The New Orleans Pelicans have
netted Dejounte Murray from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Larry
Nance Jr., Dyson Daniels, EJ Liddell, and 2 first-round picks
according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Pelicans have long coveted
the point guard and they have now brought him to the fold along
with the core group guys Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy III, and Herb
Jones.
New Orleans won 49 games last
season and won in the play-in tournament game against Sacramento to
qualify for the playoffs as the 8th seed before bowing out to the
Oklahoma City Thunder in just four games.
The Pelicans have been scouring
the market to address their point guard issue as CJ McCollum was
given too much load of handling the offense and at the same time
score. New Orleans was linked to a lot of PG names including
Murray’s teammate in Atlanta Trae Young and Cleveland’s Darius
Garland before ultimately landing Murray.
They will give up fan favorite
Larry Nance Jr., last year’s rookie EJ Liddell, and a promising
young point guard from Australia with tenacious defensive instincts
in Dyson Daniels to Atlanta. Furthermore, the Hawks would receive
two first-round picks, one in 2025 via the Lakers and one in 2027,
which could be the least of either the Bucks or the
Pelicans.
