SAN FRANCISCO — The contract stalemate between restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga and the Golden State Warriors will bleed into the basketball portion of the NBA calendar.
Kuminga did not travel to San Francisco this weekend and won’t be in attendance for media day on Monday, league sources told ESPN. General manager Mike Dunleavy made contact with Kuminga’s agent, Aaron Turner, on Sunday, but there’s no momentum toward a Kuminga contract or return prior to the team’s first practice on Tuesday.
The Warriors have kept their three outstanding offers on the table, sources said. The two most lucrative — two years, $45 million and three years, $75.2 million — include team options on the final season and the only offer without a team option is for three years and $54 million.
Kuminga has been resistant to the deals with team options unless the money goes up. He’s messaged to the Warriors that he’d view a contract offer with a player option in it as a sign of goodwill after what his side has described as
Sources: Kuminga won’t appear at media day as deadline looms
