"The Warriors had shut down sign-and-trades, steadfast all offseason in declining frameworks of Royce O'Neale and second-round compensation from the Phoenix Suns or Malik Monk and a future first-round pick from the Sacramento Kings, sources said. Kuminga had made clear his lack of interest in the two-year, $45 million standing offer the Warriors had put in front of him because of the team option on the second season and waiving the de facto no-trade clause."
"But there was an underlying question from the Lacob side that felt most pressing. "Do you want to be here?" The $21.7 million salary the Warriors were proposing to give Kuminga next season was more immediate money than he would receive in the theoretical Phoenix and Sacramento offers -- though far less in long-term guarantees. It would make him the fourth highest paid player on a team with three Hall of Famers."
Joe Lacob traveled to Miami for an urgent meeting with general manager Mike Dunleavy, Jonathan Kuminga and agent Aaron Turner after restricted free-agent negotiations stalled. The Warriors refused sign-and-trade frameworks involving Royce O'Neale, a second-round pick, Malik Monk and a future first-round pick, and kept a two-year, $45 million offer that included a team option and a waived de facto no-trade clause. Kuminga expressed disinterest in that structure. The meeting explored numbers, contract structure and Kuminga's four years of on-court setbacks, while Lacob pressed the central question of whether Kuminga wanted to remain with the Warriors.
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