The Golden State Warriors took off once they added Jimmy Butler at the trade deadline last year, but there was uncertainty around the team all summer as the Jonathan Kuminga contract situation overrode any of the good vibes from the spring.

Despite being dropped from head coach Steve Kerr's rotation at times last season and going through an offseason of contract negotiations and stalemates with the Golden State Warriors, Jonathan Kuminga is all positive early in the 2025-26 campaign.

The Golden State Warriors have started their 2025-26 season with real fire, posting a 4-1 record that has the Bay Area buzzing again. After last season's trade

With it, the Golden State Warriors were trying to do what no one in the modern NBA has ever truly done: compete for a title with a core of thirty-somethings who are walking Hall of Famers, while simultaneously developing a young, high-drafted core to take over the franchise without skipping a beat.

Jonathan Kuminga has been one of the Golden State Warriors' best players to begin the 2025-26 season. The explosive forward appears to have put his contractual standoff with the franchise behind him, and has been thriving as part of Steve Kerr's starting lineup over the opening week of the new campaign.

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr announced a major decision about Jonathan Kuminga's role moving forward.

Rather than cutting bait with the Congolese forward, the Warriors exhausted every option before agreeing to a two-year, $46.8M deal a day before the expiration date of his $8M qualifying offer.

Kuminga has started all four of the Warriors' games this season, averaging 18 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists on 58.1% shooting from the field. When speaking to the media following the Warriors' latest win,

Steve Kerr offered strong words of praise for Jonathan Kuminga and confirmed that he would now take on a full-time starting role

A mock trade has the Golden State Warriors sending Jonathan Kuminga to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for two players.