Report: 'Mutual interest' between Jonathan Kuminga, Atlanta Hawks in reaching extension
Since coming to Atlanta, Kuminga has looked at home in the games he has played.
Jonathan Kuminga has looked completely at home since coming over to the Atlanta Hawks, averaging 14. 8 points and 7. 5 rebounds a game, shooting 56.
6% overall and hitting better than 50% of his 3-pointers. While he has been in and out of the lineup with knee issues, the Hawks have won all six games he has played in. That has led to "mutual interest" between Kuminga and Atlanta in talking contract extension, reports NBA insider Jake Fischer, writing at The Stein Line .
Last summer, Kuminga was pushed in restricted free agency and eventually settled on a two-year, $48. 5 million contract extension with Golden State, which included a $24. 3 million team option for next season.
That contract was built to be traded, and he was at the deadline to the Hawks. The Hawks and Kuminga are discussing an extension in which the team would not pick up next year's option but would give him a multi-year contract worth more total money, Fischer reports. Kuminga told Fischer that his goal is to make the Hawks a consistent contender.