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• Trail Blazers' Kris Murray: Team option picked up

  27D ago • By RotoWire

  The Trail Blazers exercised Murray's third-year team option for 2025-26 on Saturday, Keith Smith of Spotrac.com reports. Murray averaged 6.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 21.7 minutes across 62 regular-season appearances, including 29 starts, as a rookie for Portland. The 24-year-old forward is now set to spend at least two more seasons with the team. In 2024-25, Murray will likely receive depth minutes in the Trail Blazers' forward rotation.

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• Trail Blazers' Kris Murray: Back to bench

  10/13/2024 • By RotoWire

  Murray won't start Sunday's preseason game against the Kings, James Ham of ESPN 1320 Sacramento reports. With Deni Avdija away from the team for personal reasons and Anfernee Simons out due to minor ankle soreness, Murray and Toumani Camara started Friday's preseason-opening loss to the Clippers. Simons remains out Sunday, but Avdija is playing, so Murray moves to the bench while Camara notably sticks in the starting lineup.

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• Trail Blazers' Kris Murray: Gets starting nod Friday

  10/11/2024 • By RotoWire

  Murray will enter the starting lineup for Friday's preseason game against the Clippers, Sean Highkin of RoseGardenReport.com reports. With Anfernee Simons out due to minor ankle soreness, Murray will enter the starting five. Murray made 29 regular-season starts last year, during which he averaged 9.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.5 combined steals plus blocks across 31.8 minutes per game.

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• Trail Blazers' Kris Murray: Grabs 18 rebounds in final game

  04/15/2024 • By RotoWire

  Murray closed Sunday's 121-82 loss to the Kings with nine points (3-15 FG, 1-7 3Pt, 2-2 FT), 18 rebounds, one block and one steal across 44 minutes. Murray was the only recent starter to play in the season finale, and he set a career high with 18 rebounds in the blowout loss. the Iowa product may not have had many opportunities to impress during his rookie season, but Portland's bevy of injuries throughout 2023-24 allowed the first-round pick to strut his stuff. There's little doubt he'll play a major role in Portland's continuing youth rebuild.

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• Trail Blazers' Kris Murray: Scores career-high 21 points

  03/23/2024 • By RotoWire

  Murray provided 21 points (8-15 FG, 3-6 3Pt, 2-3 FT), seven rebounds, two assists and three steals across 36 minutes during Friday's 125-117 loss to the Clippers. Murray made his presence felt on both ends of the court, and the younger brother of Keegan Murray continues to find his footing at the NBA level while enjoying an expanded role on a rebuilding Portland team. Murray jumped into a starting role following the All-Star break and has been thriving lately, scoring in double digits in four of his last five appearances. He has now reached a career-high scoring mark in back-to-back games, a run he'll aim to extend when the Blazers take on the Nuggets on Saturday.

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