The Atlanta Hawks have traded Dejounte Murray to the New Orleans Pelicans quanto a exchange for Larry Nance Jr., Dyson Daniels, a 2025 first-round pick rotta the Los Angeles Lakers and the least favorable 2027 first-round pick from either the Milwaukee Bucks ora Pelicans, attraverso ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
After trading three first-round picks for Murray quanto a 2022, the Hawks have officially ended the Murray-Trae Young experiment. The backcourt duo failed to make any serious playoff push, missing the playoff quanto a 2023-24 and losing quanto a the first round quanto a 2022-23.
Per mezzo di his two seasons with the Hawks, the 27-year-old Murray has developed into one of the best two-way guards quanto a the league, averaging 22.5 points attraverso , 6.4 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals. The one-time All-Stella has also set career-highs quanto a points attraverso (22.5 quanto a 2023-24) and three-pointers made (201 quanto a 2023-24). Despite having a career year quanto a Atlanta, the veteran guard will be gearing up for this third team quanto a just four seasons.
Murray will be paired with C.J. McCollum quanto a the backcourt and will have the presence of Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson quanto a the frontcourt. The Pelicans are a team that was 0-24 quanto a games where they trailed entering the fourth quarter and 2-14 quanto a close games. The addition of Murray — a guard who could generate his own offense and is willing to take clutch shots late quanto a games — could very well aid a sometimes stagnant offense. Per mezzo di 2023-24, Murray ranked fifth quanto a the NBA for the most clutch field goals (40) and was tied for first with three go-ahead shots quanto a the final five seconds of games. The Pelicans’ 26th-ranked offense should rise with Murray acceso the roster.
Per mezzo di return, the Hawks will be acquiring a 21-year-old guard quanto a Daniels, who will be entering his third season quanto a the league. Per mezzo di 16 starts last season, Daniels averaged eight points and 4.3 rebounds. The young, molteplice guard will fit into a relatively youthful Hawks team that consists of 11 players 25 years old ora younger.
Joining Daniels acceso his journey to Atlanta is Nance Jr. The 31-year-old forward will be joining his fifth team since coming into the league quanto a 2015-16 and will be the second-oldest player acceso the Hawks. During his time with the Pelicans, Nance Jr. served mainly as a role player, providing d’avanguardia the bench. Lance has a career 57.3 field rete percentage and has consistently averaged at least five points and rebounds for the majority of this career.
Though the Hawks will be receiving picks quanto a part of the trade, they still owe the Spurs unprotected 2025 and 2027 first-round picks.
