Dejounte Murray Rumors
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Position: G
Born: 09/19/96
Height: 6-4 / 1.93
Weight:170 lbs. / 77.1 kg.
Salary: $2,321,735
Born: 09/19/96
Height: 6-4 / 1.93
Weight:170 lbs. / 77.1 kg.
Salary: $2,321,735
Paul Garcia: Coach Hardy on Dejounte Murray and Derrick White’s impact even when shots aren’t falling: “Well they’re good basketball players. Shooting is not going to define their impact on a game. They made good decisions tonight. They really helped get our offense going.”
Dejounte Murray (San Antonio Spurs) unfollowed Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers).
Marc Stein: Nine who secured these all-you-can-get deals, which pay out 90-plus percent of their 2019-20 salaries by April 1, are represented by Klutch Sports on contracts structured and negotiated by agent Rich Paul and attorney Mark Termini. The nine Klutch players are naturally led by LeBron James and include John Wall, Kentavious-Caldwell Pope, Dejounte Murray, Miles Bridges, Darius Bazley, Darius Garland, Terrance Ferguson and Trey Lyles. Next season it will be 10 when Draymond Green’s contract extension kicks in.
Michael C. Wright: Hits just keep coming: Dejounte Murray underwent an MRI examination this morning in San Antonio that revealed a right calf strain, the team says. The injury occurred during the Spurs-Cavaliers game on March 9.
Tom Orsborn: Duncan on Dejounte Murray: “His confidence & aggression are going up. They are going in the right direction and he’s big for us. He’s going to have to be big for us. He needs experience, he needs time on the floor & he needs situational experience. He’s going to be a good one.”
They enter the season’s last lap in 11th place in the conference, with a 24-32 record and three games behind eighth-place Memphis in the loss column with 26 games remaining. “Win every game, starting with (today),” point guard Dejounte Murray said. “That’s the mentality that you’ve got to have. We don’t want our season to end.”
Tom Orsborn: Dejounte on being paired with Derrick White: “It’s great. I love playing with Derrick. He loves playing with me. We are both unselfish. We both can do a lot of things on both ends of the floor. Hopefully, it will continue to happen. But we can’t control that.”
The Spurs are 21-26, which puts them 2.5 games back from the playoffs and only 3.5 games from from top-10 lottery odds. League executives wonder if they’ll choose to break up their crowded roster. Older players like DeMar DeRozan and LaMarcus Aldridge are still effective but are blocking younger players from earning more minutes. Dejounte Murray isn’t available, but there are four other players I’d be targeting in trades.
RJ Marquez: Popovich on pairing of Dejounte Murray and Derrick White late in recent games: ‘They compliment each other pretty good. Two guys that are willing to pass. Make pretty good decisions. They play good defense, so we have a pretty good tandem there.’ #Spurs #KSATsports #KSATnews
Tom Osborn: DeMar on Dejounte improving as a shooter: “He works on it every single day, every single night since I’ve been here. He continuously works, works, works, and (tonight) he came through big for us, taking that jump shot, shooting it with confidence. It’s not surprising at all.”
Tom Orsborn: Pop said Murray is back in the starting lineup after missing Saturday’s game for personal reasons, but when asked if the rest of the starters remain the same, he said, “Pretty close, I think. We’ll see.” In other words, he was non-committal about Walker’s status. #Spurs
RJ Marquez: The #Spurs have recalled Keldon Johnson with Dejounte Murray out (personal reasons) for today’s game vs #Bucks #NBA
Paul Garcia: Dejounte Murray is out for Saturday’s game against the Bucks due to personal reasons the Spurs announced
Salman Ali: Harden and Murray both receive technical fouls.
Tom Orsborn: Murray on #Spurs facing Rockets for the first time since beating them in the double-OT, dunk-debacle game: “We know they’re going to come out for revenge, especially after all that happened, protests & whatever they were trying to do. We just have to prepare to play our game.”
While the Spurs have a number of talented younger players such as Dejounte Murray, they don’t project to remain a perennial playoff team in their current iteration. “This rebuild is coming in San Antonio,” said Wojnarowski. “Whether it’s this trade deadline or this summer. There’s no getting around it. It’s going to be a hard road for them. They’re not setup to turn this around very quickly.”
Dejounte Murray: If You From SEATTLE In General You Will Understand How Dope This Is. From High School Teammates To Competing In The LEAGUE!! Love You Little Bro Forever!! #BeachBoyz #SouthSeattle @Kevinporterjr
Jeff McDonald: Dejounte Murray crossed the 30-minute threshold for the first time this season in the OT win over SAC, logging 32. I assume this means his minutes limit is lifted. So does Gregg Popovich. Pop: “Nobody scolded me or anything like that afterwards. So I think we’re good.”
Tom Orsborn: DeMar on trying to keep up with the #Spurs’ Walkers, Murrays, etc. “The ability they have on both ends of the floor is limitless. It’s fun to be out there. For me, you got to understand you got to keep up with these guys, because they are all over the floor.”
Paul Garcia: Dejounte Murray is off the injury report, so he should be available against the Lakers Monday.
Paul Garcia: Dejounte Murray is OUT tonight against the Knicks. Derrick White has been listed as PROBABLE. Murray has been sitting out the second night of back to backs.
