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Sources: Thunder extend Williams on 4-year deal
Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder ahead Kenrich Williams has agreed on a four-year, $27.2 million contract extension, sources advised ESPN on Monday.
The deal, negotiated by Pensack Sports activities, is a exceptional punctuation for an undrafted participant who had no Division I scholarship provides out of highschool.
Williams has usually advised those that he hopes to sometime retire with the Thunder, and to date, he is distinguished himself in 4 NBA seasons as an versatile defender and flooring spacer. With the brand new deal, which begins within the 2023-24 season, Williams has the chance to solidify himself with Oklahoma Metropolis’s burgeoning younger core of expertise.
Williams, 27, averaged 7.4 factors, 4.5 rebounds and a pair of.2 assists in 22 minutes a sport in 2021-22. He spent his first two NBA seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans earlier than touchdown with the Thunder for the 2019-20 season.
The Thunder signed one other undrafted younger participant to an extension this offseason: guard Luguentz Dort on a five-year, $82.5 million deal.