网址：https://sfstandard.com/2025/04/17/warriors-jonathan-kuminga-future-steve-k err/?utm_source=native_share 缩网址：https://reurl.cc/NYQrnQ 原标题：Kawakami: The Butler trade made Jonathan Kuminga an inessential luxury f or Warriors By Tim Kawakami Published Apr. 17, 2025 ‧ 7:56am The very best thing that happened to the Warriors this season was also the very worst thing that could’ve happened to Jonathan Kuminga’s Warriors career at th is quite significant moment for everybody involved. 这个赛季对勇士队来说最好的事情，同时也可能是对 Jonathan Kuminga 的勇士生涯来说， 在这个对所有人都至关重要的时刻，最糟糕的发展。 Jimmy Butler arrived in February while Kuminga was out with a sprained ankle and the Warriors changed in a way that essentially left Kuminga behind, even when h e returned in mid-March. And in a way that, team sources acknowledge, confirmed some things Steve Kerr had been weighing for a while. Jimmy Butler 在二月加入球队时，Kuminga 正因脚踝扭伤缺阵，而勇士队的打法因此发生了 改变，某种程度上也让 Kuminga 即使在三月中复出後，仍被搁置在一旁。球队消息人士也坦 言，这样的变化某种程度上证实了 Steve Kerr 一直以来的一些考量。 That’s the simplest, broadest answer to two glaring questions as the Warriors h ead into the first round of the playoffs: Why did Kerr completely bench Kuminga in the last two enormous games? And does this mean that Kuminga’s time with the Warriors is all but over? 这是对勇士即将进入季後赛首轮时，两个显而易见的问题最简单、也最广泛的解答：为什麽 Kerr 在最後两场关键比赛中完全弃用 Kuminga？而这是否也意味着 Kuminga 在勇士的时光 几乎已经走到尽头了？ In the short term, Kerr hasn’t ruled out playing Kuminga in the playoffs, espec ially in this series against the extremely athletic Rockets. But Kerr has made i t clear that Kuminga is behind Butler, Moses Moody, Gary Payton II, Buddy Hield, and even Gui Santos in the wing depth chart. And with Butler averaging 44 minut es in the last two games, there just aren’t many wing minutes left to divvy up, anyway. 短期内，Kerr 并没有排除在季後赛中让 Kuminga 上场的可能性，尤其是在对上运动能力极 强的火箭队这个系列赛中。但他也已经明确表示，Kuminga 在侧翼轮替中的顺位落後於 But ler、Moses Moody、Gary Payton II、Buddy Hield，甚至是 Gui Santos。而且考虑到 But ler 在过去两场比赛中平均上场时间高达 44 分钟，侧翼可分配的上场时间本来就所剩无几 。 In the long term, Kerr has made his call: He isn’t waiting anymore for Kuminga to figure out how to play with Curry and Butler and he doesn’t think it’s wort h giving Kuminga guaranteed minutes just to keep him mentally engaged. If that’ s true now, of course it’ll probably be true this summer, when Kuminga will hit restricted free agency. It’ll be true for as long as Curry, Butler, and Draymo nd Green are the Warriors’ cornerstones — and all three of them are signed for several more years and enormous dollars. 从长远来看，Kerr 已经做出了他的选择：他不再等待 Kuminga 去摸索如何与 Curry 和 Bu tler 搭配，也不认为仅仅为了让 Kuminga 保持投入而给他保证上场时间是值得的。如果现 在是这样，那麽到了今夏 Kuminga 成为受限自由球员时，情况当然也很可能不会改变。只要 Curry、Butler 和 Draymond Green 仍是勇士的核心——而他们三人都已签下多年且金额庞 大的合约——这个情况恐怕就会一直持续下去。 This is a triple-down on veteran IQ and veteran willpower. This is accepting the Warriors’ 24-8 finish (including Tuesday’s play-in victory over Memphis) as p roof of Kerr’s concept. This is a full commitment to the players who fit with B utler, Curry, and the rhythm the Warriors have established — and zero time and patience to keep going with any player who doesn’t. 