Jonathan Kuminga out vs. Rockets, but Steve Kerr gives encouraging injury update originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Warriors coach Steve Kerr had a more positive update on Jonathan Kuminga on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old forward, who will miss his seventh consecutive game on Wednesday due to bilateral knee tendinitis, got back on the court and is making progress.
“He did 3-on-3 before practice and that went well,” Kerr told reporters after practice on Tuesday. “And then he took part in all of practice. Tomorrow, he will scrimmage. He won’t play in the game tomorrow but he will take part in a 5-on-5 scrimmage tomorrow evening before our game. And that will give us a good gauge for where he is.”
For the Warriors, a 5-on-5 scrimmage typically is the last hurdle before a player is cleared to return to game action.
Kerr said Warriors’ director of sports medicine and performance, Rick Celebrini, will watch Kuminga scrimmage and they will talk afterward to see how he feels.
Kuminga already has had a rollercoaster 2025-26 NBA season. He started the first 12 games of the season and averaged 17.2 points during that span. But his production tailed off in the last four games he played before being sidelined with the knee injury, as he averaged just 6.0 points in those contests.
Kerr’s previous comments regarding Kuminga’s status raised some eyebrows.
“He’s got to tell you where he is,” Kerr told reporters when asked about Kuminga’s activity on Sunday (h/t ClutchPoints’ Kenzo Fukuda). “He didn’t do anything. We didn’t do scrimmages, but we did live drill work, and he barely did any of that. So, [he’s] not moving well, so the training staff [is] working with him. I have no idea what he’s doing.”
But after a couple of days and a productive day of practice, it appears Kuminga is on the right track.
As for Draymond Green, the veteran forward also practiced Tuesday after missing Monday’s game because of a foot injury.
“He said he’s feeling better,” Kerr told reporters. “We’ll list him as questionable for tomorrow but he’s definitely trending upward.”
The Warriors could use Green against the 11-4 Rockets, who have one of the biggest lineups in the NBA, even without Kevin Durant, who will miss Wednesday’s game to attend to a family matter.
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