Officially signed! 1.79 million becomes 78 million! The Lakers really can't keep him

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2024-06-22 00:17Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

On June 22, Beijing time, the Kings officially announced: officially renew Malik Monk's contract. According to Monk's agent Jeff Schwartz, Monk signed a four-year, $78 million contract extension, which will begin in the 2024-25 season and expire in the summer of 2028, with the final season (2027-28) as a player option.

Here's a look at Monk's salary over the next four years: $17.4 million for the 2024-25 season; 2025-26, $18.8 million; 2026-27, $20.2 million; 2027-28 season, $21.6 million. With an average annual salary of less than $20 million, in this era of big contracts, Monk is definitely the price of cabbage.

Monk played 72 regular-season games for the Kings this season, all off the bench. He averaged 26 minutes per game, scoring 15.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 0.6 steals while shooting 44.3%, 35%, 82.9% from three, and 56.4% from the field. In the final nine games of the regular season, Monk missed due to injury and lost by only 10 points to Reed in the Sixth Man of the Year selection.

Munch was born on February 4, 1998, with a height of 1.91 meters, an arm span of 1.98 meters and a weight of 91 kilograms. Monk was a scoring killer in high school, averaging 28.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game in his senior season, and he scored 59 points at the 2014 Nike Basketball Summit, breaking the tournament scoring record. In 2016, Monk entered Kentucky, a prestigious basketball school.

In the 2016-17 season, Monk averaged 19.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while shooting 49.7%, 39.7% and 82.2% from three. He had a highlight-reel performance of 47 points in a single game, breaking the single-game scoring record for freshmen in Kentucky history. Monk's draft template is Lowe and Nick Young: good at scoring, but not good at defense.

In Kentucky, Fox wears a size 0 and Monk wears a number 5; When it came to the Kings, Fox wore No. 5 and Monk switched to No. 0. In the 2017 NBA Draft, Fox was selected by the Kings with the 5th pick in the first round, and Monk was selected by the Hornets with the 11th pick. In his four seasons with the Hornets, Monk has consistently improved his points per game.

In the 2020-21 season, Monk played only 42 regular-season games due to injury, and he averaged 20.9 minutes per game for the Hornets, scoring 11.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists while shooting 43.4% from the field and 40.1% from three-point range. How much do you think this data is worth? The Hornets refused to renew Monk's contract, and he joined the Lakers for 1 year, $1.79 million!

In the 2021-22 season, Monk played 76 regular-season games for the Lakers, 37 of which were starts. He averaged 13.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 28.1 minutes per game while shooting 47.3%, 39.1% and 79.5% from three. In the summer of 2022, the Lakers offered a mid-level contract, but Monk chose to join the Kings for 2 years and $19.41 million!

In the 2022-23 season, Monk played 77 games for the Kings, all off the bench. He averaged 22.3 minutes per game, 13.5 points, 2.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists while shooting 44.8%, 35.9% and 88.9% from three. The average points per game has dropped slightly, but Monk's assists have improved significantly! This season, he averaged 5.1 assists per game, a career high.

In his four seasons with the Hornets, Monk averaged just 2.1 assists per game in his season, and has more than doubled this season with the Kings. At the end of the regular season, if Monk had not been injured, the best sixth man would probably be his, and the Kings would not have fallen in the playoffs. Fortunately, Monk and Fox are only 26 years old, so come back next season!

Last question: 4 years and 78 million US dollars, what do you think of Munch's cost performance?

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