这是对资深球员智慧与意志力的三重押注。这是将勇士队24胜8败的收尾成绩（包括周二对灰 熊的附加赛胜利）视为 Kerr 球队理念成功的证明。这代表他们已全面投入於那些能与 But ler、Curry 及球队既有节奏契合的球员身上——而对於那些无法融入的球员，则不再有任何 时间与耐心继续等待。 No blowup, just a breaking point. 不是突然爆发，而是到了临界点。 Multiple team sources said there was no big blowup between Kerr and Kuminga that precipitated this. I’d even say that a loud argument might’ve helped the rela tionship — or at least cleared the air. Why couldn’t Kerr just reduce Kuminga’ s minutes instead of giving him DNPs? Why did he go out of his way to flag this situation? It seems drastic. It feels like a snap reaction. 多位球队消息人士表示，Kerr 和 Kuminga 之间并没有发生什麽激烈冲突导致这一切。我甚 至会说，如果真的有一场激烈的争执，或许还能帮助两人的关系——至少把话讲开了。那为 什麽 Kerr 不只是单纯减少 Kuminga 的上场时间，而是直接让他 DNP？他为什麽还特别去强 调这个情况？这看起来很激烈，也让人觉得像是一种突然的反应。 But really, this was a long, uncomfortable situation between two pretty stubborn guys overdue to hit a breaking point. And things just broke. 但说到底，这其实是一个长久且不舒服的局面，两个颇为倔强的人早该达到临界点，而最终 事情终於崩裂了。 Over the years, Kuminga has tried to play the way Kerr wants, with some very cle ar high points when he was ready to pass, cut, screen, rebound, and run the floo r with force. Right before the ankle injury — and before Butler arrived — was probably Kuminga’s best sustained run as a Warrior, when he averaged 31.1 minut es, 21 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 7.2 free throws a game in December. But that wa s also a losing run for the Warriors. 这些年来，Kuminga 试图按照 Kerr 的要求打球，并且在某些时刻展现出他准备好传球、切 入、掩护、争抢篮板并且积极跑动的高光表现。就在脚踝受伤之前——也就是在 Butler 加 入之前——那可能是 Kuminga 作为勇士队的一段最佳持续表现，他在 12 月的比赛中场均 31.1 分钟、21 分、6.3 篮板和 7.2 次罚球。但那段时间对勇士来说也是一段失败的时期。 And Kerr has tried to accommodate Kuminga’s 1-on-1 skills and look past his mis takes. Before the Butler trade, the Warriors needed as many talented players on the floor as possible. But accepting messy play is never going to be Kerr’s sty le — he won’t hide his preference for simpler plays and savvier players. Kerr 一直试图适应 Kuminga 的一对一技巧，并且忽略他的错误。在 Butler 交易之前，勇 士需要场上有尽可能多的有天赋的球员。但接受混乱的比赛风格永远不会是 Kerr 的风格— —他不会掩饰自己对更简单打法和更聪明球员的偏好。 Once the Warriors started winning with Butler, once Curry showed what he could s till do with a complementary superstar next to him, once Brandin Podziemski, Moo dy, Quentin Post, and Santos raised their games to meet this moment, Kuminga see med more and more like a luxury item that the Warriors could not afford to keep putting out there. 一旦勇士队在有 Butler 的情况下开始赢球，一旦 Curry 展现出与另一位互补的超级巨星搭 档时仍能发挥的能力，一旦 Brandin Podziemski、Moody、Quentin Post 和 Santos 提升了 自己的表现来迎接这一时刻，Kuminga 看起来越来越像是一个勇士队无法负担继续派上场的 奢侈品。 Kuminga takes quick shots when Kerr wants everybody except Curry or Butler to ma ke sure they’re thoughtful about moving the ball around and exploring every pos sibility for Curry and Butler. And Kuminga can get lost on defense in this switc hing scheme that puts a premium on making the right reads at the right time. Kuminga 在投篮时太过急躁，而 Kerr 希望除了 Curry 或 Butler 之外的每个球员都能仔细 思考如何传球并为 Curry 和 Butler 创造更多的得分机会。而在防守方面，Kuminga 也容易 在这套需要即时判断的换防体系中迷失自己，这样的防守体系强调在正确的时刻做出正确的 判断。 