Former Warriors Insider Encourages Team to Trade Kuminga ASAP

The Golden State Warriors need to make some major changes. As of Thursday, they sit at 10–10, good for the 8th seed in the Western Conference. Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, and Jimmy Butler are still playing at a high level, but the rest of the Warriors cannot seem to help them enough to get this roster past mediocrity.

Ethan Sherwood Strauss, a former Warriors insider, recently went on Steiny & Guru and gave what he thinks is one change the Warriors need to make ASAP. 

"At a certain point, they have to trade Kuminga. That's where I'm at. I'm prepared to have egg on my face because he's a guy who could flourish as a superstar somewhere else if he gets the touches he thinks he deserves...

But, I've seen enough, man. It's been half a decade of this. It just doesn't fit, and he's someone who still is intriguing to a number of teams, and unless you think he's going to be your superstar after this is over with Steph and the others, I don't see what you're doing with this."

All roads have been leading to this. Even before this summer’s contract negotiations went sour, the Warriors had considered trading Kuminga for years. They never did, but that may have been a mistake.

The Warriors waited so long to see if Kuminga would ever fit that not only has Stephen Curry’s prime started to pass them by, but they may be selling him at a fraction of the value he was once worth. 

Regardless, it is time to cut ties, and Kuminga may not be the only young Warriors player who should be moved. If the Warriors are serious about contending around their current veteran core, they are going to need to start getting more battle-tested talent onto the roster and fewer young players with "potential."