NBA Trade Rumors: Hawks Get High Grade From ESPN For Dejounte Murray Trade With New Orleans

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The Atlanta Hawks have made a big move. After a lot of speculation about what the Hawks would do this offseason, Atlanta traded Dejounte Murray to the New Orle

for Dyson Daniels, Larry Nance, and two first-round picks. It signals that the Hawks are going to continue to try and build a winning team around Trae Young. While there was not a big-name player coming back to the Hawks in the deal, I think they did nicely to get Daniels back, along with two first-round picks. The Hawks did not have their own picks in 2025 or 2027 due to the deal they made with the Spurs.

At the same time, other teams also have access to Atlanta's cap sheet and may have valued Murray more than Young in the trade market for the same reasoning. If the Hawks were going to deal Murray, this is strong return, netting them two first-round picks, a recent lottery pick and getting them out of the luxury tax."

It was becoming increasingly clear that the Hawks roster was not built to win around Trae Young and that they were going to have to make adjustments. It was a goal from Atlanta this offseason to getWhile this trade might not have a big name in return to Atalnta, I think there are some useful pieces that help them get closer to accomplishing their goal.

"Well, you start by what you see and that is he is 6'10 and got the ability to play on both sides of the ball, has the ability to defend, a versatile defender, a really good shooter, and a high IQ type of player.

 

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