The Jonathan Kuminga saga was potentially the biggest ordeal of the NBA offseason outside of where LeBron James would ultimately sign. Kuminga’s free agency was all over the place, as he was favored to land with a different organization every couple of weeks.
Kuminga was pursued heavily by the Los Angeles Lakers from the beginning. However, he ultimately decided to sign with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
“Jonathan Kuminga has agreed to a two-year, $13 million deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, plus a player option, agent Aaron Turner tells ESPN. Kuminga will be a starter alongside Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert on the West contender,” ESPN’s Shams Charania wrote.
His agent, Aaron Turner, has gone viral multiple times since his client signed with Minnesota. Turner recently made an interesting comment in response to people claiming he cost Kuminga money.
“This is what's funny to me. Everybody's like, 'Aaron f**ed up.' I'm like, hold on. Did I fumble something?" Turner said. "Because fumbling would mean like next year, if JK is making $10 million a year, you could say I fumbled by not taking [three years for $75 million]. You can't say I fumbled because I didn't fumble anything yet."
Kuminga’s former Golden State Warriors teammate Draymond Green went off on Turner, essentially arguing that some of the agent’s public comments were inappropriate.
“This is a tough one for me because I love JK. And I’ve met Aaron, a great guy. But this is this is no good... Number one, absolutely unnecessary to talk about this man’s pockets on a podcast, […] talking about a guy’s money and how much they lost and what they gained and like talking about somebody’s 11 and a half million dollars, ‘that’s it’… ‘THAT’S IT’?! This ain’t Monopoly money,” Green said.
Many people are not too fond of what Turner has been doing lately, as some of his public comments have raised eyebrows. Green clearly took exception to several of Turner’s appearances and did not hold back when sharing his opinion.
Kuminga deserves an agent who will protect his name and reputation during public appearances and avoid putting too much of his business into the spotlight. Green and others around the NBA appear to be concerned that Turner’s approach could create unnecessary problems for the young forward.

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