New Hawks forward Jonathan Kuminga will be reevaluated after the All-Star break due to the bone bruise in his left knee, the team announced today (Twitter link via Brad Rowland of Locked On Hawks).
The 23-year-old hyperextended his left knee in a January 22 loss to Dallas, which turned out to be his final game with Golden State. Kuminga was traded to Atlanta along with Buddy Hield in the deal that sent Kristaps Porzingis to the Warriors.
Kuminga will miss Atlanta’s next three games (vs. Charlotte, at Minnesota, and at Charlotte) because of the knee injury. The earliest he could make his Hawks debut would be February 19 at Philadelphia, the team’s first game after the break.
The former No. 7 overall pick demanded a trade out of Golden State on January 15, the first day he was eligible to be moved. While Kuminga was expecting to be dealt, he was “shocked” he landed with the Hawks, a source tells Dalton Johnson of NBC Sports Bay Area (story via Johnson’s colleague Ali Thanawalla). Atlanta wasn’t a team his camp kept in contact with, but he’s looking forward to the fresh start, per Johnson.
Kuminga could be an unrestricted free agent this summer — his contract features a $24.3MM team option for 2026/27. Atlanta will have until June 30 to decide whether it wants to exercise that option.
Not sure what Hawks are doing. Adding more threes seems to be their game plan. For the 25th best rebounding team in NBA. Have to think there is another trade coming next year. Probably at draft.
The only SFs on the roster now are Kuminga if you consider him one, Kispert who can be a SG as well, and Risacher.
Risacher, J Johnson, Kuminga, Krispert even Dyson guards threes. Young players need mins to grow.
The only one who can guard twos here is Dyson.
I don’t see this trade being amended and everybody knew that Kuminga was hurt.