Dejounte Murray Explains Why He Returned For 14 Games Last Season

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• Dejounte Murray Explains Why He Returned For 14 Games Last Season

  It would have been easy for Dejounte Murray to sit out all of last season while recovering from a torn Achilles tendon, but the Pelicans guard explains in an interview with Cyro Asseo of HoopsHype why it was important for him to return to action. More than a year elapsed from the time Murray suffered […]

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  Article published:Aug 22, 8:43 PM ET

• Dejounte Murray 'Attacked Rehab' To Get Back To Help Pelicans

  New Orleans Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray understands that many thought he shouldn't have returned last season. Murray said despite the draw of getting ready for the 2026-27 season, he wanted to help the Pelicans chase a spot in the Play-In Tournament last season. "Even coming back last year to play 14 games, it was really just like, now, we were 14th in the West, so we really didn't have anything to play for, but it's like we could reach 10 to get in the play-in, so it gave me something to ...

  Publisher:RealGMArticle published:Aug 23, 11:57 AM ET

• NBA Notes: Pelicans, Dejounte Murray, Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Pacers

  Pelicans Dejounte Murray could have taken the safer route last season. Instead, the Pelicans guard wanted back on the floor. Murray returned from a torn Achilles in February, more than a year after suffering the injury, and appeared in 14 games despite New Orleans sitting near the bottom of the Western Conference. He told Cyro […] The post NBA Notes: Pelicans, Dejounte Murray, Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Pacers appeared first on Hoops Wire.

  Publisher:HoopsWireArticle published:Aug 23, 1:27 AM ET