The Warriors’ decision to bench Jonathan Kuminga in Sunday’s regular season finale was so stunning that Bill Simmons admitted he didn’t realize it was a benching at all.
Simmons was a guest on the Ringer’s “Zach Lowe Show” podcast on Monday to discuss the Western Conference playoffs with Lowe. Their talk about the Warriors taking on the Grizzlies in the No. 7 vs. No. 8 play-in game was mostly focused on Kuminga, the fourth-year wing who didn’t play a second in Sunday’s overtime loss to the Clippers.