Harrison Barnes has become one of the most consistent and durable performers for the Kings over recent years.
The Sacramento Kings have signed forward Harrison Barnes to a multi-year contract extension. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Barnes appeared in all 82 games (all starts) during the 2022-23 campaign and averaged 15.0 points (47.3 FG%, 37.4 3pt%, 84.7 FT%), 4.5 rebounds, and 1.6 assists in 32.5 minutes per game. His scoring average of 15.0 points marked the third consecutive season he has averaged 15.0 or more points within a single season since joining the Sacramento Kings during the 2018-19 season. The seventh overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, Barnes averaged 15.4 points (47.2 FG%, 38.7 3pt%, 82.7 FT%), 5.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 34.0 minutes in 317 games (all starts) during his time in Sacramento. Barnes registered 22 games with 20 or more points during the 2022-2023 season and ranks fifth on the Kings all-time 3-pointers list with 529 3-pointers.
During the 2022-23 season, Barnes helped lead Sacramento to the seventh-best record in the NBA and the third seed in the Western Conference, marking the Kings best finish since the 2002-03 season. The Kings finished with the third-most wins in the Western Conference (48-34) and matched a franchise record for most wins on the road (25-16), which also ranked first in the Western Conference.
Sacramento held the highest offensive rating in NBA history (118.6) and ranked first in true shooting percentage (60.8%), second in effective field goal percentage (57.2), second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.02), eighth in net rating (2.6), and seventh in assists percentage (62.6%).
