Jonathan Kuminga trade could force Warriors to elevate surprise young player

Detroit Pistons v Golden State Warriors | Thearon W. Henderson/GettyImagesDespite all the turbulence surrounding this offseason and frankly Jonathan Kuminga's entire career, the Golden State Warriors still want to retain the young forward as his restricted free agency drags on.

Part of that reasoning is to increase flexibility and be able to move Kuminga at a later date once his full salary can count in a trade, but there's also on-court basketball reasons why the Warriors should want to keep Kuminga around.

One of those is the lack of power forwards on the current roster beyond Draymond Green, with Gui Santos the only other option who's yet to fully cement himself as a consistent rotation…