The writing might have been on the wall, but it’s still wild to see.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr used 10 players in the first quarter Sunday against the Chicago Bulls. Jonathan Kuminga wasn’t one of them. Gary Payton II started the second quarter and made it 11 Warriors to see the floor, the same number that saw time in the first half. Kuminga still wasn’t one of them.

Kuminga rode the bench the entire second half, too. The 23-year-old who signed a two-year, $48.5 million contract in restricted free agency to return to the Warriors a day into training camp received his first healthy DNP-CD (Did Not Play -- Coach's Decision) of the 2025-26 NBA season in a 123-91 wire-to-wire road win against the Chicago Bulls.

“Just got to keep going, just like everybody else who’s in this position,” K

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