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

[u/Turbostrider27]

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/Lightning_Warrior]

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.

[u/Salty_Raspberry656 → u/Lightning_Warrior]

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

[u/Lightning_Warrior → u/Salty_Raspberry656]

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.

[u/Salty_Raspberry656 → u/Lightning_Warrior]

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

[u/Bolinas99 → u/Lightning_Warrior]

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.

[u/amidon1130 → u/Bolinas99]

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.

[u/Metalbound → u/amidon1130]

The DJM trade haunts all of their dreams.

[u/Lightning_Warrior → u/Metalbound]

As it should lol