The San Antonio Spurs have agreed to a four-year, $64 million extension with guard Dejounte Murray, the team announced on Monday. The deal was first reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic.
It's official. @DejounteMurray is staying in San Antonio with a contract extension!
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— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) October 21, 2019
The 23-year-old missed all of last season with an ACL injury. He averaged 8.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists over 81 games with the Spurs in 2017-18. He is expected to be the Spurs’ starting point guard this season.
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The deadline for Murray and other 2016 NBA Draft picks to sign rookie extension deals is 6 p.m. ET on Monday.