AFTER REMAINING IN the negotiation shadows the first six weeks of Jonathan Kuminga 's restricted free agency, Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob emerged from behind the curtain in mid-August.

General manager Mike Dunleavy sent a weekend request for an in-person Monday morning meetingAug. 11 in Miami. The 10 a.m. ET timing mattered. Lacob planned to attend the Golden State Valkyries game that night in San Francisco.

But the matter was urgent enough to pull Lacob across the country. Bargaining between Kuminga's side and Dunleavy's front office had hit a wall. The Warriors had shut down sign-and-trades, steadfast all offseason in declining frameworks of Royce O'Neale and second-round compensation from the Phoenix Suns or Malik Monk and a future first-round pick from the Sacra

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