Jonathan Kuminga meets with Steve Kerr to quell festering Warriors issues: ‘I
love it here’
SAN FRANCISCO — In the aftermath of The Athletic’s report that Jonathan Kumi
nga had lost faith in Steve Kerr’s ability to maximize his potential, the Gol
den State Warriors’ head coach and third-year wing met in Kerr’s office befo
re Friday night’s 113-109 win over the Detroit Pistons.
Kuminga’s latest frustration came a night earlier when he watched the final 1
8 minutes from the bench — and particularly the agonizing final six minutes
— as the Warriors let an 18-point lead over the Denver Nuggets slip away into
another gut-punch lost.
Kerr’s decision to limit Kuminga to 19 minutes and zero in the fourth quarter
, despite 16 points prior and an obvious need for his downhill skill set, was
placed under a harsh microscope. Kuminga’s boiling feelings surfaced to the p
ublic. Kerr felt a face-to-face conversation necessary. Speaking after the win
over Detroit, Kuminga said the discussion had a positive impact.
“I think it went really well,” Kuminga said. “I think it was just all about
better understanding of each other. More communication. We don’t really get
to sit together as much and communicate about pretty much non-basketball thing
s, basketball things. We don’t get to do that as much. Just us having that co
nversation today made me more comfortable that any time I have something to as
k, I should just go up to his office. His door is open. Go up there and chill
and wait for him to come back whenever. I think that’s what it’s all about,
communication every single time if something is going wrong. Communication is
the key.”
Kuminga played a season-high 36 minutes against the Pistons. He didn’t rest a
single second in the fourth quarter. He had 11 points and six rebounds and sp
ent the majority of crunchtime as the primary defender on Cade Cunningham. It
was his 12th consecutive game in the starting lineup, but Kuminga is still yet
to play 30-plus minutes in consecutive games in his career. So the playing-ti
me tracker will continue to be monitored.
“I never complained about playing time (during the meeting),” Kuminga said.
“We were just talking about if I do great at something, just go back and remi
nd him, ‘Yo, coach, what do I need to do to get better at this? What do I nee
d to do to gain more trust or more minutes?’ Like I said, it’s more about co
mmunication and better understanding from both of us.”
Kuminga’s uneasiness about his fluctuating role — which dates to the previou
s postseason when he went from an integral part of the rotation the final two
months of the regular season to a bench bystander after Andrew Wiggins returne
d from a long personal absence — has generated questions about his future wit
h the Warriors. Does he want to be with them long-term? Will he still be on th
e roster past the Feb. 8 trade deadline? After Friday’s meeting, how does he
feel about his standing in the organization and with Kerr in general?
“I love it here,” Kuminga said. “I got drafted here. There’s always ups an
d downs. I feel like when you look at all the ups and downs, that will confuse
a lot of people. But I know Steve believes in me. I know he trusts me at this
point. It was just more about communication and better understanding. It wasn
’t no beef. None of that. Scratch whatever happens. It’s the past. Move on w
ith better understanding and hoping we all can work with each other and help t
his team and leave everything in the past.”
“All together a better understanding of certain things on the floor I need to
do to get the team better,” Kuminga said. “Who is he going with tonight or
the next night? Who he trusts the most? As a coach, you talk about who you tru
st the most or who is producing things as a coach you want at the moment. So i
t was all about those little things. As we sat together and spoke about it, it
went well.”
The crux of the problem is the Warriors’ inability to fit Kuminga and Wiggins
on the floor together. Entering Friday, they were a cumulative minus-66 toget
her as a pairing in 131 minutes. The Warriors have an analytics department tha
t feeds the coaching staff these numbers, partly fueling their lineup choices.
It’s why Kerr has maintained a hesitancy to play his two bigger wings togeth
er, calling them a “redundant” pairing.
But he tried to find time for them together against the Pistons. They were on
the floor for six minutes together. They outscored Detroit by seven points. Bu
t Wiggins struggled to a 1-of-5 shooting night and didn’t provide much else.
So he was limited to 19 minutes and Kuminga received 36.
“I’m gonna keep it real,” Kuminga said. “I went to Coach and talked about
me playing with Wiggs. I don’t want it to seem like me and Wiggs are out here
fighting every day for minutes. I know Wiggs come to work every day not think
ing about that. Same with me. I don’t come to work every day thinking about t
aking Wiggs’ minutes, taking this guy’s minutes. We come here to play good a
nd help the team win and accomplish things that we all as a team are about. Ch
ampionship and all that. Whenever the team win, everybody win. Just moving for
ward, it’s really all about what the team needs first and concerned about the
rest after.”
