The Atlanta Hawks determined to exit and add Dejounte Murray throughout this yr’s NBA offseason, pairing him with stars Trae Younger and John Collins. The longer term in Atlanta is trying vibrant for the three after making an Jap Convention Finals two seasons in the past and never performing the way in which that they have been hoping for this yr.
Atlanta completed with the quantity eight seed on this yr’s Jap Convention and was eradicated by the Miami Warmth within the first spherical.
The trio determined to go play in Jamal Crawford’s Professional-Am League, displaying the world that they may now be the very best trio within the NBA. Whether or not it was loopy crossovers from all three of them, or insane dunks and alley-oops, this Hawks’ trio seems like they’re going to have loads of enjoyable collectively when it’s time to essentially lace them up.
Hawks New Trio Getting Buckets
Man, what a enjoyable day at @thecrawsover. Shout out to @JCrossover and Co. for working an unbelievable pro-am!@TheTraeYoung, @DejounteMurray and @jcollins20_ placed on a present! That was the craziest ambiance I’ve seen for a pro-am sport. Seattle must have an NBA workforce once more! pic.twitter.com/eaGLVMSyXI
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) August 1, 2022
Trae Younger, Dejounte Murray and John Collins get the 126-121 win at @thecrawsover and followers storm the courtroom: pic.twitter.com/zbVuOW0L4B
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) August 1, 2022
The addition of Dejounte Murray is sensible for a couple of totally different causes for Atlanta. They might permit Trae Younger to play off the ball, which could really assist him turn out to be an much more environment friendly three-point shooter. Younger can knock down photographs from everywhere in the courtroom, so when Murray desires to run the offense, Atlanta may have a man working round screens nearly like Stephen Curry does able to hit photographs.
Murray can be an amazing defender, which is one thing that Atlanta wanted to deal with, particularly on the guard place.
It’s going to be fascinating to see how they play Murray and Trae subsequent to one another, however considered one of them is probably going going to must play off the ball greater than they’ve all through their profession.
Dejounte Murray completed the 2021 season averaging 21.1 factors, 8.3 rebounds, 9.2 assists, and two steals per sport. Atlanta must be enthusiastic about what they’re going to have the ability to do subsequent season and need to get again to the Jap Convention Finals simply as they did two seasons in the past.
