Like his big dunk posted in transition, Keegan Murray dominated the debates this night, during the meeting between Kings and Warriors in Summer League.
Best scorer of this match won by his team (100-94), the Sacramento player almost scored a point per minute with his 29 units (8/17 in shots including 3/9 from afar and 10/11 in throws) in 31 minutes of play.
” I’m just tryna put myself in awkward situations on the court “Describes the 22-year-old winger who wore leather a lot in this part. His summer coach, Luke Loucks, also likes to get him out of his comfort zone. For example, he pointed out to him that he had not generated any assists at the end of the match, and that he had been inactive on the rebound (1 ball captured, 2 interceptions).
” I challenged him at halftime. He only had one rebound at halftime. I wrote it on the board and said, ‘You only have one rebound. Can you help us get some?’ And he didn’t take any rebounds in the second half… A lot is asked of players like (De’Aaron) fox and (Domantas) Sabonis. We will demand a lot from a key element of our franchise », defines the usual assistant which gives a « VS- » to his player for his look sent to the opponent after his poster.
It will be understood that the Californian franchise wants to make the 4th choice of the 2022 Draft, which was running at 12 points and just under 5 rebounds on average as a rookie, a complete player.
Complete and dominant as he was recently in a practice match where he scored 17 of his team’s 19 points almost in one go. ” Keegan exploded in one of those games. Everyone in the gym was almost silent and everyone could feel how good he is. Obviously, this is what is expected of him at this level of the Summer League. It’s something we push him to do “, continues Luke Loucks.
The latter, on the day of this training, had been approached by a scout from the league. ” He said to me: ‘The closest thing to what I just saw is Kawhi (Leonardo) in second year’. It’s not that Keegan is Kawhi or that Kawhi is Keegan, but it’s the shift of rookie season from ‘You’ve had a good rookie season’ to ‘God damn it, this guy could be exceptional’. And I think we all see it collectively. We all feel it, but we also push him to believe it “, ends Luke Loucks.
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| Keegan Murray | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2022-23 | BAG | 80 | 30 | 45.3 | 41.1 | 76.5 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 12.2 |
| Total | 80 | 30 | 45.3 | 41.1 | 76.5 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 12.2 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Shots made / Shots attempted; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def= defensive rebound; Tot = Total bounces; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost bullets; Ct: Counters; Points = Points.
