The Warriors have picked up their fourth-year options for the 2024/25 season on forward Jonathan Kuminga and wing Moses Moody, league sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link). Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report and TNT first reported (via Twitter) that Moody’s option had been exercised.
Kuminga, the No. 7 overall pick in 2021, saw regular minutes for the Warriors in each of his first two NBA seasons. He’s off to a solid start in 2023/24, averaging 11.0 points and 4.3 rebounds in 21.7 minutes per night through three games off the bench, though he missed Monday’s game due to a knee contusion.
Kuminga’s fourth-year option in 2024/25, worth $7,636,307, is now guaranteed. Today’s decision will also put him on track to become eligible for a rookie scale extension during the 2024 offseason and – if he doesn’t sign a new deal next year – for restricted free agency in 2025.
Moody has seen less consistent playing time than Kuminga since being drafted 14th overall in 2021 by Golden State. However, he’s logging a career-high 19.3 minutes per game in the very early going this season, recording 9.8 PPG, 3.0 RPG, and 1.5 SPG in four appearances.
Moody, like Kuminga, will now be eligible for a rookie scale extension next July. Today’s option pick-up guarantees his $5,803,269 salary for 2024/25.
The CP3 experiment seems to be working. TJD almost had a double-double against NO. Kerr said he wouldn’t play much as a rookie…
Like I said before, last season the Warriors had only a six player rotation. Once you got past Divencenzo, it was a crap shoot. Against NO, 10 players logged 20 minutes. And that was with Klay and Kuminga out. Hard to beat a team that is never worn out.
Funny you say 6 man rotation with Divicenzo being 6th and that after him it was a crap shoot. That means Poole was part of the “crap shoot”. And that is so accurate. Because Poole played a lot with Kuminga and Moody on the floor and he not only did not make them better, he often made them worse. There were MANY who posted criticisms of the Poole trade. A couple said it was worst trade in gsw history. I jumped for joy when I heard about it. Paul clearly was a 500% upgrade.
Early last season, the Warriors were playing like a lottery team. They put Draymond in with the 2nd team. They immediately started playing better. I think they actually got to .500. But, injuries curtailed that experiment. Draymond said several times over the summer that Paul will help Kuminga improve. Paul may play less minutes than he did in the past, but he will influence the younger plays to play much better.
I was skeptical about CP3 but so far he has been great for the Warriors. TJD looks like a legit future star for Warriors.
Last year when the bench came in you hoped they wouldn’t throw the game away and now you watch them help the starters with a even bigger lead.