breaking news:jonathan kuminga is leaving…….

If you’ve been following the Golden State Warriors recently, you’ve probably noticed one unmistakable reality. More accurate than stating that the team is injured and suffering. Nothing is clearer than the reality that the Dubs must make a change if they are to correct their season. One fact is more true

He’s scored 127 points in just 142 minutes, and the Warriors have outscored their opponents by 13 points. Despite Kuminga’s absence from the Steph Curry-led starting lineup, the team has been outscored by three points in his 98 minutes on the bench.

Stats are great, and those stats are especially great. But what’s truly remarkable is something that cannot be easily quantified with a metric.

Kuminga now ranks as the team’s second-best player.

However, everything might change once Draymond Green regains form or Chris Paul’s injured wrist heals. But Kuminga’s position on the Warriors totem pole isn’t nearly as important as what he’s done to get there. Emerge as a high-quality

Kuminga has risen to No. 126 in EPM’s rankings, with a rating that is well above average on both offensive and defense. That statistic emphasizes how strong he’s gotten, as it encompasses the entire season; given where he was in November and even December, it’s safe to assume his advanced metrics have improved in the last month.

And the result should be reassuring to Warriors fans who have long regarded Kuminga positively: he isn’t going anywhere.

When the season began to unravel, the possibility of selling Kuminga became a hot subject among Warriors fans. It was a rather straightforward situation: you risk losing out in the long run by giving up someone with a sky-high ceiling; in exchange, you improve now and raise your chances of winning a title in 2024 or 2025.

Kuminga flipped the script. Now, he is the player who is critical to the team’s short-term success… while also holding the keys to being a long-term solution for the Dubs. Because of that, he appears to have