2023 Free Agency

Harrison Barnes agrees to contract extension with Kings

The 11-year NBA veteran has been a full-time starter for the Kings since they acquired him at the 2019 trade deadline.

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%).

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