The Golden State Warriors striker Jonathan Kuminga, who has been sidelined since he kissed the ankle on January 4, will soon be away. Kuminga will not play against Orlando Magic on Thursday, but, According to Anthony Slater of athleticsHe could later in the road trip of the Warriors, who will see them visit the 76ers of Philadelphia on Saturday, the Charlotte Hornets next Monday, the New York Knicks next Tuesday and the Brooklyn Nets next Thursday.
When Kuminga was injuredHe had implemented consecutive matches at 34 points the previous week and Golden State was about a month before the production of Jimmy Butler’s trade. He will return to another team, the one that seems to have a significantly higher ceiling. The way he plays in the section of the regular season – and, ideally, in a playoff race – could determine how the front office addresses the contractual negotiations to come, because Kuminga will be a limited free agent this summer. The Warriors coach Steve Kerr does not want him to concentrate immediately on the scoring of more than 30 years.
“We talked today”, Kerr Told journalists on Tuesday. “The main thing I want for JK is not to press when it comes back. It is not an easy place to come back, where the team rides and contracts stuff this summer – it will have a lot in mind, and I want to make things as smooth and easy as possible. And I want it to understand that it will not happen right away.”
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Kuminga made his first complete scrum on Monday, Kerr declared in an interview on 95.7 the gameAnd will continue to mingle with coaches and end -of -rotation players at the start of the road trip. Kerr said he will not determine where Kuminga, 22, is part of the rotation until he is allowed to come back, but the Warriors are “in a good grove” with their current start range from Stephen Curry, Brandin Podziemski, Moses Moody, Butler and Draymond Green.
“I love the starting group right now,” Kerr told 95.7 per game.
Tuesday, Kerr’s recording with Kuminga included a film session. In addition to the Kuminga clips on the ground, they looked at “some of Jimmy’s things, which Jimmy is doing at the moment” because I think he is the perfect guy for JK to imitate, “said Kerr.
More specifically, Kerr wants Kuminga to pay attention to the decision to make Butler’s decision. The six-time All-Star has adapted to the manner with the Warriors largely because of its basketball Qi.
“What makes Jimmy special is that he is not trying to be special,” Kerr told journalists. “He just plays fundamental basketball. The fundamental constant game – he never turns it over, he just makes the game simple and again. And I want JK to learn a game. You know, he is so explosive – I think it’s always the most difficult for guys who are the most talented to make decisions because they have too many options in their disposal.
“I know he will do it. Jimmy is really good on this subject. But simply understanding that the attack on the rim, nothing over there, the jump, to pass the ball – it’s an excellent basketball game. Especially for us because Steph Curry is at the other end of the game.”
Kerr added that before the injury, Kuminga was “on a very good track” and played “the best I have ever seen playing”. Decision -making has not always been Kuminga’s costumeHowever, and Kerr said that the film session was “a reminder that these are somehow the things we want”.
In theory, Kuminga will add more firepower and athletics to a team of Golden State which seems more and more dangerous. Green Tell to journalists The fact that the leaders of the Warriors, himself, will make Kuminga know that “you do not have to recover it in one day”. It would be natural, he said, for Kuminga to “press a little”, but “we are preparing for a great race”, and there will be “a lot of time” for Kuminga to “prove exactly who we already know that he is”.
Butler did not seem the slightest bit worried about how the parts would adapt when Kuminga was back in the mixture.
“I think it’s going to be easy”, butler Tell to journalists. “Hella Athletic. Can shoot it, can mark in several ways and can keep. He can certainly keep. So I think he’s going to come back and do what he has done. My job is just making him even easier for him, so come back and help us get dubbing.”
As alwaysThe role of Kuminga will be complicated by the fact that the defenses are not particularly worried so that he will make spot -ups 3 – he made 40.6% of his damage 3S 3S this season, but has only made 2.6 attempts in 26 minutes per match. The volume of 3 Butler points is even lower, therefore, while Green, Kevon Looney and Stretch-Big Quinten Post each played in the center next to Butler, the newcomer did not share the floor with Green and Looney at the same time. The Warriors will probably experiment with Butler, Green and Kuminga game, but they could see that what they earn in defensive versatility are offset by a bad spacing.
Green, however, underlined the positive points: “You integrate another dynamic player who can change positions, who (can) come out in transition, who can mark basketball.” And although the staff were different from the last time Kuminga had adapted, Green told journalists that it was not as if the Warriors had changed the way they played.
“I do not think that he necessarily returns to a completely different offense; I think he is coming back to a team with a completely different mentality,” Green told journalists. “And he will go picking up that.”
