The Sacramento Kings agreed on a five-year, $140 million contract extension with forward Keegan Murray to keep him locked up through the 2030-31 season.
Murray had one year remaining on his rookie deal after being drafted No. 4 overall in 2022 before agreeing to the new deal, agent Mark Bartlestein said Wednesday
Shams Charania of ESPN first reported the extension.
Murray made the NBA All-Rookie team in 2023 and finished fifth in voting for rookie of the year after helping the Kings snap an NBA-record 16-season playoff drought.
Murray has made at least 150 3-pointers in all three seasons and is also one of Sacramento’s top wing defenders. He averaged a career-high 15.2 points per game in his second season in the NBA before dropping to 12.4 points per game last season when he averaged a career-high 6.7 rebounds per game.
Murray is set to miss the start of this season after undergoing surgery earlier this week to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament of the left thumb. He will be re-evaluated in about a month but the Kings didn’t hesitate to give him his rookie extension before a deadline on Monday.
