Keegan Murray reportedly to reach 5-year, $140 million rookie extension with Kings
Keegan Murray got his deal.
The Sacramento Kings reached a five-year, $140 million rookie extension with Murray on Wednesday afternoon. according to Shams Charania of ESPN.
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Murray was eligible for his rookie extension this fall. He and the Kings had an Oct. 21 deadline to get the deal done. He was entering the final year of his initial four-year, $36.3 million contract this season.
The Kings selected Murray with the No. 4 overall pick in the Iowa draft in 2022. He averaged 13.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, shooting 37% from the 3-point line throughout his career. That performance projected him for an extension in line with the four-year, $112 million contract Trey Murphy III received from the New Orleans Pelicans or the five-year, $185 million package Alperen Şengün signed with the Houston Rockets.
Over the course of his three seasons, the Kings went from being the third-best team in the Western Conference to ninth-place the last two years. Last season, Sacramento qualified for the play-in tournament. In 2024, the Kings defeated the Golden State Warriors before being eliminated by the New Orleans Pelicans. Last season, Sacramento lost to the Dallas Mavericks.
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Murray was never more than the Kings’ fourth-leading scorer. Last season he played alongside top-tier scorers like DeMar DeRozan (22.2 ppg) and Zach LaVine (22.4 ppg) and that will continue this season. He set an NBA record for 3-pointers made by a rookie with 206, shooting 41%. Maybe that was an outlier and his numbers were destined to decline.
Murray was also the team’s second rebounder behind Domantas Sabonis. Perhaps most importantly, Murray improved defensively as his career progressed. He has been particularly effective in isolation situations, often against some of the NBA’s top scorers including Stephen Curry, Luka Dončić and Donovan Mitchell.
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Murray will miss the start of the season as he recovers from a torn UCL in his left thumb. He is expected to be out for 4-6 weeks, which puts him on target for a late November return. The extension with Murray is the second significant move the Kings made on Wednesday. They also reached an agreement to hire veteran guard Russell Westbrook on a one-year, $3.6 million contract.
The Kings will open the regular season on October 22 against the Phoenix Suns.