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I have been saying this entire time that one half of a season shooting above average from distance was not enough evidence to say he could do it consistently with the Lakers. His entire career until this year, he has been somewhere between horrid and solidly below average.
This team cannot afford a non spacing guard like Murray alongside LeBron and AD. Better player than D’Lo he is, for sure, but D’Lo fits this team better. This trade is a bad idea.
by ProblematicAndCrazy
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If it was a Dlo for Murray trade straight up I’d do it but he’s not worth all we’d have to give up
We don’t want Murray for his shooting. As long as he’s league average or better, his defense/athleticism/dribble penetration is a clear need for this team.
People also need to realize, this team isn’t a single player away from being an elite 3pt shooting team nor will it ever be one.
If Murray is an average shooter in a small market in Atlanta with little to no pressure. What do you think will happen if Murray is in the biggest market in LA with championship aspirations?? Im pretty sure if we traded for Murray his 3 point percentage would plummet so it’s not worth the risk imo. Especially with the trade assets we would have to give up.
Here y’all go lol. Shooting usually balances out around 700 attempts. Murray is around 37% for his last 700 dating back to last season.
He is more than passable from beyond the arc while offering so much more offensively than just shooting, unlike DLo.
He’s a good player, if you can get him for Dlo then do it, but if you have to give up anything more than that you’re overpaying. He’s athletic and has a good mid-range game. He can beat his guy off the dribble, but he’s a taller Dennis Schroeder in my mind, you’re going to lose the spacing and playmaking of Dlo. It’s a trade off. I think just for this season, I feel like they have to make the trade just to get Bron energized if nothing else, but at the same time, is he really who you want to invest in for the next 4 years is the question.
Did we not see dlo get his ass played off the floor last night? Cause I thought we did.
Sure but if you watch Murray play he’s guarded from
3 and he’s lethal
In midrange he was a big part of those wins n gives us an elite long two guy we don’t have in ckutch .
Tho I assume he’s close to league average shooter to slightly better from 3, ekite midrange and thst wil work.
We made it work with Schroeder – Murray’s a better shooter then him . Biggger better rebounding defender n steals etc better passer too. Murray gives us the good parts of what Schroeder did. But without the weaknesses. No he’s not a better 3 ball then Dlo but that’s literally it- he’s a monster in the midrsnge n he literally won the hawks game vs the warriors late once they gave him the ball with clutch midrange bucket after bucket ( 50% midrange is elite of elite n he can generate that look over any defence). Plus he’s a guy I think is better vs strong defence .
I do think if they got Murray they should upgrade the 2/3 3nD wise. But we’ll see. Also you have to think we can buy low on Murray – give him the ball more let him be pg n if we did want a star s package of Murray reaves n 2 frps od strong
Meh lebron was like 0-10 at one point. We should trade for him but not by giving up dlo or reaves.
Sounds like Westbrook 2.0.
If you watched Dlo for a almost a full season now and haven’t realized his shooting and passing isn’t enough to off set his ridiculously poor defense and rebounding, idk what to tell you. I like Dlo but it is what it is.
Pass on that overrated liability.
If anything this is a good sign. Shows that DJ can contribute to winning basketball even if his shot isn’t falling. Good for a contending team.
He may or may not be a upgrade over dlo at this point. Perhaps better on D but could be worse offensive fit on the lakers. Lakers don’t lose games cause their D, there losing games because they don’t have a take charger scorer esp with a aging Lebron. You know with AD he’s great on D but average offensive.
im willing to bet dlo will be worse than that when his slump comes
Don’t care
hawks signed him for defense it didn’t work, his shooting went down and yeah he has dribble penetration but he’s been horrible getting to the rim lately too. DLO is our guy. playmaker and a shot creator.
Dlo shot .133 from the distance against Denver and before stans talk about the Warriors series, he shot .312 against the Dubs.
In playoffs Murray is better than Dlo at everything and in regular season we will have a backcourt player able to attack the basket something we are missing badly.
There is absolutely no rational reason to keep Dlo over Murray if Atlanta accept the trade. Age, contract situation, defense, offense, Murray is a flat out better option.
LMAO He tanking to help the trade
The Hawks have also had Luka go for 73 and Curry go for 60. If that happened to the Lakers, the fans would be calling Dlo and Reaves bums on defense.
Trade AR for Murray 🫣
I can’t wait until this trade deadline is over
Trae Young or bust
Most of you have never seen him play and it shows
Our defensive scheme is not that hard. Fight over screens and funnel the ball into AD. That’s not his assignment defensively in Atlanta
Keep Dlo
I strongly dislike the idea of adding DeJounte, he’s just D’Lo but with skillset flipped. Having a complete zero threat from outside will not help when we already are ass at shooting, and his defense is pretty overrated too.
Damn, plus the Lakers tax he’ll probably drop to like 20% over here lol
He was never the answer to this teams issues. Wouldn’t trade anything for him.
The problem is D’Lo’s defense or lack there of is going to keep him off the court in the playoffs so his offense really doesn’t matter big picture. Give me Dejounte.
To be fair, I know DLo is obviously a better shooter but DLo is shooting 29% over his last 3 games
Damn his percentage went down just by association to us imagine what would’ve happened once he actually joined the team
Guy says sample size is too small then uses even smaller sample size to make point
If we get Murray, the spacing next to Bron, AD, and Vando is going to be disgusting. Prince will play even more and people will hate that.
Dang, the Lakers tax kicking in at the mere possibility of his arrival