A trio of former Kentucky Wildcats are expected to sign massive new NBA contracts worth a whopping $550 million.
According to reports, Bam Adebayo is expected to sign a 3-year, $166 million maximum contract extension with the Miami Heat; Jamal Murray is expected to sign a 4-year, $209 maximum extension with the Denver Nuggets; and Immanuel Quickley is expected to sign a 5-year, $175 million extension with the Toronto Raptors.
A 3-time NBA All-Star and 5-time All-NBA Defensive selection, Adebayo won a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and will represent the United States once again at the 2024 Olympics in Paris this summer.
During his lone season at Kentucky in 2016-17, Adebayo started all 38 games with eight double-doubles and was named Second Team All-SEC and to the SEC All-Freshman Team and the SEC All-Tournament Team after averaging 13.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks per game for the Wildcats, who went 32-6 and reached the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament before being taken with the 14th pick in the 2017 NBA Draft.
Coming out of High Point Christian Academy in Pinetown, N.C., Adebayo was ranked No. 9 overall in the class of 2016 according to the industry average 247Sports Composite and chose Kentucky over NC State and Auburn.
Murray won an ESPY for Comeback Player of the Year after returning from a torn ACL to help lead the Nuggets to its first-ever NBA championship in 2023.
Murray, who was named a Second Team All-American by USA Today, a Third Team All-American by the Associated Press, a First Team All-SEC selection and to the SEC All-Tournament Team, made 113 three-pointers, second only to Jodie Meeks single-season record of 117 set in 2008-09, while shooting 40.8 percent from beyond the arc.
