As the Golden State Warriors have sat stagnant this offseason, the long-foreseen Jonathan Kuminga saga has come to a head, with the restricted free agent refusing to accept a short-term contract with the organization if it means the team will have significant leverage over him going forward.
Yet, according to Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic, this can all be traced back to Warriors' owner Joe Lacob's persistent, and at times stubborn, fondness of Kuminga, and the team's inability to move Kuminga in the past can be blamed on his belief that the young forward can be a vital part of the post-Stephen Curry era.