King Keegan
- Thread starter Tetsujin
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Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
theyre both Hawkeyes but Kittle and Keegan are pretty much polar opposites personality-wise.The best collab Iowa Twitter will see this month. Keegan Murray X @gkittle46 pic.twitter.com/SiQ10tX9mX
— Cameron Salerno (@cameronsalerno1) January 23, 2023
kingsboi
Hall of Famer
As annoying as it is, the introvert understands and reads people better than an extrovert would and aren't really phased, especially stoic introverts such as Keegan who pays it no mind and continues on with his day.
I'm pretty sure George Kittle could solve all world disputes with his personality while I'm not entirely sure if Keegan has said 4 words this season
Livinthedream
All-Star
When someone says "You never smile" or "You are quiet" they are not paying that person a compliment. They are literally crticizing their personality. Then they sit there with a silly grin waiting for a response thinking they've started a conversation. In reality they've killed the convo and any interest an introvert may have had in them.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Is this good?Keegan Murray is now shooting 42.1% on 5.9 3PA/G on the season, and 54% on 6.3 3PA/G over his last ten games. #SacramentoProud pic.twitter.com/UvcUhq1Q5I
— Brett Usher (@UsherNBA) January 24, 2023
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Sounds like those rumors of the Grizzlies trying to trade up with us to draft Keegan were true.Grizzlies Coach Taylor Jenkins on Sacramento Kings rookie Keegan Murray: “What a good draft pick.”
— Cameron Salerno (@cameronsalerno1) January 24, 2023
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
The last two months he can't miss. He and Barnes are shooting near 50% from 3 in January. Barnes a little over, Murray a little under.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Absolutely unbelievable shooterPer Sacramento Kings PR: Keegan Murray holds the single season franchise record for most games with five or more 3s by a rookie, passing Jason Williams. Murray has played in only 43 games.
— Cameron Salerno (@cameronsalerno1) January 24, 2023
PorchSurfin
Starter
He's only getting better
Gotta say, I didn't have "on pace for best rookie shooting season ever" on the bingo card for Keegan. You see the confidence he's getting over the last few weeks and just continues to get better every game.
Let's hope every team sees that he's an ancient old man at 23 and can never get better so they let him fall to pick 30 for us.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
Kris is all over on mocks. I’ve seen 7-27
He started the season off up and down. He had a couple great games against mid-tier conferences, but completely laid an egg against quality opponents. This was also around the same time Keegan was struggling.
Lately, he's been playing much better, so he's trending upwards on draft boards.
I like Kris, but Keegan is undoubtedly the better prospect. It'll be really interesting to follow his draft stock and see where it ends up.
coolhandluke
Starter
Keegan is casually making 2.5 three pointers per game and is on track to beat the NBA record for most three pointers made in a rookie season.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Caption this photo of Keegan Murray
— Cameron Salerno (@cameronsalerno1) January 24, 2023
📸: @SacramentoKings pic.twitter.com/GPGNHNILXd
Is he smiling, or is it gas?
Keegan Murray is on track to win his second-straight Rookie of the Month award. He's been even more impressive in January 👀
— Frankie Cartoscelli (@FCartoscelli3) January 24, 2023
14.4 PTS
5.8 REB
52% FG
51% 3PT on 6.3 attempts/G
93% FT
12 G
Murray leads the 2022 draft class with 110 made triples.
Next closest: J. Smith Jr. - 77 pic.twitter.com/sgZvQc9poi
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/keegan-murray-true-shooting-percentage-in-his-last-15-games
With a nearly 69.5% TS over his last 15 games....
I mean if people can't see the star track for Keegan, you aren't looking at what's right in front of you.
People were saying the same thing about Hali as a rookie. “he’s good but will never be great”.
Keegan is about to conquer all 3 levels
PorchSurfin
Starter
It's only because Hali was a King.
Livinthedream
All-Star
Next step for him to take is to have a go to move off a pump fake. The league is going to be closing out hard on him. He doesn't even need a crazy first step or anything. Learn to use his body to create space.
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PorchSurfin
Starter
We saw a little bit of that last night. But yes, he needs to work on it for sure!
Keegan Murray ranks 5th in 3P% among all NBA players (min 250 attempts).
— SactownBabyGiraffe (@TimMaxwell22) January 24, 2023
This seems good
Bare minimum
sactowndog
All-Star
What helps the Kings so much is between Barnes, Murray and Huerter …. 2 of the 3 are likely to be shooting well.
sactowndog
All-Star
That 250 cut off is a bit arbitrary. Keegan at 261 attempts is just over it. But it filters out a ton of other good shooters that don’t quite reach the 250 bar.
Set the bar at 150 which is still ~3 a game and he drops to 14 which is still very good.
you don't punish someone who performs better with more volume. In fact, you do the exact opposite.
I don't think it's arbitrary either. It's showing where he ranks with his current 3pt volume. That's valuable stuff to know.
