In previous NBA generations, a player like Jonathan Kuminga -- with his 99th-percentile athleticism and top-flight scoring potential at just 22 years old -- would have a nine-figure contract right now. But the old days are over. The new collective bargaining agreement is contributing to a market in which restricted free agents like Kuminga are feeling the collective squeeze of penny-pinching, tax-terrified teams almost entirely devoid of cap space.

Kuminga's value is hard to define, even broadly, given his inconsistent role and production with the Warriors over the first four years of his career. The few teams with enough cap space to offer Kuminga a contract that would've forced the Warriors to either match or let him go didn't do so, and so now the Warriors are holding the cards wi

See Full Page