According to Jake Fischer, the Warriors are interested in a potential sign-and-trade involving Josh Giddey and Jonathan Kuminga. This comes at a time where the Chicago Bulls are also at an impasse with one of their young, promising players.

“I can report that there have been multiple teams who have reached out to Josh Giddey’s representation about having interest in Josh Giddey. Golden State is one of them. 

“Golden State would be interested depending how the machinations go in some type of Josh Giddey-Jonathan Kuminga sign-and-trade, to my understanding,” said Fischer.

How long have the Warriors had interest in Giddey? Since 2021 when the Oklahoma City Thunder selected him with the sixth overall pick, just one pick ahead of Golden State’s pick.

“The Warriors were prepared on draft night, way back when in 2021, for Jonathan Kuminga to go #6 to Oklahoma City. And they were ready to take Josh Giddey #7,” added Fischer.

Both Giddey and Kuminga are looking for long-term deals that see them making close to $30 million per year. Chicago and Golden State are not fond of that.

It’s unclear what else would be thrown into this potential deal, but the groundwork is set surrounded around Giddey and Kuminga – two promising players of the National Basketball Association.

According to The Athletic’s Anthony Slater, the Washington Wizards have shown legit interest in trading for Jonathan Kuminga. Washington would see him as their Jordan Poole replacement.

Since they don’t have enough cap space to sign him to an offer sheet, Washington will go down the sign-and-trade route.

Kuminga has struggled in Kerr’s system after falling out of rotation and being injured. Many have pointed to his lack of consistency and defensive breakdowns as the main source of why he lost favor with Golden State’s coaching staff.

If Washington decides not to trade for him, then there are a lot of other teams expected to show interest in him.

The Sacramento Kings, Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks, Miami Heat, and Brooklyn Nets are teams that have publicly shown interest in the 22-year-old.

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.