Kuminga won't appear at media day amid deadline

SAN FRANCISCO -- The declaration stalemate betwixt restricted escaped cause Jonathan Kuminga and the Golden State Warriors volition bleed into the hoops information of the NBA calendar.

Kuminga did not question to San Francisco this play and won't beryllium successful attendance for Monday's media day, league sources told ESPN. Golden State wide manager Mike Dunleavy made interaction with Kuminga's agent, Aaron Turner, connected Sunday, but there's nary momentum toward a Kuminga declaration oregon instrumentality anterior to the team's archetypal signifier connected Tuesday.

The Warriors person kept their 3 outstanding offers connected the table, sources said. The 2 astir lucrative -- 2 years, $45 cardinal and 3 years, $75.2 cardinal -- see squad options connected the last play and the lone connection without a squad enactment is for 3 years and $54 million.

Kuminga has been resistant to the deals with squad options unless the wealth goes up. He's messaged to the Warriors that he'd presumption a declaration connection with a subordinate enactment successful it arsenic a motion of goodwill aft what his broadside has described arsenic "years of confusion" astir his relation and an anticipation he'd instrumentality to fluctuating opportunities nether caput manager Steve Kerr and a apt midseason trade.

Kuminga's top level of leverage successful these negotiations is the one-year, $8 cardinal qualifying offer, which expires connected Wednesday astatine 11:59 p.m. ET. Kuminga would beryllium willingly giving up $15.3 cardinal other adjacent season, but it'd supply him with an inherent no-trade clause and 2026 unrestricted escaped bureau with astatine slightest 10 teams with wage headdress space, putting the Warriors astatine hazard of losing their erstwhile seventh wide prime for thing adjacent summer.

That's a script they've attempted to debar with their lasting offers to Kuminga, but squad sources person said they stay steadfast successful their unwillingness to see a subordinate enactment successful immoderate woody and expect Kuminga to either take 1 of their projected deals oregon instrumentality connected the qualifying connection by Wednesday night. The dormant sign-and-trade talks with the Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings don't person immoderate existent traction, sources said.

Because of the Kuminga situation, the Warriors person held up overmuch of their roster concern this summer, but they received a multi-year committedness from Al Horford connected Sunday, his cause Jason Glushon told ESPN, and agreed to presumption with veterans Gary Payton II and De'Anthony Melton. Horford's last declaration fig is babelike connected the Kuminga resolution, truthful the presumed starting halfway won't beryllium capable to motion oregon signifier until the Kuminga concern is resolved.

Melton's and Payton's availability for the archetypal signifier is to beryllium determined.

With the signing of 2nd circular rookie defender Will Richard, the Warriors person 13 committed roster players. Their program is to marque Kuminga the 14th but helium indispensable determine connected a declaration way anterior to Wednesday night's qualifying connection deadline.

The Warriors person besides had talks with Seth Curry, but Kuminga's declaration operation volition find whether oregon not they are capable to adhd a 15th subordinate and stay beneath the 2nd apron.