Pelicans Acquire Dejounte Murray From Hawks For Larry Nance Jr., Dyson Daniels, Two First Round Picks

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Fri Jun 28, 2024 10:51 pm

The New Orleans Pelicans have acquired Dejounte Murray from the Atlanta Hawks for two first round picks, Larry Nance Jr. and Dyson Daniels.

The Pelicans will send the Los Angeles Lakers' first round pick in 2025, plus the least favorable 2027 first round pick between the Pelicans and the Milwaukee Bucks.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/ESPN

Pickled Prunes · Post #2 » by **Pickled Prunes** » Fri Jun 28, 2024 11:42 pm

Steal!

lonzo_pelota · Post #3 » by **lonzo_pelota** » Fri Jun 28, 2024 11:48 pm

nj got way more firsts for their guy, atlanta got kibbles and bits.

TimeisIllmatic · Post #4 » by **TimeisIllmatic** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 12:09 am

Two mid/late 1st's and salary filler. Wonder what other offers were out there for them.

gailgoodrich · Post #5 » by **gailgoodrich** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 12:37 am

Wow. Crazy to think a better offer wasn’t on the table. McCollum’s job just got a lot easier and the West just got that much more brutal… and they still have Ingram to trade if they choose.

Rek · Post #6 » by **Rek** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 1:38 am

Pickled Prunes wrote:Steal!

For sure it is. If rumors were to be believed, they had equal or better offers at the trade deadline and held tight.

haste10176 · Post #7 » by **haste10176** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 1:40 am

Bad deal for Atlanta.. Pelicans still have cj as well? How will this team work..

NUMBERICA · Post #8 » by **NUMBERICA** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 1:56 am

lonzo_pelota wrote:nj got way more firsts for their guy, atlanta got kibbles and bits.

Who?

lonzo_pelota · Post #9 » by **lonzo_pelota** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 2:11 am

NUMBERICA wrote:
lonzo_pelota wrote:nj got way more firsts for their guy, atlanta got kibbles and bits.

Who?

NUMBERICA · Post #10 » by **NUMBERICA** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 2:28 am

lonzo_pelota wrote:
NUMBERICA wrote:
lonzo_pelota wrote:nj got way more firsts for their guy, atlanta got kibbles and bits.

Who?

NJ obtained wayyyyyy more draft compensation than Atlanta did, rumors were that atlanta wanted 4 1sts for murray and that was obviously incorrect.

NJ?

beefymajesto · Post #11 » by **beefymajesto** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 3:07 am

Is Dyson Daniels some kind of superstar? I dont get it, seems like a weak haul.

Post #12 » by **TheCage4** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 3:32 am

Not only did Atlanta sell low, they sold the wrong guy :noway:

ReddOktober · Post #13 » by **ReddOktober** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 6:35 am

haste10176 wrote:Bad deal for Atlanta.. Pelicans still have cj as well? How will this team work..

CJ is a 2 guard but i can see CJ getting moved to GS for Klay. Pels might want Trayce too tho since CJ is better than Klay at this stage of his career

Indomitable · Post #14 » by **Indomitable** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 7:57 am

ReddOktober wrote:
haste10176 wrote:Bad deal for Atlanta.. Pelicans still have cj as well? How will this team work..

CJ is a 2 guard but i can see CJ getting moved to GS for Klay. Pels might want Trayce too tho since CJ is better than Klay at this stage of his career

Why would the Pels do this?

Sweet Meat Lew · Post #15 » by **Sweet Meat Lew** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 1:56 pm

Indomitable wrote:
ReddOktober wrote:
haste10176 wrote:Bad deal for Atlanta.. Pelicans still have cj as well? How will this team work..

CJ is a 2 guard but i can see CJ getting moved to GS for Klay. Pels might want Trayce too tho since CJ is better than Klay at this stage of his career

Why would the Pels do this?

why would GS do this? Pels do this to unload a small guard high cost volume shooter.

Bk68 · Post #16 » by **Bk68** » Sat Jun 29, 2024 4:09 pm

Sweet Meat Lew wrote:
Indomitable wrote:
ReddOktober wrote:
CJ is a 2 guard but i can see CJ getting moved to GS for Klay. Pels might want Trayce too tho since CJ is better than Klay at this stage of his career

Why would the Pels do this?

why would GS do this? Pels do this to unload a small guard high cost volume shooter.

CJ may be worse at defence than Steph. Can't see them playing together

Indomitable · Post #17 » by **Indomitable** » Sun Jun 30, 2024 1:28 pm

Sweet Meat Lew wrote:
Indomitable wrote:
ReddOktober wrote:
CJ is a 2 guard but i can see CJ getting moved to GS for Klay. Pels might want Trayce too tho since CJ is better than Klay at this stage of his career

Why would the Pels do this?

why would GS do this? Pels do this to unload a small guard high cost volume shooter.

This really only help the Warriors. Let the corpse of Klay sink.

Pickled Prunes · Post #18 » by **Pickled Prunes** » Sun Jun 30, 2024 7:40 pm

haste10176 wrote:Bad deal for Atlanta.. Pelicans still have cj as well? How will this team work..

I would guess CJ will start and then he and Murray will be staggered. But there are many things that CJ is better at than Trae:

Defense: CJ is not elite unless he's being compared to Trae... But he is far better than people think. NOP had a top 10 defense last season; ATL was bottom 5. CJ's DRtg was 8.7 points better than Trae's last season. (His ORtg was just 0.3 points lower than Trae's!)

Offense: Obviously, Trae is Trae. But CJ ranks higher in a lot of basic and advanced metrics. FG%, 3P%, TS%, eFG%, AST/TO, WS, etc. More importantly, CJ is good in some areas that Trae is severely deficient... moving without the ball and being a willing spot-up shooter.

The bottom line is, I think it will work great. CJ and Murray are an ideal 3a & 3b, particularly when paired with the great 3&D players on the NOP roster... and NOP might not be done moving players. We will see what the roster looks like in October.

Sweet Meat Lew · Post #19 » by **Sweet Meat Lew** » Sat Aug 17, 2024 4:19 pm

Indomitable wrote:
Sweet Meat Lew wrote:
Indomitable wrote:Why would the Pels do this?

why would GS do this? Pels do this to unload a small guard high cost volume shooter.

This really only help the Warriors. Let the corpse of Klay sink.

Helps the Warriors start the rebuild because there is no way a CJ / Steph backcourt is going anywhere. Steph asks for a trade immediately after.