Jake Fisher article: Sabonis extension expected to be around 4years/120 million

[KingsFanSince85]

Keegan Murray put up more offensive win shares in his first season than Kyle Kuzma has put up in all of his seasons combined. What do you mean, "next year"?

Beat me to the punch.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

He already is.

Better shooter and defender, sans the rookie mistakes. But on natural ability, work ethic, and fundamental skill — he’s already better.

Despite being a rookie, if Keegan played on a team where he didn’t have to defer to others and was able to get the same PT and shot volume as Kuzma, he could average much closer to 21 ppg — if not exceed it — for a losing team too.

While we saw Coach Brown get on Keegan a few times last season about focusing on rebounding, we also saw that Keegan was more than capable and up to the challenge when focused.

So I’m not even sure I’d concede that Kuzma is a better rebounder when usage is equal. But for arguments sake let’s say he is, I don’t see anything else in his game that Keegan can’t do equally well or better.

It’s only been one season, but he’s clearly a more consistent and talented shooter than Kuzma, for sure.

Keegan Murray put up more offensive win shares in his first season than Kyle Kuzma has put up in all of his seasons combined. What do you mean, "next year"?

Beat me to the punch.

 

[KainLear]

Love to see everybody coming back to the same conclusion. I was only being generous to Kuzma when I said a more dynamic scorer, I was mostly banking on Kuz with a general overall ability as a seasoned vet to be comfortable on the court over Murray who might at times have to be tip-toeing a bit doing some learning on a job. But at no point do I think Keegan Murray isn't already basically producing as much (if not more, according to stats) as the one we allegedly want to bring in.