November 18: Murray is expected to make his season debut on Thursday vs. the Grizzlies, according to Anderson.
November 17: The Kings are optimistic that fourth-year forward Keegan Murray could make his season debut on Thursday in Memphis or on Saturday in Denver, reports Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee.
Murray was assigned to the G League on Monday to practice with the Stockton Kings. The 25-year-old has been cleared for 5-on-5 contact drills and is expected to join the NBA team on Wednesday in Oklahoma City, a source tells Anderson.
It has been five weeks since Murray underwent surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb, an injury he sustained in a preseason game. At the time, the Kings said he would be reevaluated in four-to-six weeks; this is the first real update since then.
The fourth overall pick in the 2022 draft, Murray signed a five-year, $140MM rookie scale extension a few days after he underwent surgery. While some people around the league were reportedly surprised at how lucrative the deal was, cap expert Yossi Gozlan viewed it as “sensible” and Sam Amick of The Athletic recently reported that rival teams value Murray as well.
As Anderson observes, the Kings have struggled mightily without their best defender, while Murray’s absence exposed a glaring lack of forward depth on the roster. Sacramento is currently just 3-11, which is the second-worst record in the Western Conference.
Kings treat this guy like Giannis
You mean as the only hope on a sinking ship? You’d be correct.
Maybe the Kings still have a wink wink deal because of the Fox trade
Kings thought he was more valuable than Fox
Until they play him SF he wont reach his potential. Stop pretending he’s a power forward
They need to trade everything away for small parts and tank like dogs
Definitely a small forward and nothing else
No man… don’t just yap to yap.
Fox’s camp threatened to leave without signing an extension. Something btw that was untrue being as he wanted to sign a max extension meaning whoever offered it to him needed his bird rights. Monte McNair (who was already on the hot seat) did one of two things:
1.) Panic sold thinking that he could save his job after a pretty rough start.
Or
2.) Knew that his time would be up come summer no matter what so he found a deal that would ultimately handicap this team.
Either way, how the Kings organization “valued” Fox had zero impact on what occurred. It was way more about how Fox “valued” Sacramento and “valued” playing meaningful basketball in May/June.
Bro you know the NBA wanted Fox in San Antonio. How can you think it was anything other than that
So all of a sudden Fox was unhappy? No bro you need to stop believing what everyone says
Bro you need to figure out the truth about the NBA
That’s a lotta bro bro
Yeah bro
All they had to do last year was to trade Murray for what you needed but instead they just folded and told the Spurs yes we will agree to a wink wink deal
If you really think everything you wrote is true, then there’s nothing I can do to help you until you help yourself and find the truth out. It took me 30 years to see the truth about how the NBA really is
The NBA is scripted entertainment, even more so since you can bet on sports games and players. The teams with large betting markets will play in the most games on TV and playoffs. Don’t believe me, Congress stated sports are entertainment and can be scripted for their out come. Kings are not one of those teams.