New Orleans Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray wants to be traded. A day after defending himself on social media in a now-deleted post criticizing his play during the 145-111 loss to the Brooklyn Nets earlier this week, the former All-Star and his representatives requested a trade from the franchise, the team announced Friday. One team that has “significant interest” in adding Murray is the Phoenix Suns, according to Chris Haynes.
“Today, Dejounte Murray’s representatives informed us of his trade request,” the team said. “We will evaluate potential business opportunities that are in the best interest of our organization.”
ProPelsTalk, a Pelicans podcast, posted clips on social media highlighting alleged mistakes Murray made during his team’s fourth straight loss, to which Murray responded that fans had “no idea what we were dealing with.”
“Ohhhhh, let’s talk,” Murray posted in a now-deleted tweet. “When you run post plays, are they supposed to catch the block or the 3-point line? Let’s hear it, Mr. Social Media Coach, GM and President? You have no idea what we’re dealing with. Maybe you should ask the whole team individually how they’re feeling on a serious note and then rethink a lot of bullshit.”
Murray finished with five points, four assists and two rebounds in 28 minutes in the loss. This season, Murray is averaging 13.4 points, his lowest since his third season in the league with the San Antonio Spurs. On the same day Murray tweeted and then deleted that tweet, he also responded to another tweet, noting that the Pelicans are 1-8 with Murray and 3-0 without him.
“From what’s happening INSIDE, it looks like someone hit you for saying that!!” Murray wrote in a now-deleted tweet. “THE ‘SABOTAGE’ IS REAL!!”
Murray only played 14 games during the 2025-26 season after recovering from a torn Achilles that kept him sidelined for more than a year. The Athletic’s Sam Amick reported Thursday that he expects the Pelicans to have “very legitimate conversations” about moving Murray.
“Dejounte (Murray), I would expect to have some very legitimate conversations about moving him,” Amick said. I thought this would be the case as the deadline approached. Ambience is definitely the sort of thing that could speed it up. »
Murray, 30, is in the final guaranteed season of his current contract. He has a $30.7 million player option for the 2027-28 season.
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