Harrison Barnes agrees to 3-year, $54 million deal to stay with Kings

Harrison Barnes is staying with the Sacramento Kings, agreeingThursday to a three-year, $54 million contract, according to aperson with knowledge of the negotiations.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition ofanonymity because the deal has not been announced by the team. ESPNfirst reported the agreement.

The deal was struck one day before the start of free agency inthe NBA. Barnes will be entering his sixth year with the Kings, whowent to the playoffs this past season for the first time since2006.

He averaged 15.0 points last season, fourth-best on the Kingsbehind De’Aaron Fox, Domantas Sabonis and Kevin Huerter.

Barnes also was the only player on the Kings to appear in all 82regular-season games — making him one of only three players in theNBA to start at least 82 games. Mikal Bridges actually started 83for Brooklyn and Phoenix, and Nikola Vucevic started 82 forChicago.

For his career, Barnes — a member of the U.S. Olympic team thatwon gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games — has averaged 14.2points in 11 seasons.