The Atlanta Hawks determined to exit and add Dejounte Murray throughout this 12 months’s NBA offseason, pairing him with stars Trae Younger and John Collins. The longer term in Atlanta is trying brilliant for the three after making an Jap Convention Finals two seasons in the past and never performing the way in which that they had been hoping for this 12 months.
Atlanta completed with the quantity eight seed on this 12 months’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, exhibiting the world that they could now be the perfect 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 to be like they’re going to have loads of enjoyable collectively when it’s time to actually lace them up.
Hawks New Trio Getting Buckets
Man, what a enjoyable day at @thecrawsover. Shout out to @JCrossover and Co. for operating an unbelievable pro-am!@TheTraeYoung, @DejounteMurray and @jcollins20_ placed on a present! That was the craziest environment I’ve seen for a pro-am recreation. Seattle must have an NBA staff 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 court docket: pic.twitter.com/zbVuOW0L4B
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) August 1, 2022
The addition of Dejounte Murray is wise for a couple of totally different causes for Atlanta. They may enable Trae Younger to play off the ball, which could truly assist him turn into an much more environment friendly three-point shooter. Younger can knock down pictures from everywhere in the court docket, so when Murray desires to run the offense, Atlanta might have a man operating round screens nearly like Stephen Curry does able to hit pictures.
Murray can be an important defender, which is one thing that Atlanta wanted to handle, particularly on the guard place.
It’s going to be attention-grabbing to see how they play Murray and Trae subsequent to one another, however certainly 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 recreation. 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.
