Current:Home > ScamsMalik Monk remaining in Sacramento, agrees to $78 million deal with Kings, per reports-InfoLens
Malik Monk remaining in Sacramento, agrees to $78 million deal with Kings, per reports
View Date:2024-12-23 11:06:30
Malik Monk is set to sign a four-year, $78 million deal to stay with the Sacramento Kings, ESPN and The Athletic reported Thursday night.
The pending deal, which features a player option, would take Monk, 26, off the free agent market. The amount is the maximum Sacramento could offer him. Monk plans to sign the contract on July 6, according to ESPN, the first date new deals can be finalized.
The runner-up for the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year last season, Monk scored the most points and dished out the most assists among all bench players. He averaged career highs in points (15.4) and assists (5.1) over 72 games before a knee injury sidelined him for the Kings' final nine regular-season games and the team's two games in the play-in tournament.
Monk has blossomed out west after four underwhelming seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, who drafted the guard 11th overall out of Kentucky in 2017.
He enjoyed a breakout campaign with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2021-22 season, when made 37 starts after notching just one with Charlotte.
All things Kings: Latest Sacramento Kings news, schedule, roster, stats, injury updates and more.
In his only season with Los Angeles, Monk shot 47.3% from the floor and averaged 28.1 minutes per game, both of which remain his career bests. He signed a two-year, $19 million contract with Sacramento in July 2022.
Monk has averaged 14.4 points and 4.5 assists in his first two seasons with the Kings, and he appeared in the playoffs for the first time in 2022-23.
veryGood! (1611)
Related
- Get well, Pop. The Spurs are in great hands until your return
- Tesla 4Q net income doubles due to tax benefit but earnings fall short of analyst estimates
- Pastor of online church faces fraud charges for selling $3.2 million in worthless cryptocurrency
- A look at 'Pawn Stars' creator Rick Harrison and family following tragic death of son
- Rachael Ray Details Getting Bashed Over Decision to Not Have Kids
- Company seeking to mine near Okefenokee will pay $20,000 to settle environmental violation claims
- Mother’s boyfriend suspected of stabbing 6-year-old Baltimore boy to death, police say
- From 'Barbie' to 'The Holdovers,' here's how to stream Oscar-nominated movies right now
- Where is 'College GameDay' for Week 12? Location, what to know for ESPN show
- Kylie Jenner and Stormi Webster Are Fashion Icons at Paris Fashion Week
Ranking
- Officer injured at Ferguson protest shows improvement, transferred to rehab
- Tanzania’s main opposition party holds first major protest in several years, after ban was lifted
- NPR names tech executive Katherine Maher to lead in turbulent era
- AP PHOTOS: Crowds in India’s northeast cheer bird and buffalo fights, back after 9-year ban
- Reds honor Pete Rose with a 14-hour visitation at Great American Ball Park
- Daniel Will: FinTech & AI Turbo Tells You When to Place Heavy Bets in Investments.
- Mob Wife Winter: Everything You Need to Achieve the Trending Aesthetic
- Oregon jury awards $85 million to 9 victims of deadly 2020 wildfires
Recommendation
-
Wreck of Navy destroyer USS Edsall known as 'the dancing mouse' found 80 years after sinking
-
Inflation slows in New Zealand to its lowest rate since 2021
-
Cyprus rescues 60 Syrian migrants lost at sea for 6 days. Several have been hospitalized
-
England cricketer’s visa issues for India tour prompt British government to call for fair treatment
-
Jennifer Lopez Gets Loud in Her First Onstage Appearance Amid Ben Affleck Divorce
-
With Pitchfork in peril, a word on the purpose of music journalism
-
Democrat Dean Phillips vows to continue campaign after losing New Hampshire primary
-
Darius Jackson's Brother Denied Restraining Order Against Keke Palmer and Her Mom