There have been a ton of excellent three-point shooters throughout the history of the NBA. Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray has surprisingly put his name into that category by breaking a significant record on Wednesday night.
Murray has proven that he has a bright future in his rookie season, averaging 11.9 points per game along with 4.6 rebounds while shooting 40.7 percent on three-point attempts. While these numbers are solid, it doesn’t exactly scream NBA record breaker. However, that is exactly what he did on Wednesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers.
The former Iowa standout broke the NBA record for the most threes made by a rookie with his 188th three made of the season.
RECORD BREAKING.
Keegan Murray has the most threes EVER by a rookie (188) ‼️
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📺: https://t.co/1pomQZMAZK pic.twitter.com/gy5BKYiHNX— NBA (@NBA) March 30, 2023
Perhaps even more impressive is that Murray is also the most efficient three-point shooter as a rookie with at least 400 attempts.
𝗞𝟯𝟯𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗘 👑
Keegan Murray now holds the NBA all-time single-season 3-point record for rookies and has done it with the highest percentage (40.7%) ever for a first-year player with 400+ attempts. 🎯 pic.twitter.com/tk8bmEI1Wp
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) March 30, 2023
Many took notice of this record broken by him and gave him his deserved props on social media for what has been a very underrated and underrecognized season.
The shot that broke the record. Keegan Murray even smiled a little bit after. pic.twitter.com/SVNKAB2mKP
— Cameron Salerno (@cameronsalerno1) March 30, 2023
Many players have come and gone throughout the years.
Nobody has ever made more 3-pointers in their NBA rookie season than Keegan Murray.
1.) Murray (188+)
2.) Donovan Mitchell (187)
3.) Damian Lillard (185)@SacramentoKings pic.twitter.com/N43KqzceCw— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 30, 2023
Keegan Murray, more 3s than any rookie in NBA history. Impressive stuff from the Kings’ No. 4 pick.
— Chris Biderman (@ChrisBiderman) March 30, 2023
Congrats to Keegan Murray on the rookie 3-point record. He was incredible from the moment he put on a Kings jersey in Summer League and hasn’t slowed down.
Also, he demolished the Kings record for threes by a rookie, which was held by Bogdan Bogdanovic (129).
— Alex Kramers (@alexkramers) March 30, 2023
Keegan Murray is generally used as the fourth or fifth option in the offense for the 3 seed in the West and just set the rookie record for 3PM with six games left to go.
— Greg (@gwiss) March 30, 2023
HISTORY.
Keegan Murray has set an NBA Rookie record with his 188th made three-point field goal of the season.
What a season for Murray.
— Frankie Cartoscelli (@FCartoscelli3) March 30, 2023
Sacramento has shocked everyone this season, coming into this game as the third seed in the Western Conference. Murray has quietly been a big piece of that success. It’s very clear that both Murray and the entire Kings team deserve far more recognition than they are getting.
It remains to be seen just how far this underdog Kings team will go this season. Regardless, they undoubtedly have a future building block on their hands in new NBA record holder Keegan Murray.
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