{"id":19323,"date":"2022-07-18T11:40:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T18:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingsherald.com\/?p=19323"},"modified":"2022-07-18T11:40:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T18:40:14","slug":"keegan-murray-named-summer-league-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingsherald.com\/articles\/keegan-murray-named-summer-league-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"Keegan Murray Named Summer League MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento Kings rookie Keegan Murray was named Summer League MVP on Monday, following his start-to-finish excellence in Vegas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray has been named the Most Valuable Player of NBA 2K23 Summer League 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Murray averaged 23.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.3 steals while shooting 50.0% from the field and 40.0% from three-point range in four games in Las Vegas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mTuBltv7Eo\">pic.twitter.com\/mTuBltv7Eo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA Communications (@NBAPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAPR\/status\/1549092226785058817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Murray was also named to the All-Summer League First Team.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by the Sacramento Bee&#8217;s Jason Anderson, Murray joins Davion Mitchell in MVP honors, as Davion was named Co-MVP last summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kings rookie Keegan Murray is the second consecutive Kings player to earn MVP and All-Summer League First Team honors, joining Davion Mitchell (2021). Since 2006, only the Los Angeles Lakers have had Summer League MVPs in back-to-back Summer Leagues (2017, 2018).<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jason Anderson (@JandersonSacBee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JandersonSacBee\/status\/1549095912407871488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve noted in our exhaustive recaps of each summer league game, Keegan Murray had a spectacular Summer League. In Vegas he averaged 23.3 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1.3 steals per game. He shot 50% from the field, and 40% from beyond the arc on 8.8 3PAs per game.<\/p>\n<p>Murray&#8217;s performance in Vegas was a step up from an already-strong showing at the California Classic, where he averaged 19.7 points, and 8 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n<p>Murray&#8217;s ability to quietly accumulate stats is a strong indicator for how valuable he&#8217;ll be for the Kings when Domantas Sabonis and De&#8217;Aaron Fox are drawing the primary defensive focus from opposing defenses. His performance has also quieted a lot of the intial concerns that were raised when the Kings selected Murray 4th overall.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Keegan!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento Kings rookie Keegan Murray was named Summer League MVP on Monday, following his start-to-finish excellence in Vegas. Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray has been named the Most Valuable Player of NBA 2K23 Summer League 2022. 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