Dejounte Murray agrees to four-year, $120 million extension with Hawks, per report

Dejounte Murray has agreed to a four-year, $120 million extension with the Atlanta Hawks, in line with Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes. The deal represents probably the most the Hawks may legally pay Murray, whose extension was restricted by the CBA’s guidelines governing veteran extensions. Until such a participant earns super-max eligibility, he’s restricted to a 40% increase within the first season of a brand new deal. Murray has largely outplayed his unique rookie extension, which he signed in San Antonio earlier than changing into an All-Star, and is about to make simply $17.7 million in assured wage this season.

General, that capped Murray at this $120 million determine. Notably, nonetheless, this kind of deal wouldn’t have even been attainable below the 2017 CBA. That settlement capped gamers at a 20% increase within the first season of a veteran extension relatively than the brand new 40%. That rule has sarcastically been known as the “Jaylen Brown” rule, because it was anticipated to offer the Celtics a mechanism to re-sign Brown at a good worth. Nonetheless, Brown finally circumvented it completely by making an All-NBA Staff and incomes tremendous max eligibility. That as an alternative makes Murray the primary big-name participant to profit from this modification.

The Hawks traded for Murray final offseason within the hopes that he may assist raise them again into competition within the Jap Convention after a disappointing follow-up to their 2021 run to the Jap Convention finals. That did not occur. The Hawks wanted the play-in spherical to sneak into the playoffs. Individually, nonetheless, Murray maintained his wonderful play from San Antonio, averaging 20.5 factors and 6.1 assists for the Hawks whereas offering his sometimes stellar protection.

The long-term query dealing with the Hawks shall be how Murray and fellow star guard Trae Younger match below new head coach Quin Snyder, who was employed late final season to interchange Nate McMillan. The Hawks have largely spent this offseason working on the fringes, buying and selling away John Collins and absorbing the contracts of Usman Garuba and TyTy Washington to be able to each get monetary savings and create extra taking part in time for youthful gamers.

That hasn’t dulled the excessive expectations in Atlanta nonetheless. The Hawks have two All-Stars of their backcourt and one of the costly coaches within the NBA. They nonetheless have inquiries to reply elsewhere on the roster, however Murray, Younger and Snyder give them the muse of a attainable winner.