Jonathan Kuminga’s lingering knee injury a mystery to Warriors: ‘Obviously worse than we thought’

SAN FRANCISCO Jonathan Kuminga s mysterious knee injury could be far more serious than initially held The Warriors small forward has missed the past five games with knee tendinitis and has been listed as day-to-day by coach Steve Kerr The coaching staff had hoped he would go full speed at Sunday s practice but that was not the affair We did live drill work and he barely did any of that and he s not moving well Kerr announced after practice at Chase Center on Sunday afternoon The training staff is working with him and I have no idea when he s going to play He later added It s obviously worse than we thought Kerr stated Kuminga may undergo an MRI as the association tries to figure out the severity of his injury He s not moving that well so I can t tell you what the outlook is Kerr disclosed when pressed for more details I think JK could tell you that better than I could He necessities to feel better and be able to move better before we put him out there Kuminga who is averaging points and a career-high rebounds per encounter in games has not played since the first half of the contest in San Antonio on Nov when he exited shortly before halftime Golden State Warriors' Jonathan Kuminga dunks during the first half of an NBA basketball meeting Thursday Oct in Milwaukee AP Photo Morry Gash This is not the first time Kuminga has missed a long stretch of games He was out for straight last season after severely injuring his ankle Kuminga s athleticism on the wing has been sorely missed during the Warriors -game losing skid and his rebounding ability is something Golden State will likely be in severe need of this week Al Horford will miss the next week with sciatica and will undergo an MRI while Kerr added that Draymond Green could sit out Monday s encounter against the Jazz with an ailing foot The Warriors later explained Green also underwent an MRI He kind of sprained his foot the other night when Blazers center Donovan Clingan landed on him Kerr commented Even with Green and Horford the Warriors - have struggled to grab rebounds The crew was outrebounded - in Friday s loss to the Blazers and ranks just nd in boards per contest Golden State is in the midst of a five-game homestand Durant out Related Articles The Warriors big complication has been exposed Can practice fix it Warriors instant analysis Steph Curry s big night not enough to lift gang past towering Blazers Five decades later the championship Warriors are a association still worth remembering Longtime Warriors assistant DeMarco to lead WNBA s New York Liberty Kurtenbach The Warriors survived the hard part of their schedule Now it s time for a run Former Warriors star Kevin Durant will not play in the Bay Area on Wednesday night The Rockets forward will miss Houston s next two games beginning Monday in Phoenix for a family matter per ESPN s Shams Charania Durant played three seasons for Golden State from - during which time the club reached three NBA Finals and won two of them Durant was named Finals MVP after both victories He is averaging points per contest this season his first in Houston after an offseason transaction from the Suns OAKLAND CALIFORNIA - APRIL Golden State Warriors' Kevin Durant talks with Stephen Curry against the Houston Rockets during the fourth quarter of Event of their NBA second round playoff series at Oracle Arena in Oakland Calif on Tuesday April Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group