Bucks News, Transactions, Trade Ideas - Media Day 9/29, Camp Opens 9/30

[tedbrogen]

Can Kuminga operate well out of the dunker spot? Can he efficiently finish at the rim? If so, he’s probably a better fit spacing-wise than Kuzma. If not, what exactly does he do well enough to command the salary he’s asking for?

Similarly, how is his defense? Does he get lost in rotations less than Kuzma? Can he hold up in ISO? Is he okay if switched onto guards?

[emunney]

Can Kuminga operate well out of the dunker spot? Can he efficiently finish at the rim? If so, he’s probably a better fit spacing-wise than Kuzma. If not, what exactly does he do well enough to command the salary he’s asking for?

Similarly, how is his defense? Does he get lost in rotations less than Kuzma? Can he hold up in ISO? Is he okay if switched onto guards?

I think he holds up pretty well on ball. Offensively, he's a slasher, decent cutter. Yes, he can play in the dunker.

He did whatever the opposite of meshing is with Jimmy. It's surprising to me they'd even consider bringing him back considering how incompatible they are.

[soxperry]

I just think the best piece of info regarding the player from Golden State is that Golden State doesn't appear to be too excited about locking him up long term.

Thats kind of all i need to know

[drew881]

Kuminga Kuzma is definitely Spider-Man meme vibes. There has to be something better here.

[slos]

Kuminga Kuzma is definitely Spider-Man meme vibes. There has to be something better here.

Can’t think much better things without touching a FRP. I’m not a Kuminga fan either, but buying him low is something to consider.

[raferfenix]

Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga's agent, Aaron Turner, told ESPN that Kuminga is prepared to take the $7.9 million qualifying offer unless Golden State improves its current offers.

"There's a lot of upside," Turner said in an interview with "The Hoop Collective" podcast. "He wants to pick where he wants to go. So the QO is real for sure."

"If [the Warriors] want to win now, if you want a guy that's happy and treated fairly who is a big part of this team, we believe, moving forward, you give him the player option," Turner said. "You do lose a little of that trade value [giving that up]. But if it's about the here and now, you give him that. You don't get a perfect deal, but you get a pretty good deal and he gets to feel respected about what he gets and we all move on and worry about winning, helping Steph [Curry]."

"He's gotten a chance to hear from other teams," Turner said. "You know, Sacramento, he's spent some time with them, got to meet [general manager] Scott Perry, [head coach] Doug Christie, the Suns and what they've offered him. There's been other teams, too, maybe planting seeds for [2026 or 2027]. But they're saying, 'Hey, we want you to be you. We don't want you to change anything. We want to put the ball in your hands. We want to give you a huge opportunity to play.'"

"No guarantees he starts any games," Turner said. "He may, but we don't know. Finishing games, night to night, who knows? It depends if Steve [Kerr] has a combination he likes and it's working. Maybe he sticks with it. Maybe he doesn't. You're going to have to not have the ball as much. You're going to have to stay away from developing certain parts of your game, or wanting to lean into certain parts of your game, especially shooting any type of mid-range jump shots, which is something JK does work on. But in the Golden State offense and the role he's in, that's not going to be a big shot that he's really going to be able to take much."

"[Kuminga] said this in the meeting with Joe [Lacob]. 'I'm all in to help Steph. Let's send him out. We should be focusing on winning right now and I'm fine with that.' But, again, you have to take a little bit of the hit."

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46310583/agent-kuminga-wants-player-option-take-qualifying-offer

[skbucks1985]

Kuminga Kuzma is definitely Spider-Man meme vibes. There has to be something better here.

I see the parallel but I see it more with 2021 Kuzma and Kuminga than the present day version of Kuzma. When Kuzma got traded from the Lakers if he had somehow gotten traded to the Bucks in 2021 I think he could've had a very different career trajectory instead of going to the Wiz and becoming a tank commander.

[BUCKnation]

It’s so clear national media has no read on this team. The latest ep of Zach Lowe’s pod had a brief segment on the bucks roster and immediately started with ‘Kuzma has to start, right?’ Like, ugh…

[mcfromage]

It’s so clear national media has no read on this team. The latest ep of Zach Lowe’s pod had a brief segment on the bucks roster and immediately started with ‘Kuzma has to start, right?’ Like, ugh…

It was noteworthy how dismissive Lowe was of our guards.

[drew881]

Kuminga Kuzma is definitely Spider-Man meme vibes. There has to be something better here.

Can’t think much better things without touching a FRP. I’m not a Kuminga fan either, but buying him low is something to consider.

He’ll likely be at an extra year though. Won’t Kuzma be an expiring contract next year, also when Doc is approaching an acceptable number of years to dump in a firing? One can hope.

[emunney]

It’s so clear national media has no read on this team. The latest ep of Zach Lowe’s pod had a brief segment on the bucks roster and immediately started with ‘Kuzma has to start, right?’ Like, ugh…

It was noteworthy how dismissive Lowe was of our guards.

The dramatic underrating of our guards specifically is why everybody here should find a little cash to throw in on COY for Doc, as insane as that is on its face.

"He's winning with Ryan Rollins and AJ Green!" Right, because they're good.

[soxperry]

It’s so clear national media has no read on this team. The latest ep of Zach Lowe’s pod had a brief segment on the bucks roster and immediately started with ‘Kuzma has to start, right?’ Like, ugh…

It was noteworthy how dismissive Lowe was of our guards.

The dramatic underrating of our guards specifically is why everybody here should find a little cash to throw in on COY for Doc, as insane as that is on its face.

"He's winning with Ryan Rollins and AJ Green!" Right, because they're good.

if you compare our guards with other Eastern playoff teams, I don't think our guards are being underrated. And I'm as big of a kpj believer as you will find in these parts.

[emunney]

It was noteworthy how dismissive Lowe was of our guards.

The dramatic underrating of our guards specifically is why everybody here should find a little cash to throw in on COY for Doc, as insane as that is on its face.

"He's winning with Ryan Rollins and AJ Green!" Right, because they're good.

if you compare our guards with other Eastern playoff teams, I don't think our guards are being underrated. And I'm as big of a kpj believer as you will find in these parts.

What you're telling me is that you're one of the people underrating them.

[paulpressey25]

The dramatic underrating of our guards specifically is why everybody here should find a little cash to throw in on COY for Doc, as insane as that is on its face.

"He's winning with Ryan Rollins and AJ Green!" Right, because they're good.

As go those guards so will go our season. Add Kevin Porter, Jr also to that list.

[PG Graveyard]

It’s so clear national media has no read on this team. The latest ep of Zach Lowe’s pod had a brief segment on the bucks roster and immediately started with ‘Kuzma has to start, right?’ Like, ugh…

It was noteworthy how dismissive Lowe was of our guards.

He won’t be for long. Also these **** better be ready to vote for Giannis as MVP when this team wins more games this year

[KidA24]

I really took Lowe's comments as high key saying, (what is the opposite of low key?) "Doc isn't a good enough coach to get the most out of this team"

[MickeyDavis]

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[engelmartin]

Kuminga gives me some Tim Thomas flashbacks. But Tim Thomas had his moments

[tedbrogen]

Kuminga gives me some Tim Thomas flashbacks. But Tim Thomas had his moments

I’d take Timmy over Kuz any day.

[MVP2110]

1 week from media day, 2 weeks from the first preseason game, 1 month from opening night. The season is coming up fast.