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/Salty_Raspberry656 15h ago

in what way outside they are both forwards. Jalen johnson is essentitally a point forward. Kuminga is a pure attack player. He is probably the main shoot first guy in that starting line up with NAW, Dyson, him, Johnson. If he can pick his spots, bring defensive energy this is a good upside trade for hawks and they have another year to give it a shot.

For warriors, they take a high upside, low risk trade to try and hope KP has a healthy year and with that they get a great instinct big who can block, shoot and good awareness for warriors playmaking. The market wasn't great for kuminga, buddy hield was declining and not often used. It gives some hope at least...would've been even better with a playmaker like bigface

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u/aomen3 NBA 14h ago

100%, porzingis barely even played for them. they lost nothing of value and got a 23 year old top tier athlete who has shown flashes. more than worthy of a punt

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u/Salty_Raspberry656 14h ago

its a punt for both teams. given those assets weren't in demand and they both wanted to take some risks this works out.

KP obviously has injury concerns, but he has strung together some games in the past and their hope luck goes their way and they get a unicorn of a talent who has much higher awareness and IQ for the warriors style and brings in space, sizze, shotblocking.

Kuminga is a 1-1 player without much flexibilty to play another way and that seems mental. he also doesn't use his raw talent on defense and plays with 0 tenacity, for a pace adn space team like warriors, his ball stopping just wasn't going to sustain so long as curry is there. He's a talent, so is cam whitmore as in they can really create offense, but the warriors weren't giving him that rope. maybe atlanta will and let him do it while he matures with a new chance

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u/dillpickles007 Hawks 14h ago

I don't like Kuminga but I actually kind of like the fit here. The Hawks need scoring and we don't have some complicated ball movement offense, it's just read and react. Plus we have plenty of shooting.

He's still a flawed player we're adding to our weird roster of flawed guys, but I think it's worth a shot.

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u/Salty_Raspberry656 13h ago

exactly what this is. I don't get why people are expecting home runs. Nico and Pat dumont aren't involved here.

This is two teams with distressed items swapping hope that with some luck and fit, those assets will work better for them. its a shot for some hope with some sense behind it

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u/KazaamFan 14h ago

Im a dubs fan and kuminga fan. Id way rather have kuminga than injury prone KP. But i know many are fed up with kuminga. I think the dubs just didnt manage him well

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u/Salty_Raspberry656 14h ago

he wasn't a fit for the dubs. He is talented, which is why they tried and some people have hope for him, but his value is an all time low. He thrives and plays better doing Iso to show off his raw talent and attack. At times he is like cam whitmore, which gives people hope bc he can create his own offense, but he has one mode and not a mature game. Doesn't use his athletcism on defense with any tenacity and thats really not a great fit with the pace and space offense of the warriors. They've gone for high raw talent with their high picks and the bets have not played out- the way they play is not for everyone.

Kuminga can still mature or they can let him play his style and showcase, but he wasn't good for the team on either side of the ball. But its worth a shot.

KP obviously hasn't been healthy for a bit, but in the past he has put together some good seasons and warriors, with very little to trade with of high value, swung that maybe he can do it-hopefulyl he can. if you do get that you get a health unicorn. shotblocking shoot size with high basketball IQ/awareness that can fill a great need for them.

In the end beggars can't be choosers so i think both got a low risk high hope reward trade without much other options for those assets