Preview: Kuminga wanted the ball, now he gets it vs Warriors

Big game coming up tonight Dub Nation, as the Minnesota Timberwolves welcome the Golden State Warriors to Minneapolis. The Warriors started off 0-3 for the season before punching the Denver Nuggets in the mouth for their first win. Their reward is a flight to Minnesota to see a revamped Wolves team that added LaMelo Ball and GSW’s former #7 overall pick Jonathan Kuminga.

Jonathan Kuminga’s road from the Bay to Target Center played out like a slow, grinding breakup we all watched live together. The 2021 lottery pick won a ring as a rookie. In 2025, he took a two-year, $46.8 million deal over a three-year, $75 million framework the Warriors put on the table. He got shipped to Atlanta for Kristaps Porziņģis at last February’s deadline, and the Hawks declined his option in June. Minnesota landed him on a two-year deal worth about $13 million, roughly half of what one year of that Warriors framework would’ve paid.

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Golden State Warriors at Minnesota Timberwolves
When: Wednesday, October 28, 2026 | 5:00 PM PT
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis
TV: NBC Sports Bay Area
Radio: 95.7 The Game

Warriors Injuries:

Moses Moody: Out (Knee),

Jimmy Butler III: Out (Knee),

Kristaps Porzingis: Out (Illness),

Yaxel Lendeborg: Questionable (Foot)

Timberwolves Injuries:

Donte DiVincenzo: Out (Achilles),

Anthony Edwards: Out (Knee)

Four games in, Kuminga looks more like the guy Steve Kerr spent five years asking for. Kuminga is averaging 11.5 points and 5.8 rebounds, he’s shooting 47% from three, and Chris Finch keeps praising him for guarding, hustling, and letting the offense come to him. Warriors assistant Kris Weems told the Chronicle he used to preach doing the dirty work first, and that JK’s response back then boiled down to “Just give me the ball, man.”

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Well, Minnesota is about to give him the ball. Anthony Edwards dropped 47 on Cleveland Monday in an overtime loss. On Tuesday, news broke that he needs an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee that could keep him out up to two months. Ant was averaging 33.3 points a night. LaMelo Ball will get first crack at a lot of those possessions. Still, some of those shots…

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Publish date : 2026-10-28 19:33:00

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