The Atlanta Hawks made one of the most notable moves of the NBA offseason, completing the transfer to acquire Dejounte Murray of the San Antonio Spurs.
Murray is coming off the best season of his career, in which he was selected for the first time Stars gameleaving a statistical record of 21.1 points, 9.2 assists, 8.3 rebounds.
As if that were not enough, the 25-year-old, who in 2018, in his second season was chosen for the second Best Defensive Quintet, in the previous year was the NBA steals leader.
high expectations
With the arrival of Murray, Hawks fans have reason to be excited, and have high expectations for the 2022/2023 season, something that the Atlanta club’s star point guard, Trae Young, fully supports, being aware of the potential you have as a team.
“I don’t think people understand how dynamic our backcourt can be. We can both score more than 20 points, we can both give more than nine assists per game. You cannot bend one or the other. If you do, you have to choose your poison“Young recently told Yahoo Sports’ Vincent Goodwill.
Young, for his part, comes from being selected for the All-Star Game for the second time, as well as being chosen for the first time to the third team. All-NBAhaving averaged 28.4 points, 9.7 assists, 3.7 rebounds, with career shooting percentages of 46 from the field, 38.2 from 3-point range, and 90.4 from free throws.
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In this way, the Hawks will have 2 All Star caliber elements in their starting lineup, in addition to being the third (Young 9.7) and fourth (Murray 9.2) best passer in the NBA last season.
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