Head coach Steve Kerr’s decision to not turn to Kuminga off the bench like he usually has done throughout the year raised some eyebrows, especially with the postseason right around the corner. According to Warriors insider Tim Kawakami, he believes that Kerr doesn’t want to disrupt the chemistry Golden State currently has with each other by trying to force Kuminga in the rotation. “I’m a Kuminga guy,” Kawakami said on “Warriors Plus Minus.” “I like his game, I understand that he does throw knots into their offense sometimes, I think his talents are over and above all that, but I don’t think there’s a great momentum in the locker room for JK to play, it just does not feel that way, I’ll put it that way.” “They like the other stuff they do, as Kerr said, ‘We’ve got a unit that we like,’ they’ve got a rotation they like. I think we all can see, maybe you need to be better in certain areas. He has not reached that conclusion, that it’s not worth the risk of playing him to mess up their chemistry.” -via Clutch Points / April 14, 2025
