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It looked like the Atlanta Hawks were set to secure a victory over the Chicago Bulls.
The Hawks possessed a six-point halftime lead and led by as much as 12 in the third quarter. However, a furious charge in the second half from Chicago led to the Bulls taking the lead and emerging victorious via a score of 118-113.
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The Hawks were led on offense by Bogdan Bogdanović, who scored 22 points off of the bench. Trae Young followed him up with 21 points while Dejounte Murray was next with 17 points.
Murray’s output, however, was pretty front loaded. He scored 13 of his points in the opening half, meaning that he only managed four points during the latter half.
He was only 2-of-9 from three point range and took four fouls. While he did have six rebounds and four assists, the performance was a bit lackluster, especially considering his increasing presence in trade rumors.
Fans on social media ripped into Murray’s effort and even made a case that the team may function better without him in the lineup.
🅿️𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖇𝖔𝖎 🅿️𝖚𝖋𝖋𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 🇺🇬🇪🇬 @FalconsGotNext2
Okay yeah, trade Dejounte Murray… What a failure of a trade for the team he’s been
BSchamz @BenSchamberger6
Anyone know if Dejounte Murray is alive? Dude been stuck at 13 since the half 😆
Kam_13attle @pluto_dreams3
Dejounte Murray’s body language is horrible too like bro if you don’t wanna be here then just publicly request the trade we tried and it didn’t work good luck somewhere else
While Murray’s tenure in Atlanta appears to be heading towards the end, his next destination remains up for speculations.
He has had significant links to both the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers. Fans on social media put out potential trade packages involving him and overall pushed for him to land in a better situation than Atlanta.
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Name an NBA player that would you think would be better on a different team
I’ll start: Dejounte Murray pic.twitter.com/PfcR0x1brD
GrayMamba @E_gray23
Dejounte Murray and Clint Capela for Jaxon Hayes and Dlo and a second pick pic.twitter.com/dESghZZ9wO
Rushin @itsrushin
When the Lakers get Dejounte Murray, fire Ham and sign Rondo as coach. pic.twitter.com/ne4gzTQBkt
JAKE @KingJakeVII
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Die-Hard Chicago Bulls Fans @DieHardCBfans
Potential 3 Team Trade:#Lakers Receive: Zach LaVine & Dejounte Murray#Bulls Receive: Austin Reaves, Rui Hachimura, protected pick#Hawks Receive: DLO, Gabe Vincent, JHS, Future unprotected 1st round pick pic.twitter.com/b80AKSDVCv
⚡️D.J.⚡️ @WXBelk
Dejounte Murray
Austin Reaves or Cam Reddish
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Ederson Vega @edvegatorres
This @chicagobulls team would look even better with Dejounte Murray as the point guard
The price for Murray looks like it could be steep, with SNY’s Ian Begley projecting his value as “several first-round picks and young, ascending players.”
Still, a change of scenery could pay dividends for Murray, who entered the day averaging 20.3 points, 5.4 assists and 4.4 rebounds this season.
Atlanta fell to 12-18 with the loss and sit in 11th place in the Eastern Conference.
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