Has Kuminga been the worst Warriors rotation player during the last month? No. E ven when he’s struggling to fit in, he still can soar for breathtaking dunks or barrel through the lane with soft left-handed finishes. But he’s the Warrior w ith the worst net rating over this period and the player who sometimes just seem s to get in Curry and Butler’s way. Kuminga 在过去一个月内是勇士队表现最差的轮换球员吗？不是的。即使他在融入球队上有 所挣扎时，他仍然能够完成令人惊叹的灌篮或用柔和的左手突破终结。可是，在这段时间内 ，他是勇士队净胜分最差的球员，有时候他似乎会妨碍到 Curry 和 Butler 的表现。 A few Warriors sources pointed to the Warriors’ huge victory in Memphis on Apri l 1 as a turning point. That’s when Curry scored 52 points and the Warriors put up 134 in maybe their most electric, connected game of the season. And it was a game Kuminga missed with a pelvic bruise. 一些勇士队的消息人士指出，勇士在 4 月 1 日对灰熊的巨大胜利是转捩点。那场比赛中， Curry 得到了 52 分，勇士队以 134 分的高分获胜，这可能是他们本赛季最具爆发力且最有 默契的比赛。而那场比赛 Kuminga 因为骨盆瘀伤而缺席。 Two games later, in another huge Warriors victory — over Denver at home on the back end of a brutal back-to-back — Curry himself told Kerr that Santos should close the game. Which he did, successfully. And who was the player Santos replac ed? It was Kuminga, of course. 两场比赛後，在另一场勇士队的大胜中——在背靠背的艰难赛程中击败了丹佛——Curry 亲 自告诉 Kerr，Santos 应该在比赛末段上场。结果他确实成功地完成了这个任务。而 Santo s 替换的球员是谁呢？当然是 Kuminga。 Then, going into the regular-season finale, Kerr and the coaching staff knew tha t the Clippers defense was designed to swallow up ball-dominant players like Kum inga. So they drew up a playing chart that didn’t include him. And even though they lost a thrilling game in overtime, the Warriors felt like that was also one of their best and most scintillating performances of the season. 接着，在常规赛最後一场比赛前，Kerr 和教练团知道快艇的防守是专门针对像 Kuminga 这 样的持球型球员设计的。所以他们制定了一张不包含他的战术表。尽管最终勇士在加时赛中 输掉了那场激动人心的比赛，但勇士队仍然认为那也是他们本赛季最佳且最具魅力的表现之 一。 A role in the Houston series? 在火箭系列赛中会有角色吗？ When Kerr was asked before Tuesday’s game whether he’d spoken to Kuminga about the demotion or his acceptance of it, Kerr just quietly and slowly shook his he ad. 当 Kerr 在周二的比赛前被问到是否和 Kuminga 谈过降低顺位或他对此的接受度时，Kerr 只是安静且缓慢地摇了摇头。 Later, Kerr gave this answer when asked if he’s worried about hurting a young p layer’s confidence with this kind of stark decision: “I don’t factor that in. … That’s regular-season stuff. When you go through the 82-game season, you fa ctor in everything, you try to help everybody along. … When you get to the play offs, everything goes out the window. You just try to win each game.” 稍後，当 Kerr 被问到是否担心这种突然的决定会伤害到年轻球员的信心时，他给出了这样 的回答：「我不会考虑这个问题……那是常规赛的事。当你经历了 82 场比赛，你会考虑一 切，试着帮助每个人……但当你进入季後赛，一切都抛到窗外了。你只是试着赢下每一场比 赛。」 Not surprisingly, Kuminga’s presence also has diminished in the locker room, wh ich he’s exited swiftly without speaking to reporters for the last week, and th e seats on bench, which he’s rarely used lately, preferring to spend his time a mong other players in the tunnel to the locker room during games. Other than his postgame shooting session on the Chase Center court long after Sunday’s game, Kuminga’s basically been a ghost around the team — there, but barely seen, not listened to, and definitely not counted on. 