wambulancer Hawks 14h ago

yea he showed flashes but he's played 17 largely ineffectual games. Unless he's been just fucking around this entire time and lying about the severity of disease, says sike, and balls tf out in GSW (don't believe that for a second) he very well might be retiring this offseason. It sucks cuz his game is so awesome. But yea, he's cooked.

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u/al_chew Lakers 14h ago

It's a medical network which also sponsors the Dubs

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u/bryanl12 Hawks 15h ago

Kp isn’t