In the immediate future, more minutes are opening up in the Warriors’ rotatio
n. Chris Paul fractured his left hand against the Pistons and will get surgery
next week. He is out indefinitely. Kerr said that’ll give Brandin Podziemski
, Cory Joseph and Moses Moody a bump in opportunity. But it could also creep o
pen the door to experiment more with Kuminga and Wiggins lineups.
Draymond Green’s impending return from his indefinite suspension will regener
ate another logjam. But that’s another depth problem for another day.
“I’ve been there before,” Curry said of Kuminga. “He’s not wrong for bein
g upset and pissed off, wanting to play. Probably should’ve played. Not proba
bly. … But the ultimate challenge for anybody in this league is to not let th
e narrative be told for you and you not be able to address that with your own
voice or directly with Coach or whatever the case is. We all go through our ch
allenges. We all go through our learning lessons. Like I said, he’s not wrong
for being upset and frustrated. I heard Coach talk about. He was kind of half
-joking but serious about 15 years he was always upset with playing time. That
’s a talking point in every locker room in some way, shape or form. There are
ways to express it, ways to voice your opinion but protect the team. I’m jus
t proud of the way he — we talked about it before the game. Go out and play.
Go hoop. Be a professional. And that’s what he did.”
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推 abc202000: 他們都這樣說我們也只能相信了啊 Kuminga不會沒理由說 01/06 18:48
→ abc202000: 出這些話吧 01/06 18:48
推 Mikotosama: Moody是不是也要去辦公室一趟 01/06 18:50
推 malain: 圍巾：搶時間？！要打你打啊沒事兒 01/06 18:53
推 SC30mvp: 我保守看待 十場後再說 01/06 18:55
推 ludi: 包養輕鬆約出遊去。 01/06 18:55 → peter080808: 嘴綠 K湯 圍巾 一定要讓出時間出來 01/06 18:55
推 insen001: Curry不要說幹話，說什麼保護球隊，你們這群老的就是專 01/06 19:01
→ insen001: 門在做傷害球隊的事 01/06 19:01
噓 kobebrian: 咖哩到底在供三小 01/06 19:05
→ kobebrian: 被揍的是新人 被冰的是新人 新人們也不是第一次 第二 01/06 19:06
推 peernut: 包養平台挖掘潛在關係。 01/06 19:06 → kobebrian: 次 第三次被無緣無故冰箱就放話 打得好的球員上場為自 01/06 19:06
→ kobebrian: 己的合約拼鬥天經地義 01/06 19:06
→ kobebrian: 如果內部討論沒有辦法解決 那只能尋求外部途徑不是嗎 01/06 19:08
→ jack34031: 咖哩是幹話大師嗎 01/06 19:12
→ EQUP: 我們就等著看後續 苦命別被PUA了哈 01/06 19:13
推 xikimi: 包養分析關注對方細節。 01/06 19:13 推 PIPPP4: 呃，是翻譯的問題嗎？ 01/06 19:13
推 Sc30Fmvp: 阿明也不是不能跟追夢KT圍巾一起上吧? 現在問題是圍巾阿 01/06 19:17
