Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas has publicly questioned Jonathan Kuminga's two-year, $12.4 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, suggesting the deal warrants closer inspection. Kuminga had previously turned down a reported $75.2 million offer from the Golden State Warriors before being traded to the Atlanta Hawks.
Arenas raised the issue in the wake of the NBA finding the LA Clippers and Kawhi Leonard guilty of salary cap circumvention, a verdict that has put every new league signing under fresh scrutiny. "Every year that you don't take the deal that you originally had took, that money would have been in your f______ pocket already," Arenas said.
He went further, urging Kuminga to examine the paperwork around the agreement. "Tell them to look at everybody's writing. Look at your contract. Someone has to be getting paid somewhere. Check your family members. Someone is getting you paid to look the other way. Because there's no f______ way that you should have been signing these b_______ deals," Arenas added.
Kuminga has said publicly that he joined Minnesota to be part of a winning culture. Sceptics point out that the Timberwolves have never won an NBA Championship, and that accepting such a significant pay cut at this stage of his career carries clear risk.
