Keegan Murray suitable for The necklaces in Sunday’s game against the Heat, according to ESPN’s James Hamm (via Twitter).
The 26-year-old forward has played just two games for the Kings this season, dealing with capsulitis of the left ankle jointstarting the first two games of the season before missing the next seven.
Murray has struggled with injuries of late, playing just 23 games in 2025/26 after playing at least 75 games in each of his first three seasons in the league.
He also struggled to find consistent offense. After shooting 41.1% on 6.3 attempts per game as a rookie, his outside shooting numbers have declined each year in a row. He’ll rejoin a Kings team that could benefit from him rediscovering his outside shot.
In Murray’s absence, Dear Achiuwa moved into the starting power forward position, averaging 10.8 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game.
We’ve got more from across the Pacific:
- After trade Nick Clifford to the Thunder for two second-round picks, The necklaces need to add one more player on a guaranteed deal to get 14 standard roster spots. They have 14 days to do so, and are going to use that time to carefully evaluate their next addition, according to Hamm (via Twitter). Ham notes that one candidate for a standard deal is a two-pronged approach Holey black. The 27-year-old small forward has played five games for the Kings this season, including one start, and is averaging 5.8 points and 1.6 steals in 19.0 minutes per game, making 44.4% of his threes.
- Rui Hachimura is averaging career highs in points (14.7), rebounds (6.5), steals (1.0), free throws (3.2) and 3-point attempts (6.3) this season for Clippers as he stepped into the role of a major player. He also developed a level of trust with the head coach You are Louwhich can be attributed to Lue’s trip to Japan this summer to build chemistry with his new forward, writes Ohm Youngmisuk for NBA.com. There, Hachimura forced Liu to try some of his favorite dishes while the two tried to get to know each other. “Without him nothing (me), he tried to be more open with me, “. – said Hachimura. “I think that’s one thing about my culture that’s different. We are not very open with people. We are basically closed. We don’t actually share information. We’re not really talking about emotions, we’re talking about things you want to do (personally). That’s what he’s trying to do – to be more open with me. And I’m trying (to do the same.)Hachimura’s role is likely to change with his upcoming comeback Brandon Ingrambut the bond he’s made with Liu will hopefully help him navigate his new responsibilities.
- The The sun recently made a move to try to shake things up after a 1-5 start to the season. They moved to the second year of the big man Haman Maluach back to the bench and raised Very Igadara into the starting slot, and the team responded with a win over the Magic that snapped a four-game losing streak. “Just making an adjustment, just to change things up, just to try to figure out how we get 48 minutes of great play at center“, head coach Jordan Ott continuation “And I thought both handled it well. (Maluach) obviously had one of the best games. Yes, we will continue to search.”