[The Athletic] The Lakers and Hawks have discussed potential frameworks of a deal surrounding Dejounte Murray, sources tell @jovanbuha. ◻️ LAL receives: Dejounte Murray ◻️ ATL receives: D’Angelo Russell, Jalen Hood-Schifino, 2029 first-round pick and additional draft compensation
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That’s too much draft compensation for Murray, if you ask me, although I think Murray and Austin would be an improved backcourt.
Anthony Irwin beat Buha to this story 2 days ago, and he said this deal had fallen apart. Link:
https://x.com/16and0/status/1747845885768221043?s=46
This is the Hawks leaking out old info now to get suitors to up their price.
pretty sure this is getting done. likely adding a second or a swap.
AD/Wood/Hayes
Bron/Vando/Rui/Prince/Cam/Lewis
Murray/AR/Max/Gabe
Get De’andre Hunter thrown in.
D’Lo, Rui, JHS, and our first for Murray and Hunter.
I would add a pick swap in addition to that first round pick but giving up Reaves is where I cross the line with the Murray trade.
While obviously not untouchable, I’m going to be pissed if we toss in Christie.
Isn’t Murray a streaky shooter and an average defender ?
What does he do better than DLO?
Buha quite literally regurgitates everything he sees on Twitter and Irwin said this days ago LMFAO. Also happy to see that he mentioned in there that Reaves could be moved if there are multiple rotation upgrades and in this case that’s the equivalent of Atlanta adding more players in the deal and Reaves will be included
Any way Lakers can get Saddiq Bey?
Maybe throw in Prince + 1-2 2nd rounders
Damn guess we did give up on JHS
I fail to see how swapping Murray for DLO moves the needle
There’s a lot in the article. Buha also mentions-
– Murray talks have since stalled and will pick up closer to the deadline
– LeBron, AD and Reaves are untouchable, Vando untradeable due to the timing of his extension last year
– Lavine is a no due to contract, Lakers would prefer DeRozen and Caruso
– If Raptors want to move on from Brown, Lakers would be interested
– Lakers have also had internal discussions around Rozier, Jermaine Grant, Gary Trent Jr, DFS and Royce O’Neale
Anthony already broke this story and it fell apart, y’all can clown on dude as much as you want but he’s got real sources
This Murray saga would be pretty on-par for this FO.
Schroeder basically gave us the same thing that Murray does. Now we want to give up players and draft picks to get it back. After trading good role players to get Westbrook and then desperately rebuilding that depth with trades.
Lmao the lakers really do this every year 😭😂
Buha doesn’t actually have inside sources. He just repeats things other people have said. This deal falls apart if we don’t throw in reaves, and we don’t want to.
Jovan Buha is not a credible source, neither is Anthony Irwin. just stop.
Dlo and Murray for the future backcourt 🫣
Is there a shooter we can add with Dejounte?
Don’t trade Dlo. Prince, Reddish, Gabe,Haynes…those can go, don’t touch the core!
No thanks on this.
Dlo is our best shooter so I’m not happy trading him.
Is Murray even an upgrade over dlo?
Throw in Capela and talks get interesting.
AR is OFF the table.
This is some klutch sports mafia bullshit
With how Rob Pelinka work, since it’s getting leaked like this looks like this a no deal anymore.
The interesting thing is Murray was shaping into one of the better guard defenders in the NBA before Atlanta. Idk what changed but if he returns to form on defense getting him would be a home run and change the entire season.
Worse 3 point shooter and not as good playmaker. Careful what you wish for.
This literally doesn’t solve anything. It’s the textbook definition of a lateral move.
If we’ve learned anything under the Pelinka administration, it’s that the real trade is always out of left field and a robbery on multiple levels.
Bruh the additional compensation better be top 3 protected or a swap.. ain’t no way they sending 2 unprotected on top of JHS and dlo
Imagine passing up on Jamie Jaquez for JHS to only trade him away
Good job FO
God please no
Not seeing how this makes us substantially better. Worse shooter, similar playmaker, better defender but not really lighting it up defensively this year and we lose one of the last pieces of trade capital we have to do anything with moving forward.
Dlo and a first round is insanity
Bad source, but this move doesn’t get the Lakers to the finals. All it does is cripple the Lakers cap flexibility the next few years. Trading any 1st rounders or swaps would be a huge mistake.
FYI, Dlo is actually shooting better than Murray this year even with the slump that Dlo had in December.
Id rather have dlo and the pick
We already have a Dejounte Murray at home kids (Mac Christie.)
If im looking at this trade from the FOs perspective, they want to keep LeBron in LA and somewhat happy. D’Lo is probably leaving in the offseason no matter what, so having an ‘upgraded’ PG who makes more sense as a backcourt partner with Reaves. Don’t love it though..
Man, this front office and management is stuck in 1990s.
How the fuck is Dejounte the kind of guard you want to have alongside LeBron and AD? EVERY OTHER team prioritizes spacing around its best player. Surround two of the best paint scorers with legit shooters for the love of God.
This would be another bad trade unless Dejounte’s 3-point shot this season is actually legit and not just 2/3 months of purple patch.
This isn’t worth it IMO
From the hawks perspective I find it hilarious that they gave up quite a lot to get Dejounte and after 2 years they r giving up on him. I mean anyone who watches the nba knows that he isn’t a good fit next to Trae but here we are.