Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy Jr delivers subtle jab at player after reported trade demand

While reports bespeak Golden State Warriors guardant Jonathan Kuminga wants to beryllium traded, his GM had different things to accidental astir the matter.

And helium did truthful with a subtle jab.

Kuminga has been connected the commercialized artifact for rather immoderate clip successful Golden State, but it became much prevalent erstwhile helium signed a two-year woody successful restricted escaped bureau designed to beryllium added successful a trade.

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Golden State Warriors guardant Jonathan Kuminga (1) looks to walk against the Toronto Raptors successful the 2nd 4th astatine Chase Center connected Jan. 20, 2026. (David Gonzales/Imagn Images)

However, since helium has fallen retired of the Warriors’ accustomed rotation connected crippled nights, helium has reportedly "demanded" a commercialized from the team.

He had this to accidental erstwhile a newsman asked astir it connected Tuesday night.

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"I’m alert of that," wide manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. said astir the reports. "In presumption of demands, erstwhile you marque a demand, determination needs to beryllium request — connected the market."

Dunleavy is implying that, portion Kuminga wants to beryllium moved, determination hasn’t been communal request from different teams retired there.

"We’ll spot however that unfolds. But, heard. Always with these guys I archer them I’m consenting to enactment with them, I wanna assistance radical out, whether that’s JK oregon immoderate subordinate connected our roster. So, we’re bully with, if that’s his wishes, trying to fig that out. But we gotta bash what’s champion for our organization, and that’s what we do."

Golden State Warriors wide manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. sits courtside during the archetypal fractional of the crippled betwixt the Stanford Cardinal and the CSUN Matadors astatine Maples Pavilion connected Dec. 27, 2025. (Darren Yamashita/Imagn Images)

The NBA commercialized deadline is coming up fast, arsenic it’s acceptable for Feb. 5 astatine 3 p.m. ET.

Kuminga could beryllium moved by then, but Dunleavy present has to deliberation astir however to amended his roster aft the season-ending ACL wounded for All-Star Jimmy Butler. If the Warriors inactive privation to complaint toward different NBA rubric for its trophy case, Dunleavy could beryllium moving to capable that void.

With Butler out, Kuminga was backmost successful the fold connected Tuesday, and helium made the champion of it with 20 points implicit 21 minutes disconnected the seat against the Toronto Raptors. Toronto got the victory, 145-127, implicit Golden State.

All things considered, Dunleavy and the beforehand bureau volition request to sermon if they volition beryllium buyers oregon sellers astatine the deadline. And possibly Kuminga gets much playing clip moving guardant with Butler sidelined.

Golden State Warriors wide manager Mike Dunleavy earlier the crippled against the Dallas Mavericks astatine Chase Center connected Dec. 25, 2025.  (Darren Yamashita/Imagn Images)

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Either way, it doesn’t look the Warriors GM is moving hastily to assistance Kuminga’s request.

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