Jonathan Kuminga‘s run with the Atlanta Hawks is seemingly over.
The Hawks declined Kuminga’s team option ahead of the deadline on Monday afternoon, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. That will officially make Kuminga an unrestricted free agent.
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Kuminga was dealt to the Hawks ahead of the deadline last season in a deal that sent Kristaps Porzingis to the Golden State Warriors. That ended what was a rough run for Kuminga in Golden State.
He reportedly requested a trade as soon as he was eligible to be dealt after being largely sidelined during the first half of the season. Kuminga, whom the Warriors selected with the No. 7 overall draft pick out of the G League in 2021, only appeared in 20 games for the franchise last season.
Kuminga ended up playing 16 games with the Hawks after that trade. He averaged 12.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per contest in Atlanta. The Hawks finished 46-36 and reached the playoffs for the first time under head coach Quin Snyder, but they were knocked out in the first round.
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Kuminga had signed a two-year, $46.8 million deal with the Warriors ahead of the 2025-26 season with the potential out this summer.
The release of Kuminga arrives on the heels of multiple additions to Atlanta’s roster in recent weeks. Prior to the NBA Draft, the Hawks acquired forward Aaron Wiggins from the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for two second-round picks.
The Hawks then acquired Houston guard Kingston Flemings (Round 1, pick 8), St. John’s forward Zuby Ejiofor (Round 1, pick 23) and North Carolina forward/center Henri Veesaar (Round 2, pick 52) in last week’s draft.
The moves made Kuminga expendable, and he’ll hit the open market as a free agent for the first time in his NBA career.
