Taking a look at the player profile for Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray.
The Sacramento Kings are bringing a lot of the team back from the 2025 season, in addition to a few moves they made to add some depth across the board.
Heading into 2026, this team needs to stay healthy throughout the season, which is something that forwards Keegan Murray and DeAndre Hunter, center Domantas Sabonis, and guard Zach LaVine really struggled with in 2025.
Focusing on Murray in particular, his ability to stay healthy throughout the season is going to be crucial, especially for consistency in the starting lineup. With that said, let's take a look at the player profile for Murray to see how his career has gone thus far and how he could perform in 2026.
Starting with Murray's college career, he played for the Iowa Hawkeyes for two seasons, which included the 2020 season and the 2021 season.
At Iowa, Murray averaged 15.8 points, seven rebounds, one assist, 1.6 blocks, and 1.1 steals per game. In terms of efficiency, Murray was quite reliable, as he shot 54.3 percent from the field, 37.3 percent from beyond the arc, and 74.9 percent from the free-throw line.
When looking at Murray's college production, it is clear that he was very reliable and that he had the ability to make the leap from college to the NBA.
After Murray's college career, he declared for the NBA Draft and was selected by the Kings with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. Murray was selected quite high, but his performance in college was something the Kings liked, and so far, Murray has been a solid performer for the Kings in his first four years in the NBA.
For Murray's NBA career he has averaged 13.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.8 blocks, and 0.9 steals per game which shows Murray's ability to be a solid player on both ends of the floor.
Additionally, Murray has had pretty good efficiency throughout his time with the Kings as he has shot 44.7 percent from the field, 36.5 percent from three, and 80.7 percent from the free-throw line, which demonstrates Murray's ability to score effectively and efficiently from all over the floor.
On the defensive end, Murray has turned into a solid defender as he uses his 6-8 and 225-pound frame to be able to alter shots on the perimeter and at the rim, as well as forcing opposing teams to make passes around his length.
As Murray heads into the 2026 season, he will need to stay a lot healthier than he did in 2026 as he played in just 23 games due to an ankle injury. After a full offseason, Murray should be ready to go to start training camp and get valuable reps with the other four starters to help the Kings have a much better showing in 2026 than they did in 2025.
So, heading into the 2026 season, if Murray can stay healthy and continue to be a solid contributor on both ends of the floor that could help the Kings to play a lot more consistently overall and potentially make a run at the play-in tournament.
