SAN FRANCISCO – Jonathan Kuminga’s mysterious knee harm may very well be way more critical than initially believed.
The Warriors’ small ahead has missed the previous 5 video games with knee tendinitis and has been listed as “day-to-day” by coach Steve Kerr. The teaching workers had hoped he would go full pace at Sunday’s follow, however that was not the case.
“We did live drill work, and he barely did any of that, and he’s not moving well,” Kerr stated after follow at Chase Middle on Sunday afternoon. “The training staff is working with him, and I have no idea when he’s going to play.”
He later added, “It’s obviously worse than we thought.”
Kerr stated Kuminga might endure an MRI because the workforce tries to determine the severity of his harm.
“He’s not moving that well, so I can’t tell you what the outlook is,” Kerr stated when pressed for extra particulars. “I think JK could tell you that better than I could. He needs to feel better and be able to move better before we put him out there.”
Kuminga, who’s averaging 13.8 factors and a career-high 6.6 rebounds per sport in 12 video games, has not performed because the first half of the sport in San Antonio on Nov. 12, when he exited shortly earlier than halftime.
Golden State Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga dunks in the course of the first half of an NBA basketball sport Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photograph/Morry Gash)
This isn’t the primary time Kuminga has missed a protracted stretch of video games. He was out for 31 straight final season after severely injuring his ankle.
Kuminga’s athleticism on the wing has been sorely missed in the course of the Warriors’ 3-game dropping skid, and his rebounding capability is one thing Golden State will probably be in extreme want of this week.
Al Horford will miss the subsequent week with sciatica and can endure an MRI, whereas Kerr added that Draymond Inexperienced may sit out Monday’s sport in opposition to the Jazz with an ailing foot. The Warriors later stated Inexperienced additionally underwent an MRI.
“He kind of sprained his foot the other night, when (Blazers center Donovan) Clingan landed on him,” Kerr stated.
Even with Inexperienced and Horford, the Warriors (9-9) have struggled to seize rebounds. The workforce was outrebounded 52-32 in Friday’s loss to the Blazers, and ranks simply twenty second in boards per sport.
Golden State is within the midst of a five-game homestand.
Durant out
Former Warriors star Kevin Durant is not going to play within the Bay Space on Wednesday evening. The Rockets ahead will miss Houston’s subsequent two video games — starting Monday in Phoenix — for a “family matter” per ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Durant performed three seasons for Golden State from 2016-19, throughout which era the workforce reached three NBA Finals and received two of them. Durant was named Finals MVP after each victories.
He’s averaging 24.6 factors per sport this season, his first in Houston after an offseason commerce from the Suns.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 30: Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant (35) talks with Stephen Curry (30) in opposition to the Houston Rockets in the course of the fourth quarter of Recreation 2 of their NBA second spherical playoff sequence at Oracle Enviornment in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
