The negotiation dilemma of Kumingga is by no means an isolated case. Why did RFA collectively suffer a setback this summer?

This offseason, there are many cases of contract renewal negotiations being stuck. Especially for several restricted free agents (RFA) in the market, their negotiation process with their parent team is even more difficult...

As a representative figure, the extreme pull between Kumingga and the Warriors has even reached a breakup, and the trust index between each other has completely dropped to freezing point.

Earlier today, a team reporter revealed the new progress of the "Kuminga Incident". According to the tip, Kumingga prefers to accept qualification quotes for the Warriors to fight for another year, rather than agreeing to the Warriors’ 2-year, $45 million offer.

Obviously, Kumingga did not meet the Warriors' offer, nor was he satisfied with the second year team option deliberately attached to the contract. He also doesn't want to sign this Warrior-friendly contract, and then wait until the middle of the season to be sent to other teams by the Warriors as bargaining chips to maximize the Warriors' trade gains.

Therefore, Kuminggan would rather accept a qualification offer of US$7.9 million in one year and wait until he becomes free next summer before seeking development. Although, doing so may mean that he will continue to be neglected by the Warriors coaching staff next season and continue to waste the most important years of his career. But since he had already had such a quarrel with the Warriors, he could only grit his teeth and go on...

Collecting the previous news, the Warriors have reached an intention to join with Horford, Melton and Curry Jr., and they also plan to sign back to Payton II. However, because Kuminga's signing was delayed, the Warriors have suspended all operations for more than a month in order not to be "stealed" by other teams. Until now, they are still the only team in the entire league to "zero strengthen" this summer...

And every day after the signing agenda, the Warriors management's dislike of Kuminga will only deepen one point. Of course, during this period, they did not make Kumingga feel good. The Warriors also ruthlessly rejected the Suns and Kings' request for signing and then changing...

, but in terms of renewal, Kumingga was not the only person who was worried about. Bulls' Gidey, 76ers' Grimes and Nets' Kam Thomas were also deeply trapped in a dilemma similar to Kumingga. Although they were still having final discussions with the team, at least they had not yet had a stumble with their current boss, the result was the same - they wanted to get a new contract with a high annual salary and a long term as they expected, and there was almost no way...

Among them, Gidey was the most hopeful to reach a contract renewal agreement. Judging from the quotation, the Bulls had previously provided Gidey with a four-year, $80 million contract, which was quite sincere.

But Gidey's team believes that the Bulls' quotation is a bit low. What they want is a three-year, three-year, about 75 million to 80 million yuan, hoping that the salary in the last year of the contract can exceed 30 million US dollars, but the Bull did not agree to such a request.

Last season, after breaking away from the Thunder system, Giddy averaged 14.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, 7.2 assists per game, and transformed into the core of the Bulls' organization. During the season, he also gave a super famous scene of killing the Lakers with three-pointers in the half.

But it seems that in the Bulls management, Giddy's beautiful basic data is just a natural accumulation after the increase in ball rights. In essence, his playing style and his projection shortcomings have not improved much. Moreover, the good output is not a natural equator with the team-leading results. Under the leadership of Gidedy, the Bulls still failed to achieve their goal of returning to the playoffs, and these naturally became the motivation for them to continue to increase their investments.

Similar to Gidey, "Little Train" Thomas is also very self-aware. Last season, he averaged 24.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, and his output was indeed quite considerable. But on the one hand, while Thomas scored high and was not very efficient, it was difficult to convert data into actual combat power to win; on the other hand, Thomas only played 23 games in the past year due to the injury of the hamstring.

In this case, the Nets naturally became cautious about the issue of renewing his contract. In Thomas's idea, he wanted to have a contract with an annual salary of $30 million, but this requirement was considered unreasonable and ridiculous by the Nets. It was once reported that the Nets would only give Thomas a two-year contract of $28.2 million. Obviously, the differences between the two sides were very big.

Grimes' situation is more subtle. His career situation was once quite bad last season. After being abandoned by the Mavericks in February, he joined the 76ers in a completely mourning manner. But who would have thought that after coming to Philadelphia, Grimes was "bright" because of the injuries of the team's core members. In the 28 games since joining, he averaged 21.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game, and this surprise data order has also become the capital for his asking price this summer.

At present, the 76ers want to keep Grimes, and they give a price of 14.1 million yuan in full middle class special case. But with the crazy experience of the last season, Grimes wanted more in his heart.

However, Grimes probably didn't see the situation clearly. After all, next season, once George, Maxi and "Demon Fairy" McCain recover from injury, even if he stays, he will most likely not get the full fire right. Moreover, Philadelphia also chose Edgecombe with the Titan Lottery this summer, who is also an outside line with outstanding potential. In this case, how much more can Grimes have left?

But while the contract renewal with Philadelphia was in trouble, no other team in the market was willing to offer Grimes. A mainstream view is that his performance in the later stage of last season was a flash in the pan, and his ability was obviously overestimated, and this probably made Grimes even more embarrassed.

Finally, we must admit that the four restricted free agents have their common background.. First of all, of course, because of the slowdown in the NBA's salary cap growth, the league teams are no longer blindly optimistic about future growth expectations. In addition, in 2026 and 2027, more real big names are likely to pour into the player market. Many teams, such as the Nets and the Bulls, are unwilling to overdraft the future and bet on the current players with good combat power (just) in 2026 and 2027... And in this context, Kumingga and Gidey have become victims. Although it is a pity, there is nothing strange about it...