Jonathan Kuminga has missed 31 consecutive matches for the Warriors and is now finally ready to return to play against Sacramento this Thursday. The attacker has scrimed in recent weeks, because this would be the first time he has been competing since he only had injured his judge on January 4.
Before he fell to injury, the young star played the best basketball of his career and placed the average of 20.5 points about his last 14 games. During four of the last six games before the injury, he had scored 20 or more points, two of those who reached no less than 34.
Although the player is healthy and ready for action, Steve Kerr explained that the return of the player will gradually be and will come from the bank against the kings. The Golden State coach explained how complicated it is to record new players when the team plays so well, after he won 12 of 14 games since Jimmy Butler arrived.
“It is very difficult if you play very well and have an important man come back,” he said about being careful. “It’s always difficult. I think the idea just brings him slowly, plays him in short eruptions, helps him get his rhythm back. But we have to keep playing Gui Santos, keep playing the boys who help us win now. Usually this stuff has to play a bit, so we will hope it takes place. “
The 22-year-old will be a limited free agent out of season this season, but his teammate Drayond Green does not believe that he should worry about it, given that he had played well. ‘You can’t do it and you don’t get it all back in one day. He does have the contract situation.
“Of course you want to press a bit because you don’t get so far that someone doesn’t want to let things happen,” Green said recently. “I have been to contract situations before. That is difficult to understand. You want to come back and let it all happen. You will drive yourself crazy. “
The fourt-time champion wants Kuminga to think about the team, not his individual statistics. “I think he should give himself some grace while he works his way back,” he said. “Just build back gradually and play well. We are preparing to go on a nice run. He will have enough time to prove exactly who we already know that he is. ‘
