“I think JK if you look at his 3 years here, I think it would look like the stock market over 10 years.” Steve Kerr recently put out a colorful description when highlighting where Jonathan Kuminga stands. While the player faced some trouble during his early months with the franchise, an upward growth has followed from that point on. No better example than last season, when his initial efficiency as a power forward was displayed in a stats uptick. However, the player’s ambition now causes him to seek a different role in the franchise, and Draymond Green is here to support him.

After having completed the Media Day, the Warriors squad is currently participating in the training camp over at Hawaii. In a recent presser, Draymond Green was asked his opinion on whether Jonathan Kuminga is ready to follow more of his small-forward role in the upcoming games. To this, the veteran candidly replied, “I think he’s a three (small forward). That’s always been my opinion. That’s not going to change my feeling.”

Green believed that the #4 position is something that requires a particular type of skill set. “I can just move a guy there. It is a position that you have to know how to play. You don’t think anybody can play point guard. The 4 is the same thing. It requires a certain skill set, a certain knowledge, a certain understanding of that position to do that.” Despite all that he’s been able to achieve in the 3 seasons, however, Jonathan Kuminga seems to have convinced the veteran that power forward may not be the position for him.

“Can he adjust and learn that? I don’t know,” Green continued when highlighting whether Kuminga can fit as a power forward. “Can a receiver learn how to be a quarterback in two years? So, you know, my answer is 3.”

Now, Dray would’ve only dropped such an analogy if there were actual Kerr-led conversations about a varying role for Kuminga. His remarks come just a few hours after an NBC Sports report also highlighted Kuminga’s belief that he should play more as a small forward.

The player’s first two seasons did not speak much of him as an exceptional player, as he only averaged 9.3 and 9.9 points respectively. However, the numbers took a big jump during the recent season, when he averaged 16.1 points by going 6.2-11.6 with his field goals, and 3-4 with his free throws.

Unfortunately, Kuminga struggled a bit when fulfilling a power forward’s essential role of getting rebounds, as he only averaged 4.8 in that regard. As a result, he feels it is certainly time for a role change. “At the end of the day I know I’m a small forward and I can play at the highest level,” he said. “But just going forward, it’s all about what the team wants you to do for them to win, to help them win.”

These updates have proven one thing: Steve Kerr may not have been right in assigning the power forward role to Kuminga. Now, even one of the longest serving veterans on the squad is calling him out on it. Then again, Green has never been one to be silent when raising his opinion, even if it is against his very own head coach.

Draymond Green criticized Steve Kerr’s blunder with Jayson Tatum

Team USA was certainly on a high after securing the gold medal during the Paris Olympics. Despite this accolade, however, one player was noticeably upset with how things panned out for him individually: Jayson Tatum. After securing the championship title last season, everyone may have expected the player to have a bigger role during the Olympics.

Unfortunately, Tatum ended up being benched for two games. This, and his limited gameplay in other matchups, only allowed him to accumulate 71 minutes, almost half of Stephen Curry and LeBron James. Despite the fact that it was Steve Kerr himself who served as head coach for Team USA, Green didn’t mind standing beside his on-court rival rather than the valuable member of his own franchise.

“Not playing (Tatum) was wrong,” said Green. “We all know it was wrong. He should’ve played. He didn’t… What I don’t like about it is, now to me it feels like a covering my tracks, proving a point type of thing to where, oh now Joel (Embiid) is out of the lineup. And then today, Jrue (Holiday) didn’t play… From the outside looking in, it comes off as, ‘We made a mistake as a coaching staff.’”

There have been tense situations between the player and the coach before, to the point that Draymond Green even admitted, “Steve wanted to kill me, and then he realized I wanted to kill him.” Now, however, by questioning Jonathan Kuminga’s role, things may be awkward as the Warriors still have some more days remaining in the training camp.

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