推 xiao07: JK真的成熟 長大了 20初頭歲就要跟這些超巨同隊競爭 不簡 01/06 19:17
→ xiao07: 單 老將就是 保護球隊性的發言 他對外也只能這樣講 希望 01/06 19:17
→ xiao07: 對內能真的多幫忙支持菜鳥 01/06 19:17
推 Avero: 包養不急於著手感情交往。 01/06 19:17 推 rig2121: 圍巾也算被砍很多時間了吧… 01/06 19:18
→ xiao07: 畢竟他也是菜鳥過來 之前已經走了一個有潛力的小朋友 勇士 01/06 19:18
→ xiao07: 經不起接二連三的失去新血 01/06 19:18
推 kaede0711: 其實正面解讀球員跟教練有溝通是好事啦 陣容規劃就是 01/06 19:19
→ kaede0711: 制服組的工作了 01/06 19:19
推 ejoz: 包養網開拓異國友誼。 01/06 19:19 → xiao07: 不過真的連看十場再說 科學家的過往紀錄...打個問號先 01/06 19:19
→ rig2121: 咖哩講的話我覺得也還好啊，當初他和Ellis爭誰是核心也是 01/06 19:20
→ rig2121: 靠表現搶來的，看大家這麼不爽老將乾脆把咖哩也交易直接 01/06 19:20
→ rig2121: 重建，但這樣會比較好嗎？ 01/06 19:20
推 killuaz: Kerr發動相信我之術，結束這一回合 01/06 19:22
推 FishRoom: 包養開心交到志同道合。 01/06 19:22 → EQUP: 咖哩當然是靠表現搶來 問題是現在苦命靠表現搶不來XD 01/06 19:24
推 kobebrian: 咖哩新秀賽季時間就很多了 他是很猛但沒經歷過沒上場 01/06 19:25
→ kobebrian: 時間這件事吧 01/06 19:25
→ rig2121: 咖哩那時是沒有人，有一場還六犯都要上，所以我才說乾脆 01/06 19:29
→ rig2121: 全部老將都賣掉直接重建這樣也不用吵上場時間了 01/06 19:29
推 KsiR: 包養平台觀察約會舉動。 01/06 19:29 推 killuaz: 咖哩對外還是只能場面話啦！他這樣講也很得體了，就是呼 01/06 19:30
→ killuaz: 籲菜鳥不能騎到教練頭上也沒錯，也是希望阿嘎雖然沒有錯 01/06 19:30
→ killuaz: ，也別對教練施壓得太過火，以前有Jordan Bell的經歷了 01/06 19:30
→ a034506618: 苦命不凶一點對外發言，就是像moody一樣，被冰到不會 01/06 19:33
→ a034506618: 打球啊 01/06 19:33
推 peoples: 包養分析洞悉他人想法。 01/06 19:33 推 onetooneya: 我有點意外阿家今天願意這樣給面子 01/06 19:33
→ onetooneya: 他這樣講這樣之後不管怎麼操作都比較好 01/06 19:33
推 Sc30Fmvp: 其實本來他就只是疑惑自己要怎樣才能更多上場時間吧 01/06 19:34
→ onetooneya: 不過Moody真的可憐 01/06 19:35
推 inuyaksa: 剃頭某種程度上就是有覺悟了吧，Kerr要不要也抓去剃一下 01/06 19:36
推 wilmer: 包養真心重視友誼情感。 01/06 19:36 → inuyaksa: 我保證不會笑太大聲 01/06 19:36
推 candbilly153: 官腔啦反正難聽的真心話讓記者放出就可以，本人當然 01/06 19:38
→ candbilly153: 還是說些好聽的話 01/06 19:39
推 killuaz: 阿嘎算是豁出去了，要嘛拿到時間，要嘛被交易，都比被冰 01/06 19:39
→ killuaz: 到沒機會好 01/06 19:39
推 badlip: 包養網結交國際友人。 01/06 19:39 推 killuaz: 不過放話後很容易被放大鏡檢視，他接下來可不能恍神打爛 01/06 19:41
→ killuaz: 了 01/06 19:41
推 monk2: 家人代替喊催密有違規嗎？ 01/06 19:41
推 samuel0330: 先看十場再討論，結束這回合 01/06 19:45
推 Sc30Fmvp: 沒有吧 再說前一場柯爾調度就是有問題啊 01/06 19:45
推 piggyoil: 包養輕鬆尋找興趣伴侶。 01/06 19:45 推 Sc30Fmvp: 如果真的考慮交易 籃網那堆側翼是不是也有考慮要賣掉阿 01/06 19:49
推 balire2351: 說實在 苦命的單防還有很大進步空間 01/06 19:51
→ jumilin927: 讚讚讚 希望還是有轉機！ 01/06 19:53
推 Erishcross: 木笛是在辦公室外面看他們開會嗎 01/06 19:56
推 candbilly153: 籃網那邊一樣CP24包的話再加個Cojo薪資可以換Dinwid 01/06 19:57
推 TwixBar: 包養平台發現心靈伴侶。 01/06 19:57 → candbilly153: die+C.Johnson 01/06 19:57
推 wusky1982: 苦命真的防守要再好一點 比起去年 退步很多 01/06 19:58
