Delusions of grandeur at the New Orleans Pelicans. Dejounte Murray, who has barely played 9 games this season and just 54 in the two-and-a-bit seasons he has spent with the franchise, has gone to Joe Dumars and asked him to find him a new home. The guard, who had been starting, appears not to want to remain part of a team that has lost 4 games in a row and is heading inexorably towards yet another season below .500.
After the first report shared by Shams Charania, Chris Haynes has stepped in to back it up, saying that Phoenix would be delighted to make room for him.
For now, it is merely speculation about a player with an uncertain market, who has run into injuries too many times in recent years and who, when he has been on competitive teams, has not quite managed to replicate the All-Star level he earned in 2022.
Murray will earn $32,785,071 this season and has a player option for next year worth slightly under $31 million.
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