Keegan Murray, the No. 4 pick in this year’s draft, has officially signed with the Kings, tweets James Ham of ESPN 1320.
Assuming Murray receives the standard 120% of the rookie scale, he will make approximately $8MM during his first season and $36.4MM during the four-year contract.
Murray was a first-team All-American as a sophomore at Iowa, averaging 23.5 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. He was also a first team All-Big 10 selection and was named MVP of this year’s conference tournament.
Murray, who will turn 22 next month, was among the oldest prospects in this year’s draft and there was some speculation that his age might work against him. The Kings weren’t concerned, however, and selected Murray ahead of Purdue guard Jaden Ivey, who had been projected as a top-four pick.
“Keegan is an incredibly versatile, well-rounded player with a high basketball IQ,” said Sacramento general manager Monte McNair. “He will be a tremendous asset to our team, and we are excited to welcome him to the Kings family.”
I hope and pray he has a better time here than Bagley did !! Bagley was a total bust. Lets hope Murray has a better Career than Bagley !! And knock on wood, Stays healthy !!
I can see a starting lineup of :
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PF 6-8 Murray, backup Lyles
SF 6-8 Barnes, back up Heurter
C 6-11 Sabonis, back up Holmes
SG 6-4 Monk, back up Davis
PG 6-3 Fox, back up Mitchell
I bet huerter starts over Murray at first so they can funnel offense to him when he’s on the court, but I think Sacramento should be decent to watch this year finally
McNair sure cleared a path for Terence Davis! Actually I think Huerter or Mitchell will play more 2G, to get some defense in the backcourt. There are bigs FA still. Gary Clark is out there, Paschall, or was.
@KHE… I would play Huerter as a starter instead of Monk, Kevin is a better defender and shooter!
It had to be tough on him doing it.
have you ever been to cedar rapids?