不出所料，Kuminga 在更衣室中的存在感也减少了，他在过去一周内迅速离开更衣室，并未 与记者交谈，而在比赛中，他很少坐在板凳上，通常更喜欢与其他球员一起待在通往更衣室 的隧道里。除了周日比赛後他在 Chase Center 球场进行的投篮练习外，Kuminga 基本上在 球队周围像个幽灵一样——在那里，但几乎不被看到、不被听见，当然也不被依赖。 Multiple Warriors people noted, however, that Kuminga has had several good games against the Rockets and could play a role in this first-round series, which sta rts Sunday in Houston, because he’s the one Warrior who can match and even atta ck Houston’s length and athleticism. 然而，多位勇士队的消息人士指出，Kuminga 曾在对阵火箭的几场比赛中表现不错，并且可 能在这场周日开始的首轮系列赛中发挥作用，因为他是唯一能够匹配甚至攻击火箭队高度和 运动能力的勇士球员。 “He’s getting his work in,” Draymond said of Kuminga on Tuesday night. “That ’s all you can do in that situation is get your work in. And he’ll be meaningf ul for us in that series. I have zero doubt about that. I think the challenge fo r him is to stay mentally engaged, as it is for anyone in that situation. But I have zero doubt in my mind that he’s going to help us in this series. He will, 1,000%.” Draymond 在周二晚间谈到 Kuminga 时说：「他在努力工作。这就是在这种情况下你能做的 所有事情，就是继续努力。他在那个系列赛中会对我们很有帮助，我对此完全没有疑问。我 认为对他来说的挑战是保持精神上的投入，这对任何处於这种情况的球员来说都是一样的。 但我心中毫无疑问，他会在这个系列赛中帮助我们，他一定会，1000%。」 So things could change again. A couple of great moments in this series could rem ind Kerr and everybody else that Kuminga is only 22 and still could project as t he Warriors’ lead star in a post-Curry era. He’s one of Joe Lacob’s favorite players for a reason. 所以情况可能会再次改变。在这个系列赛中，几个出色的瞬间可能会让 Kerr 和其他人重新 意识到，Kuminga 只有 22 岁，仍然有可能在後 Curry 时代成为勇士队的领军人物。他之所 以是 Joe Lacob 最喜爱的球员之一，是有原因的。 If Kuminga departs this summer, the Warriors would be banking everything on thre e mid-30s players and a supporting cast specifically designed around them. It’s good for now, but it’s fragile. How great will this look without Kuminga in tw o or three years? 如果 Kuminga 在今年夏天离开，勇士队将把一切寄托在三名年龄在 30 多岁的球员身上，以 及围绕他们专门设计的支援阵容。这现在是可行的，但也很脆弱。没有 Kuminga 的情况下， 两三年後这样的阵容会是怎样呢？ But I can’t see Kuminga and Kerr finding a lot of common ground from here. I ca n’t see the Warriors wanting to pay Kuminga anything close to market value — p robably about $28 million a year or higher — if the coach doesn’t believe in h im and the stars aren’t sure they want to be on the floor with him. I can’t se e Kuminga wanting to stay here a second longer than it takes to figure out his n ext team. 但我看不出 Kuminga 和 Kerr 从现在开始能达成太多共识。如果教练不信任他，而明星球员 也不确定是否愿意和他同场，勇士队应该不会愿意支付 Kuminga 任何接近市场价值的薪水— —大约每年 2800 万美元或更高。我也看不出 Kuminga 愿意再待在这里一秒钟，除非他确定 了下一支球队。 The Warriors hate letting valuable assets go for nothing, and Kuminga is absolut ely still an asset. Restricted free agency is complicated, so Mike Dunleavy woul d have to work through a lot of things to get something worthwhile in return for Kuminga. But the Warriors have had a lot of warning about this pending breakup. So has Kuminga. These last few games have merely been the public notice. 勇士队不喜欢让有价值的资产白白流失，而 Kuminga 绝对仍然是个资产。受限自由球员市场 比较复杂，所以 Mike Dunleavy 需要处理很多事情，才能用Kuminga 换来有价值的资产。但 勇士队对这次即将到来的分手已经有了很多警示，Kuminga 也是如此。这些最後几场比赛不 过是公开的通知而已。 - 看起来季中受伤的不是时候，导致没有时间磨合试错了，苦命真的好苦QQ --

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