According to Marc Stein and Jake Fischer, Jonathan Kuminga’s trade market has been steadily growing over some time now; enough for it to make headlines and have multiple teams interested in the talented young player.

The Miami Heat, Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans, and Chicago Bulls are the four listed teams who have legit interest in getting him through a sign-and-trade scenario.

While the Golden State Warriors have not ruled out the possibility of re-signing him, it’s increasingly likely of them to rather trade him, get a nice return, than to pay him what he wants.

Last season, Kuminga averaged 15.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game.

According to Marc Stein and Jake Fischer, the Chicago Bulls have legit interest in trading for the young forward. It’s expected to be worked through as a sign-and-trade type deal.

This type of deal makes sense when considering the fact that Chicago is well over the salary cap and have tighter restrictions on spending this upcoming offseason.

It’s unclear what type of assets the Bulls would be willing to give up for the talented player, but that should be cleared up if/when they move forward with the potential trade.

There is a large belief right now that the 22-year-old re-signs with the Golden State Warriors. Kuminga’s market has been reportedly “dry” and not many teams are in a solid financial situation to give him the money he’s looking for.

The only team who has that type of money, without killing them like the rest of the league, are the Brooklyn Nets. However, they really aren’t interested in Kuminga.

Once the Kevin Durant trade situation gets resolved, then many teams may look to the Warriors young prospect as a potential backup plan to secure young, developing talent for their futures.

According to The Athletic’s Anthony Slater and Marcus Thompson II, both the Golden State Warriors and Jonathan Kuminga are interested in considering a sign-and-trade that would benefit both sides.

As of late, Steve Kerr has completely disregarded and pushed off the services of Kuminga, especially when he could have been used in tight or really tough situations. Plus, the Warriors have found it difficult to get Kuminga in a positive, consistent space where it wouldn’t disrupt the flow of the team.

A sign-and-trade would be beneficial to both sides, as Kuminga would prove his worth for a team who wants him and the Warriors would get draft capital, a needing piece, or whatever his return value would look like.

For this consideration to take place, Golden State would need to extend the $7.9 million qualifying offer to Kuminga during this upcoming offseason. Per reports, they are expected to do so.

While Kerr has lost full confidence in Kuminga, owner Joe Lacob has not. He remains committed to the 22-year-old and wants to see him return to the team next regular season. However, if he is traded, Lacob reportedly won’t let him go for nothing. It must be for the right price in his head.

“There are certainly things he has to improve on, but he’s 22 years old,” Lacob said. “He’s got a hell of a lot of potential, and I would think he would be a part of our future plans. Now we’ll have to see how the market all shakes out. We have a lot of evaluating to do. Not me necessarily. But everybody — from coaching staff to basketball operations. We’ll kind of sit around and talk about how we want to construct the team for next year and what the situation is with respect to him.”