SAN FRANCISCO -- After three months of contentious free agency negotiations, Golden State Warriors wing Jonathan Kuminga signed his contract in Cleveland on Tuesday night, flew to San Francisco on Wednesday and will join the team for practice on Thursday afternoon.
The next question looming over the Warriors will be about Kuminga's immediate buy-in to the mission at hand -- elevating the Warriors back to title contention before the Steph Curry , Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler era ages out.
Coach Steve Kerr will be in charge of guiding Kuminga back into the fold. He reiterated twice after Wednesday's practice that he has a fine personal relationship with Kuminga and doesn't believe the player is the type "to come in and tear a team down."
"Jimmy is an alpha," Kerr said. "Steph