Recently, Ron Kroichick, a Warriors reporter who works for the San Francisco Chronicle, wrote an article talking about the situation of the 2021 No. 7 Show Kumingga.

Previously, Kumingga refused the two-year, $45 million renewal offer issued by the Warriors because the Warriors insisted on joining the team in the second year of the contract and asked Kumingga to give up the veto power given to him by the labor-management agreement. In addition, the Warriors also interrupted the discussion on Kumingga's sign-in and then exchange transaction, which also had the possibility of accepting a one-year qualification offer of $7.9 million. A

League source said of Kumingga: "It's obvious that he (has) thought he was at the level of Cad Cunningham Scotty Barnes and deserved a contract of their level. It's a dilemma. I think it's bad for the Warriors and himself." The above "this" refers to Kumingga's possible acceptance of qualification offers, which is an uncommon situation in today's NBA league.

Cningham is the No. 1 pick in the same class as Kumingga. He reached an early contract renewal with the Pistons last year. Since he was selected for the All-Squad (third team) in the 2024-25 season (the last year of the rookie contract), his maximum salary contract rose from 5-year $224 million to 5-year $269 million (like Evan Mobley of the Cavaliers). Scotty Barnes, the No. 4 pick who was the same as Cumingga, had a contract with the Raptors for 5 years of $224 million (also a maximum salary contract).

There are reports that Kumingga was looking for a maximum salary contract for him in the offseason last year, but the rumors were later denied. There were subsequent reports that Kumingga's target annual salary was $35 million, and the Warriors were only willing to give him $30 million at most. The report at the end of July this year was that Kumingga had always wanted a contract with an annual salary of $30 million, but now he was willing to sign a contract if he had an annual salary of $25 million.

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