SUMMARY
- Dejounte Murray has garnered a lot of interest from teams across the NBA.
- The Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets are potential destinations.
With the NBA trade deadline less than a week away from ending, Dejounte Murray and his potential trade has been a subject of discussion in the basketball community. As many NBA fans should be aware, Murray is an NBA star currently playing for the Atlanta Hawks.
The 2023-2024 NBA season has not been going too well for the Hawks. At the moment, the team holds a record of 21 wins and 27 losses. That record gives them the 10th spot in the Eastern Conference and would mean they barely qualified for the play-in tournament if the season ended today.
Murray has been frequently involved in trade rumors due to the lack of success that the Hawks are seeing at the moment. That said, fans might want to know more about all the likely potential destinations for Dejounte under the assumption that the Hawks follow through on trading him.
Dejounte Murray joining LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers
Out of all the trade scenarios that have been discussed by NBA fans and experts alike, a trade to the Los Angeles Lakers has been the most consistent rumor. After all, the Lakers have not been doing too well themselves this season despite having championship aspirations.
Murray being traded to the Brooklyn Nets
This is another trade scenario that has been gaining momentum over the past few weeks. The Brooklyn Nets are currently trying to remain in contention for a spot in the playoffs. The team initially had several NBA stars such as Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden. However, all of these players are now on different teams and the Nets could certainly use some star power.
Reuniting with the San Antonio Spurs and Victor Wembanyama
Although returning to a former team is always quite an unlikely scenario for any NBA star who has been traded away, things would be very different if Dejounte decided to go back to the San Antonio Spurs. After all, the team now has a transcedentally talented rookie in Victor Wembanyama.
In any case, there is no denying that there are a plethora of teams interested in acquiring Dejounte. However, the Hawks will have the final say in deciding if they want to part ways with their star and which team they wish to send him to. That will obviously be based on the trade package that Atlanta finds most appealing.