​Jonathan Kuminga is off to a third team in less than half a month. He signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves for a deal that is lower than what he reportedly demanded.He is betting on himself. He took a two-year, $13 million deal hoping he can raise his stock the next time he is a free agent. He thinks he can do that as he will be featured prominently as part of the starting five for the Wolves who are among the favorites in the Western Conference.BREAKING: Jonathan Kuminga has agreed to a two-year, $13 million deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, plus a player option, agent Aaron Turner tells ESPN. Kuminga will be a starter alongside Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert on the West contender. pic.twitter.com/KdtD6YEy9j— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 26, 2026The deal he took is lower than what the Los Angeles Lakers wanted to give him. The Purple and Gold were the frontrunners to sign him before the Wolves swooped in.Now, he and his camp is being trolled for losing the bag. Even his former Golden State Warriors teammate Draymond Green thinks the deal he accepted is bad because it is a bench player’s salary.Green believes in the young forward but his contract suggests he is expendable already.Dec 25, 2024; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) talks with forward Jonathan Kuminga (right) during the third quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images“Now here’s where those things get dicey: when you go to a team on a lower-level salary, in this case, the taxpayer mid-level, and all of a sudden that starting lineup isn’t getting off to a great start, the analytics say this group isn’t working that well together for whatever reason,” the Warriors forward said in his self-titled podcast.“A $6.5 million dollar salary in the NBA is a bench role salary. Your salary ultimately determines how a team treats you.”Jonathan Kuminga almost got $20M with WarriorsKuminga is a lottery pick. He is supposed to be the future of the Warriors once Stephen Curry is no longer with the team. He was picked seventh overall in the 2021 draft.However, things did not pan out the way many predicted. He had a hard time cracking the rotation. Coach Steve Kerr said a few months ago that he just can’t find where Kuminga would fit in his system.There was a time that Kuminga could have stretched his time with the Warriors. He would have also gotten around $20 million annually, the same amount his camp tried to chase this summer.The player’s agent Aaron Turner recently revealed that the Warriors front office wanted his client back but Kerr did not want to. He called it the weirdest negotiation for him.Jonathan Kuminga’s agent, Aaron Turner, says Steve Kerr and the Warriors front office disagreed on keeping him in Golden State “The weirdest negotiation of all-time… Hall of Fame coach says ‘You don’t fit.’ Front office,