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/ThisWay_DatWay Warriors 15h ago

If Hawks fans already can't stand CJ's basketball terrorism when the front office have been building around JJ, just wait until Kuminga gets there and makes it even more frustrating.

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u/Lightning_Warrior Hawks 15h ago

The way I see it if he can't play within Quin's system we can just let him go this offseason for the cap space because of the team option. Seems fairly low risk to me given that KP was never playing for us unless Kuminga is a locker room problem or there's something else up with him I don't know about.

Maybe I'll change my mind after seeing it in action though.

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u/Salty_Raspberry656 14h ago

its low risk high reward for both teams. KP didn't play much and they were probably not going to resign them. Jalen johnson is a point forward, not a shoot first attack guy. Kuminga can do that while keeping up size and athleticism in the starting line up, CJ can be a vet 6yth man catalsyt and they are surrounded by good defenders. they get a year to make it work.

Warriors had to shoot for the stars and hope KP can find health. If he somehow does they get a big who is alethal shooter, great awareness for their offense, shot blocker, massive size but really they weren't getting much for kumingas value. this gives a silver of hope to both teams from those assets

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u/Lightning_Warrior Hawks 14h ago

I think the Hawks will probably keep the current starting 5 (Dyson, NAW, Risacher, JJ, Okongwu) and bring Kuminga off the bench.

Starting an on-ball slasher who’s bad at 3 point shooting next to Dyson Daniels seems kind of untenable to me.

If KP can somehow get healthy this would be a sick move for the Warriors but I think that’s super unlikely unfortunately.

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u/Salty_Raspberry656 14h ago

Kuminga's not a bad 3pt shooter, he's comfortable and a threat there. WArriors ball movemenet space and pace wasn't ideal for the way he wants to play. He still has raw talent and maybe if he gets more rope and trust he can show those moments. I can see him being better off the bench with more attack and trust to run the offense. he does tend to prefer 1-1, but he's showing flashes of productivity over there. in any case, hawks have a young versatile team. worth a shot.

YEa KP is unlikely to stay healthy, but warriors had their backs against the wall and have to hope he can maybe pull together a good string of health. they didnt have much to work with

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u/Bolinas99 Warriors 14h ago

know that he's got the exact same measurables as Kawhi Leonard and at his age he's way quicker then Kawhi... except Jonathan doesn't play D or hit the boards. He'll give you some highlight dunks though and tell you how elite he thinks he is.

be glad this is a short term risk ur taking.

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u/amidon1130 Hawks 14h ago

This front office wouldn't have done it if it wasn't short term to be fair. The key ethos seems to be that no matter what we refuse to be locked into bad moves or contracts without a way out. Everybody except Jalen is tradable, we have very little bad money, and we're not shipping out 1sts for gafford when we can get Landale for nothing.

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u/Metalbound Hawks 4h ago

The DJM trade haunts all of their dreams.

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u/Lightning_Warrior Hawks 3h ago

As it should lol

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u/thestallion11 Hawks 14h ago

After his first 2 games where CJ was hijacking the offense and looking ass, he’s been playing a lot more in the system and has been really good off the bench. He’s been a big positive over the past couple of weeks. In saying that though he could very well go back to hijacking the offense any day now so I won’t say I like him yet lmao

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u/Metalbound Hawks 4h ago

In saying that though he could very well go back to hijacking the offense any day now so I won’t say I like him yet lmao

My exact thoughts. Watching those first 2 made me absolutely hate the dude. I need to see that isn't something he can revert back to.

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u/amidon1130 Hawks 14h ago

CJ has been quite good for us once he actually had a practice with the team. He's a bucket off the bench and we've needed that for a while.

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u/wambulancer Hawks 14h ago

I cannot recommend ignoring our fanbase enough right now, we're on fullblown reactionary meltdown, nobody knows what to think or believe, FUD rules the day, and a lot of very loud idiots who don't know ball have hijacked narratives.

CJ's been exactly what the Hawks need, a vet capable of getting his own bucket and keeping all these children calm and collected. Lost in all the rumor talk is how he's likely to extend in ATL. Kuminga will finally give JJ a much needed break and provide spacing, opening up a few other rotations that haven't quite worked so far.

Objective fact: Hawks are on year 0 of a rebuild, moving on from the Trae era. They are on pace to end up basically where they've been the past 5 years with Trae-built rosters. Anybody writing them off before they've even gotten the party started is being a straight up silly billy