推 kobebrian: 還好吧 他DEPM 聯盟 PR80附近 01/06 20:03
推 Max7169: 反正之後大概率交易 小問題 而且現在在高點 多的是隊伍要 01/06 20:06
→ Max7169: 可以跟嘴綠包一起 01/06 20:07
推 boggicer: 包養分析揣摩對方內心。 01/06 20:07 推 Broyz: ok 解散解散 01/06 20:07
推 alain: 其實我覺得Kerr一直都是傳統老派的那種溝通方式，就像之前 01/06 20:08
→ alain: 常拿出來講的，他贏得Jordan尊重的原因是他敢正面跟Jorda 01/06 20:08
→ alain: n「溝通」，但他當時也不會對外爆料被打，因為要保護球隊 01/06 20:08
→ alain: 和隊友。從這裡就可以看得出他的確可以比較偏好自家人在自 01/06 20:08
推 Chiason: 包養不急於追求戀愛結果。 01/06 20:08 → alain: 己家有話直說 01/06 20:08
→ a034506618: 如果要把苦命交易，怎麼可能把嘴綠交易掉，交易年輕 01/06 20:10
→ a034506618: 人就代表老人要一起打到生涯結束了吧 01/06 20:10
推 guardian128: 咖哩講的哪裡不對？對外講這樣的話很得體啊 01/06 21:00
→ guardian128: 至少我是看不出咖哩在傷害球隊啦，都老將了每場拼成 01/06 21:02
推 Markell: 包養網結交來自各地朋友。 01/06 21:02 → guardian128: 那樣還要被說傷害球隊，真是搞笑 01/06 21:02
推 kevenchia: 支持714交易 趕快離開這怪裡怪氣的地方 01/06 21:08
→ kevenchia: 老將也是在講幹話 出去打球勒 你這套行不通了就乖乖輔 01/06 21:10
→ kevenchia: 佐新秀笑鼠 01/06 21:10
推 drcula: 我是猜7+14都會交易,應該在交易大限之前就搞定,現在都是在 01/06 21:15
推 fuoya: 包養開心交到知音好友。 01/06 21:15 → drcula: 做場面,維持身價,然後甚至可能kt就順便續約完成 01/06 21:16
推 onionandy: 交易年輕人老人一起打到結束那大概就是年年老化劇碼 01/06 21:18
→ onionandy: +kerr整天在那邊等待老人回春的中風劇情 01/06 21:19
→ onionandy: 跟湖人打包小醬換AD不同 勇士雖然一樣有個超強老鬼 01/06 21:21
→ onionandy: 但當初的湖人可沒有兩個老化佔先發的功勳仔 01/06 21:21
推 Apasiri: 包養平台聊天頻率注意。 01/06 21:21 推 kevenchia: 至少看714去別隊打球都比較開心 不然留在這還得被迫看 01/06 21:22
→ kevenchia: 這爛內容有夠衰 虧14還跟著老將練球 沒想到老將還看不 01/06 21:22
→ kevenchia: 出來真有夠沒料 01/06 21:22
→ onionandy: 勇士打包年輕人就算換到明星 隊上的老化問題還是在啊 01/06 21:22
→ onionandy: 而且那兩個就是非常明顯的進攻問題 01/06 21:23
推 litidi: 包養分析評估異性關注。 01/06 21:23 推 stephen0522: Kerr這季結束就走吧 01/06 21:24
→ stephen0522: 不想在看他了 01/06 21:24
推 drcula: 進攻+防守都是問題,你先發五人,curry,kt,圍巾,green,魯尼 01/06 21:33
→ drcula: 有進攻有防守嗎???進攻green+魯尼都可以被放,圍巾切入也不 01/06 21:34
→ drcula: 行,只要鎖死curry,kt偶而爆發大概就是現在這樣 01/06 21:35
推 Merzario: 包養真心珍惜友誼感情。 01/06 21:35 推 stephen0522: Kerr在那邊噁心人 01/06 21:38
推 malain: 老將那part我護航一下啦，連30都知道阿家抱怨的有道理， 01/06 22:02
→ malain: 只是透過媒體比較不恰當，自家的事還得自家管，還記得嘴 01/06 22:02
→ malain: 綠打普洱，有沒有很常聽到現役/退役的球員講嘴綠打普洱絕 01/06 22:02
→ malain: 對是錯的，但這段影片不該被放出來？所以30這段話我是能 01/06 22:02
推 Muzaffer: 包養網尋找跨國包養機會。 01/06 22:02 → malain: 理解他的想法，但阿家也沒有錯，現在這樣不上不下，沒一 01/06 22:02
→ malain: 個人出來燒一燒根本不會動，一樣是死局，那乾脆弄一弄看 01/06 22:02
→ malain: 要怎麼走也沒不好 01/06 22:02
推 jack34031: 士官長：你各位有問題要逐級回報，不要打1985，不然我 01/06 22:27
→ jack34031: 就讓你們08 01/06 22:27
