The Pelicans will welcome Dejounte Murray back tonight. That part is easy to write. The harder part is everything it took to get here. Murray’s long road back from a torn Achilles was never just about rehab timelines or minutes restrictions. In the months before the injury, he was dealing with far more than basketball. […] The post Pelicans’ Dejounte Murray faced far more than rehab on long road back appeared first on Hoops Wire .
Set to return after 13+ months out with a ruptured right Achilles L'articolo New Orleans Pelicans’ Dejounte Murray expected to make season debut Tuesday vs Warriors proviene da Sportando .
New Orleans Pelicans' guard Dejounte Murray is expected to make his season debut on Tuesday against the Golden State Warriors. Murray has been out for over 13 months since rupturing his right Achilles tendon. "There's a lot of excuses for a chump to be like, 'Nah, I ain't playing,' and I'm the opposite of that," Murray said on Monday. "What I've been through, what I go through, I use that all to fuel the fire. Pelicans interim coach James Borrego complimented Murray's desire to get back on th...
While seemingly a record number of teams tank for the much-anticipated 2026 NBA Draft class, the New Orleans Pelicans are racking up losses without any benefit attached to them. They do not possess their own first-round pick after acquiring rookie center Derik Queen in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks last summer. All this squad […] The post Why Pelicans’ Dejounte Murray wants to return now despite team record appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Murray has been sidelined for more than a year with a torn Achilles, but wants to play despite the Pelicans having the second-worst record in the West.
Dejounte Murray's imminent return to the New Orleans Pelicans ' lineup comes amid swirling uncertainty that the veteran, former All-Star guard would just as soon ignore. The front office regime that traded for Murray two summers ago is gone. The 29-year-old Murray has spent the better part of the last 13 months rehabilitating from a ruptured right Achilles tendon.
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