Delusions of grandeur at the New Orleans Pelicans. Dejounte Murray, who has barely played 9 games this season and a total of 54 in the two and a half seasons he has spent with the franchise, has gone to tell Joe Dumars to find him a place elsewhere. The guard, who had been a starter, seems reluctant to continue being part of the dynamics of a team that has accumulated four consecutive losses and is inexorably headed toward yet another season below .500.
Following the initial report by Shams Charania, Chris Haynes has stepped in to corroborate it, stating that Phoenix would be happy to make room for him.
For now they are mere speculations about an uncertain-market player who has stumbled too many times with injuries in these years and who, when on competitive teams, has not fully replicated the All-Star level that earned him All-Star status in 2022.
Murray will earn $32,785,071 this season and has a player option for next year for just under $31 million.