推 MIJice: 包養輕鬆找到有趣異性朋友。 01/06 22:27 推 candbilly153: 內部溝通如果有效還需要靠記者放話，Kerr不是都說他 01/06 22:49
→ candbilly153: 跟Moody常常在溝通啊人還不是被冰在板凳 01/06 22:49
推 hiro1221: 是說有人跟圍巾搭是+的嗎? 01/06 23:01
推 OrniG: 上次好像有板友統計過，幾乎都是負的，因為圍巾實在太爛 01/06 23:32
推 candbilly153: 目前Wiggins的NetRtg跟TJD搭是+2.4、Podz是+0.9剩下 01/06 23:50
推 SpyTime: 包養平台遇見心動異性。 01/06 23:50 → candbilly153: 就全都是負的，搭Curry則是-7.9 01/06 23:50
→ otaku690: 圍巾看他進球都要歡呼 龍吐看天吃飯 攻框屢屢刷框 01/07 02:36
推 stocktonty: 圍巾跟魯尼這季真的莫名斷崖式退化 01/07 06:48
推 iecdalu: 居然有人叫柯瑞輔佐新秀，笑死 01/07 10:08
推 guardian128: 叫咖哩輔佐新秀真的有夠好笑，叫球隊第一人去輔佐新 01/07 11:00
推 Toth: 包養分析關注對方興趣。 01/07 11:00 → guardian128: 秀真的問號，以為咖哩待退了喔？ 01/07 11:00
推 wusky1982: 威金 攻框真的鳥到爆 都已經接近框了 經常都彈出來 01/07 13:05
推 kevenchia: 表現看起來就是待退啊～沒714搞不好現在還上不來C10呢 01/07 17:51
→ kevenchia: 帶隊穩定C1011嘻嘻 01/07 17:51
推 Asterix: 包養不急於談戀愛結婚。 01/07 17:51 → RedLiam: 酸民就算了 樓上感覺有在看球都還看不懂 可憐哪 01/07 18:00
推 guardian128: 真的，場均27.6分叫待退，連球都看不懂是真的可憐， 01/07 21:10
→ guardian128: 有時間做圖不如去多看幾場球吧，笑鼠 01/07 21:10
推 stephen0522: 有人真的可憐 01/07 21:15
推 AdamShi: 包養網交流世界各地朋友。 01/07 21:15 推 chaeyu99: 直接拉黑了 01/07 21:34
推 kobebrian: 故意要酸的吧？咖哩今年進階數據聯盟前10被說待退…兄 01/07 21:47
→ kobebrian: 弟你標準太高惹 01/07 21:47
推 kevenchia: 好氣好氣嘻嘻 01/07 22:23
→ kevenchia: 人家當然看不懂>< 01/07 22:23
推 lezabo: 包養開心結交心靈契合友人。 01/07 22:23 → kevenchia: 27.6分=C10？有料……沒人要說今年失誤的部分嗎 更別說 01/07 22:25
→ kevenchia: 非受迫性了 這些看球最懂的一定有看到…… 01/07 22:25
推 enixsquare: 反串？海巡？ 01/07 22:26
推 OrniG: 有人就是故意來挑釁的，直接黑單他不用浪費生命 01/07 22:28
推 guardian128: 推樓上 01/07 22:32
推 silberger: 包養平台規劃約會活動。 01/07 22:32 推 kobebrian: 你說的東西進階數據全部都能解釋…到底在嘰嘰歪歪啥 01/07 22:33
→ kobebrian: 聯盟前十的進階數據是待退其他人全部退一退？ 01/07 22:33
推 kevenchia: 說出大實話就好 其實沒人在乎你們的黑單QQ 01/07 22:34
→ kevenchia: 球隊老大能讓7了解勇士文化也是夠本了 01/07 22:35
推 guardian128: 更沒人在乎你講的話吧XDDD 不在乎黑單的話還回覆幹 01/07 22:39
推 xayile: 包養分析觀察對方表情。 01/07 22:39 → guardian128: 嘛？乖乖閉上嘴也沒人會鳥你，偏偏一直出來拉黑，可 01/07 22:40
→ guardian128: 憐XD 01/07 22:40
推 stephen0522: g大好兇XD 01/07 22:43
推 guardian128: 沒辦法，真的受不了這種硬凹的 01/07 22:50
推 kevenchia: 你氣成這樣看起來很在乎啊 你喜歡看爛內容你慢慢看噗 01/07 23:52
推 cazo: 包養真心對待異性好友。 01/07 23:52 → kevenchia: 沒人在乎我講的但是你氣到要黑單 邏輯有料XD XD XD 01/07 23:52
→ kevenchia: 更何況號稱個性最好的老大難道還有分什麼事能做不能做 01/07 23:54
→ kevenchia: 嗎 自助餐老大開起來== 01/07 23:54
推 ccccccccccc: C10還好吧 不是有一年得分王C8 你當初叫咖哩輔佐誰 01/08 00:42
→ ccccccccccc: 說來聽聽 01/08 00:43
推 izilo: 包養網尋找跨國友誼機會。 01/08 00:43 推 JL46: 幾位板友暫息雷霆吧！為免討論過激刺激雙方...小的暫行鎖文~ 01/08 02:21