New Balance Basketball announced today the endorsement deal with San Antonio Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray. To officially welcome him to the New Balance family, Murray is featured in a new commercial spot where he “inspires us with a little motivation” and reveals the black and white OMN1S colorway “Lights Out” launching globally December 4th. The commercial’s tone is tongue-in-cheek, set by Murray naming himself a “hair icon” – but his message is from the heart. He dispenses motivational tidbits like “success isn’t a straight line” and “find your own path”, but these truisms find real meaning for a player like Murray, whose road to starting point guard has been anything but conventional. Before Murray earned a reputation as a rising star in the league and an endorsement deal with global athletic leader New Balance, he had to first put in the work.
RJ Marquez: #Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray made it official today…he’s signed an endorsement deal with @newbalancehoops…DJ has been wearing @newbalance apparel throughout season. #GoSpursGo #NBA pic.twitter.com/Air3WCmkUn
Tom Orsborn: #Spurs announce they have recalled Keldon Johnson from Austin. With another back-to-back rest looming later this week for Dejounte Murray, they’ll need the rookie for backcourt depth.
Tom Orsborn: Dejounte on Doncic: “He’s a star. I watched him. He was overseas and people were saying he’s not going to do this in the NBA, but I saw the potential and I heard he worked hard. I was a big fan right away. We talk sometimes on Twitter. He’s a star.” #Spurs
The 10.7 rebounds Doncic grabs on a nightly basis are so much more than triple-double filler. Following an opponent’s missed shot, Doncic grabs a greater share of rebounds than nearly any perimeter player in the league—more than centers like Nikola Jokic and Steven Adams, according to data from Cleaning the Glass. For that matter, Doncic is on track to have one of the best defensive rebounding seasons ever for a perimeter player. You can see a similar effect on Clippers lineups with Kawhi Leonard or Heat lineups featuring Justise Winslow. Both hit the boards with force, and in doing so give their teams the freedom to bring in more shooters or perimeter defenders. The same concept applies, to varying extents, with the Pelicans’ Josh Hart, the Celtics’ Jaylen Brown, or even an oversize point guard like the Spurs’ Dejounte Murray. The shifting demographics of the NBA have made rebounding wings even more beneficial. With fewer trees towering above the canopy, a greater number fall to these bigger wings.
Tom Orsborn: Latest from Dejounte about dealing w/ minutes restriction, not playing in at least 1 game of b2b: “I just can’t wait to be free – all the way. But it’s the process. I sat out the whole year…At the end, of the day, they’ve (the medical staff) been doing this for a long time.”
Tom Orsborn: Pop scoffed at the notion this is a “new group” and needs time to get to know each other: “Yeah, I’m not buying that. It’s the same group as last year, isn’t it? Basically? Plus Dejounte.” #Spurs
On Monday night, Murray will salute his mentor, who retired last season, as the Spurs send Parker’s No. 9 jersey up to the rafters. “I learned a lot from Tony. I learned how to handle Coach Pop,” Murray said. “I still talk to him. He comes by the [practice] gym. Tony is Tony. We’re just happy to have him around. … “There will never be another Tony Parker. He is the greatest Spurs point guard ever. Now, it’s up to me to be the greatest Dejounte Murray I can be.”
While all eyes will be on Parker on Monday night, the future Hall of Famer will also be watching his successor. “I’m very proud of him,” Parker told The Undefeated. “The Spurs are in good hands.”
Patty Mills, DeMar DeRozan and Dejounte Murray journeyed to Austin on Friday for the season opener of the Spurs’ G League team, which includes 2019 draft picks Luka Samanic, Keldon Johnson and Quinndary Weatherspoon. “I think it was important for us to go up there and show our support because we do have a core group of young guys now who are all going through that process together,” Mills said Saturday after the Spurs 135-115 loss to Boston. “The more they can see us supporting them, the more they can settle into that process and environment to get the most out of it. “And we had fun, us three hanging out there and supporting them.”
Paul Garcia: Dejounte Murray will be available for the Spurs Sunday against the Lakers.
Mike Finger: Something I was told today about how the Spurs choose which half of a b2b to sit Murray: It’s based more on the calendar than the opponent. Example: They had two days off before this b2b, and one day off after. Playing him the first night maximizes rest on both ends.
RJ Marquez: Popovich also added Dejounte Murray will not participate in back-to-backs early in the season. Murray is still in a minutes restriction after ACL injury. Said pairing will Derrick White may develop later in season. #ksatsports #ksatnews #GoSpursGo #NBA
Speaking of the Spurs, I’m proud to report that the nerds have won: Dejounte Murray has an incentive in his contract extension that potentially pays him a bonus based on his True Shooting Percentage. On top of his four-year $64M deal, he’ll get an added $500k in any year his TS% is 58 or higher. Not bloody likely, since his career TS% is 49.2, but certainly an incentive to shoot efficiently. He also can get $500k if he nets at least 125 3s in a season; he’s converted 19 for his career entering this season.
On the plus side, Murray stands to earn $500k for making first or second-team All-Defense, which he did in 2018 and probably will again if he stays healthy. Doing so all four years would take his extension value to $66M.
The Dejounte Murray deal with the San Antonio Spurs was generally praised. “A good compromise for a really good player coming off injury,” one Eastern Conference executive said of Murray’s four-year, $64 million extension (reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium).
RJ Marquez: Popovich on Dejounte Murray’s character off the court, helping others with small tasks around facility and why franchise felt comfortable with extension. “He had the stuff of a leader.” #Spurs #ksatsports #ksatnews #NBA pic.twitter.com/SUgB3rp1FY
Bobby Marks: Here is the final tally of bonuses (likely/unlikely) in signed rookie extensions for today: * J. Brown- $12M * T. Prince- $3.7M * D. Sabonis- $10.4M * B. Hield- $20M * D. Murray- $6M
