San Francisco-if the Warriors really saw the final of Sunday’s regular season against the clippers as a playoff game, so the waste of extra time 124-11 for the clippers could have been a look at the future of the playoffs of striker Jonathan Kuminga.
The fourth -year player was healthy but did not play a single second in a game that saw the veteran Daymond Green and Jimmy Butler log minutes.
The Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he informed the 22 -year -old plan before the game.
“I told him in the tutorial that we were going to change things,” Kerr said. “I told him that he was going to play because everything was going to play or not, but I told him that we were not going to the usual rotation in the first quarter.”
Kerr attributed that fact to Butler playing at a high level, and the fact that alignments with Butler and Kumina have tended to fight while the warriors negotiated for Butler in February.
“It does not mean that they are out of the loop in the future, it is how this game takes place,” Kerr said about Kumina and Gui Santos, who does not play either.
The star Steph Curry echoed his coach and gave some advice to his younger teammate.
“Just to be ready,” Curry said about his message to Kumina. “It is only the test of a young player in this league, and it is special in our team. You never know when its moment will be there, and it could be the brightest or highest moments.”
Curry pointed out that the duration of his time with the US team. In the Olympic Games last summer, several players did not play in key games, but that they handled it well and were ready.
For Kumina credit, it was not enraged after sitting at the bank during the entire game that saw Golden State condemned to participate in the game tournament.
Long after fans left, Kumina was seen by shooting drills with coaches on the court of the empty persecution center.
Kuminga, who supports 15.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, has had a fourth season.
He has played in just 47 games, losing 31 with a serious injury to the right ankle that arrested him from January 5 to March 15.
Before the injury, Kumina was averaging 16.8 points and playing 26 minutes per game.
After the box office success, Kumina’s game time fell to 20.8 minutes and only 12.2 points per game, since it became part of a reserve wing rotation full of people that includes Gui Santos and Gary Payton III.
He has had his moments, like when Kumina closed a victory over the Lakers in Los Angeles last week. He has also deepened his minutes in the last games.
But as Kerr and Curry said, Kumina can have the opportunity to shine soon.
The Warriors, who were surpassed by 17 against the Clippers, will face a Memphis team that entered Sunday at number 2 in the League in rebounds per game (47.2).
The 9 -inch 6 -inch kumina, with elite athletics and an imposing 9 -inch frame, could be called to have an impact on their game game.
“It was not his moment tonight, and you know, against Memphis, it could be a game in which his presence feels,” Curry said.