By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Since the start of the 2022 NBA Regular Season, Dejounte Murray has been a member of the Atlanta Hawks after being traded from the San Antonio Spurs, where he played for six years.
The 26-year-old playmaker, interviewed by Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson in the latest episode of All the Smoke, talked about how he went through his experience in Texas.
“They bring in a point guard from Argentina who’s close with Manu and they play him in front of me. And I’m behind Tony and Patty, but they playing these mind games. They want you to break yourself. This is too much, what they put me through I don’t understand”, he said referring to Nicolas Laprovittola.
Dejounte Murray went on to comment about how he felt disrespected by the San Antonio Spurs. “I feel like they drafted me but me coming from the hood, smoking, and drinking, in articles about fighting was ruining their reputation and what they stand for as the Spurs. I think that’s what they thought. But they never said that”, he added.
“The second year was the one I took the job from Tony. Pop brought us into the office and told Tony, but he ain’t like it. If he liked it, he would have mentored me the way he should have. He wouldn’t have gone to Charlotte. He would have stayed right there”, he said on Tony Parker.
The Washington Huskies product is averaging 20.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 6.1 assists per game since he joined the Atlanta Hawks next to Trae Young.
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