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2 for 1! Kumingga s trading plan is exposed! The Warriors upgrade their forward defense, and the Trail Blazers accelerate their reconstruction?

12:56am, 12 May 2025【Basketball】

This year's playoffs are indeed quite exciting, especially in the series between the Warriors and Rockets. They unexpectedly played until they scored 7. The Warriors as the champion team still have a rich background, and the Rockets as a new force also showed a different style. In the end, the Warriors won the first round 4:3. If there is a victory, there should be a review and summary.

When we look back at this round of the series, it is not difficult to see that the Warriors' starting five players are still relatively stable, and substitutes Moody and Looney are also in good condition. However, Kumingga, who has always been highly anticipated, was hidden in this round of the series, and can only score 6 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. You should know that in the regular season, Kumingga is still a stable and important rotation, even a starter. This will inevitably bring a lot of psychological unpleasantness to him at the age of 22, so many Kumingga's trading rumors have also been rumored.

The Trail Blazers on the other end ended this season early. As the bottom team in the league, the Trail Blazers have always been committed to strengthening. For them, it is what they long for obtaining more draft picks and very potential young players through trades, so in this offseason, the Trail Blazers will inevitably have many big moves in trading.

Under such circumstances, the US media "FW" also advised the Warriors to try to discuss the possibility of a deal with the Trail Blazers in the offseason, and proposed a feasible trading offer plan, which is expected to be a win-win situation. The specific content is: the Warriors sent Jonathan Kumingga + Ji Santos and got Mattis Seble of the Trail Blazers.

How to evaluate such a transaction quotation plan?

The Warriors upgraded to the defense of the front line

The Warriors are completely acceptable for this trading plan. As mentioned earlier, as the playoffs are progressing, Kumingga's presence is getting lower and lower. Even in the tiebreak game, Payton Jr. was injured and unable to play, and Kumingga did not get many opportunities to play. In addition, Kumingga had had a lot of conflicts with the Warriors' management before, so it would be even more difficult for Kumingga to survive in the Warriors next season.

So it is a good choice for the Warriors to trade with Cumingga to get Seble, who is more powerful in defense. This season, Seble returned from injury this season. Although he didn't play many games, in 20 minutes per game, Seble averaged 7.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 0.6 blocks per game, and his three-point shooting percentage was as high as 43.8%.

You should know that three years ago, Seble was selected for the Best Defensive Second Team twice in a row. Although there are some hidden dangers of injury, he is indeed more suitable for the Warriors than Kumingga, because there are already many scorers in the Warriors and many people who can attack with the ball, but there are lacking defensive gates and championship puzzles like Seble.

As long as Seble can contribute 80% of its defensive ability in the past few years, it will bring great effect to the Warriors. Moreover, the Warriors already have two defensive players, Butler and Zhumeng Green, on the front line, but they are over 35 years old, and young players like Seble need to provide vitality for them behind their backs. Therefore, the Warriors' overall strength will be improved in this trading plan.

The Trail Blazers can speed up the reconstruction

, and in this trading plan, the Trail Blazers seem to benefit more, because Seble has never been within the team's long-term plan, and there are some hidden dangers of injury now. Although it is a good championship puzzle, the Trail Blazers are a reconstruction team after all, and Kumingga is more in line with the team's overall reinforcement direction.

In fact, since entering the league, Kumingga has been recognized as a young player with excellent athletic talent. His scoring efficiency is also good, he has good ball-holding offensive ability, and likes to counterattack and break into the basket. However, after entering the league for 4 years, his shooting ability has not been improved well. This is also an important reason why the Warriors hide him, but the Trail Blazers don't care too much.

Because they have enough space and shooting rights to provide Kumingga, this season's regular season Kumingga can score 15.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.8 steals per game in 24 minutes per game, and he is only 22 years old, so he obviously has good potential to tap, which is exactly what the Trail Blazers hope to get.

If Kumingga can really play and even develop his shooting ability in the Trail Blazers, he may have an impact on the All-Stars in the future. Even if he can't play, Kumingga is only 22 years old after all, and still has good trading value in the market, so the Trail Blazers are worth considering in this trading plan.

In general, in this transaction plan, both teams are win-win. For the Warriors, being able to get a defensive forward like Seble, which is a year-old defensive forward, can well upgrade the team's overall defensive ability. The Trail Blazers can get Kumingga, who is 22 years old, which also brings a higher ceiling to the team, thereby accelerating the overall reconstruction of the team. What do you think specifically?