Jonathan Kuminga wants out of Golden State and prefers a trade to the Sacramento Kings, who are offering him a starting role alongside Keegan Murray and Domantas Sabonis.

The Athletic's Eric Koreen feels the Golden State Warriors' decision to extend a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga has more to do with team-friendly RFA rules than with a desire to keep the forward in the Bay Area.

One Warriors free agent more or less confirmed that what's been going on with Kuminga has been what's holding up everything else. On Thursday's episode of NBA Today, ESPN's Marc J. Spears confirmed that Gary Payton II confirmed in three words that Kuminga is holding up everything.