Pelicans, Murphy agree to 4-year, $112M extension
The New Orleans Pelicans reached an agreement with forward Trey Murphy III on a four-year, $112-million extension, Murphy's agents told basketball insider Marc Stein.
Murphy's new deal doesn't include a player option or any incentives, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania.
Teams have a deadline of 6 p.m. Monday to sign rookie-scale extensions with eligible players from the 2021 draft class. Murphy was the 17th overall selection that year.
The 23-year-old put up a career-best 14.8 points per game in 2023-24 to go with 4.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 38% 3-point shooting. He played in just 57 games (23 starts) after missing the first month of the season recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.
He's expected to be sidelined again for the start of this campaign after straining his hamstring during practice earlier in October.