Slater: Kumingga believed that he had proved himself and was not allowed to approve him and then he was on the court.

Basketball     3:07pm, 26 July 2025

ESPN reporter Slater jointly recorded a podcast with his new colleague Wen Pang.

Talking about Kumingga's mentality, Slater said: "If you pay attention to Kumingga's frustration, you know that there are many moments. Kumingga believes that he has proved to Cole that he should be able to get the guarantee of playing time every night, but he is not trusted. You can call him immature, but this experience has caused him to slowly defend on the court, not to grab rebounds, walk on the court, and hide in the bottom corner, which makes Cole angry."

"His mentality is: 'Don't you want me to make mistakes? Then I'll hide. To the bottom. '" Slater said, "These performances were also shown in his fourth year game, but I also think the Warriors put him in a very difficult position. The combination of him with Curry, Butler, and Dream Chasing is difficult. This is a wrong combination. However, we can also change our thinking. Santos may be a better fourth and fifth man (than Kumingga). He can actively defend and grab rebounds, but when Curry injured his hamstring, you can't give the ball to Santos and let him face Naz Reed to score 20 points."

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