🧠 Why This Works

✅ Salary Cap / Matching • Kuminga’s contract (~$22.5M) is closely matched by Monk ($18.8M) + Ellis ($2.3M), bringing Golden State’s incoming salary near the outgoing figure within league matching rules.  • The Warriors may need a small sweetener like Ellis to make salary math technically balanced under the NBA’s trade matching requirements — and he’s a cheap movable piece.