The development and production of Jonathan Kuminga, the No. 7 pick of the 2021 NBA draft, has been key to the Warriors success this season – and with Steph Curry out indefinitely with a foot injury with the playoffs quickly approaching, Golden State will need to rely on its role players to step up.
According to ESPN’s Zach Lowe, it’s “Kuminga time” for the Warriors.
Via ESPN:
“As potent as the Warriors’ beautiful game can be, to win four playoff series, they need players who can step outside of that system — guys with the oomph and straight-line speed to create something from nothing. Kuminga and Jordan Poole bring that kind of jolt.
Kuminga is looking more at ease within that system. He’s developing feel for all those snap reads it requires — cuts, handoffs, flare screens. He’s a natural fit playing off great shooters — rampaging through all the space their gravity creates, and assaulting the tin.
He has the tools to guard anyone; the Warriors have used him on Russell Westbrook, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum — stars of all types. Kuminga makes some typical rookie mistakes, but has not looked out of his depth.”
You can read the entire post at ESPN.
