Dejounte Murray

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Dejounte Murray
Dejounte Murray Tours the METC (5148235) (cropped).jpg
Murray at Joint Base San Antonio in 2019
No. 5 – San Antonio Spurs
PositionPoint guard
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1996-09-19) September 19, 1996 (age 25)
Seattle, Washington
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolRainier Beach (Seattle, Washington)
CollegeWashington (2015–2016)
NBA draft2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 29th overall
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–presentSan Antonio Spurs
2016–2017→Austin Spurs
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Dejounte Dashaun Murray (born September 19, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Washington Huskies, where he earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 as a freshman in 2015–16. He was selected by the Spurs in the first round of the 2016 NBA draft with the 29th overall pick.

High school career[]

Murray attended Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, Washington.[1] The school is a basketball powerhouse, having produced such NBA talents as Jamal Crawford, Doug Christie, Terrence Williams, Nate Robinson and Kevin Porter Jr. Murray led the Vikings to three Class 3A state championships titles.[2] Among other honors that he received, Murray was named Washington Mr. Basketball by the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association as well as The Seattle Times State Player of the Year.[3]

College career[]

As a freshman at the University of Washington in 2015–16, Murray was named second-team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Freshman Team[4] after averaging 16.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.8 steals in 33.5 minutes while starting all 34 games.[5]

On March 23, 2016, Murray declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final three years of college eligibility.[6][7]

Professional career[]

San Antonio Spurs (2016–present)[]

2016–17 season[]

On June 23, 2016, Murray was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the 29th overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft.[8] He joined the Spurs for the 2016 NBA Summer League,[9] and on July 14, he signed his rookie scale contract with the team.[10] On October 29, 2016, in the Spurs' third game of the 2016–17 season, Murray made his NBA debut. In just under nine minutes off the bench, he recorded two rebounds and one assist in a 98–79 win over the New Orleans Pelicans.[11] On January 12, 2017, he scored a season-high 10 points in a 134–94 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.[12] He surpassed that mark on January 19, scoring 24 points in a 118–104 win over the Denver Nuggets.[13] He became the youngest player in Spurs history to score at least 24 points, breaking Tony Parker's record.[14] During his rookie season, he had multiple assignments with the Austin Spurs of the NBA Development League.[15]

On May 5, 2017, with Tony Parker ruled out for the rest of the playoffs with a leg injury, the Spurs opted to start Murray at point guard in Game 3 of their second-round series against the Houston Rockets.[16] He scored two points in 15 minutes, as the Spurs took a 2–1 lead in the series with a 103–92 win.[17] He helped the Spurs clinch the series against the Rockets with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a Game 6 win. He became just the fourth rookie in Spurs history to record a point/rebound double-double in a playoff game, joining David Robinson, Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard.[18] The Spurs went on to lose to the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals.

2017–18 season[]

In the Spurs' season opener on October 18, 2017, Murray had 16 points, five rebounds, and two assists while starting in place of Parker in a 107–99 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.[19] Five days later, he recorded 14 rebounds in a 101–97 win over the Toronto Raptors. In the Spurs' previous game against the Chicago Bulls, Murray hauled in 10 rebounds. Murray became just the second Spurs point guard to have multiple double-digit rebounding performances in the same season—Rod Strickland had two double-digit rebounding games in the 1989–90 season.[20] On December 9, 2017, he tied his career-high with 14 rebounds in a 104–101 win over the Phoenix Suns.[21] On January 21, 2018 against the Indiana Pacers, Murray started over long-time Spurs starting point guard Tony Parker as a coach's decision by Gregg Popovich. Murray had eight points, seven rebounds, four assists, and four turnovers in 28 minutes in a 94–86 loss.[22] Two days later, he had 19 points, 10 rebounds and seven steals in his second start since replacing a healthy Tony Parker, helping the Spurs defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 114–102.[23] On February 3, 2018, in a 120–111 loss to the Utah Jazz, Murray became the first player since Kawhi Leonard with 500 points and 300 rebounds in his first 100 games with the Spurs.[24] On March 19, 2018, in an 89–75 win over the Warriors, Murray had eight rebounds to set the franchise record for rebounds in a single season by a point guard. Murray reached 385 rebounds in 1,436 minutes, surpassing Johnny Moore's total of 378 collected in 2,689 minutes.[25] In Game 4 of the Spurs' first-round playoff series against the Warriors, Murray was 3 for 3 on 3-pointers in the first half, the most 3s made in the playoffs without a miss by a Spurs player since Steve Kerr (2003) and Patty Mills (2014) were 4 for 4 in a half.[26] At the season's end, he earned NBA All-Defensive Second Team honors,[27] becoming the youngest player in NBA history to be named All-Defense.[28]

2018–19 season[]

On October 7, 2018, Murray suffered a torn right anterior cruciate ligament in a preseason game against the Houston Rockets.[29][30] He subsequently missed the entire 2018–19 season.[31]

2020–21 season[]

On December 26, 2020, Murray recorded his first career triple-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the Spurs' 119–114 win against the Toronto Raptors.[32] On February 8, 2021, he recorded 27 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high eight steals in the Spurs' 105–100 win against the Golden State Warriors.[33][34]

2021–22 season[]

Career statistics[]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA[]

Regular season[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 San Antonio 38 8 8.5 .431 .391 .700 1.1 1.3 .2 .2 3.4
2017–18 San Antonio 81 48 21.5 .443 .265 .709 5.7 2.9 1.2 .4 8.1
2019–20 San Antonio 66 58 25.6 .462 .369 .798 5.8 4.1 1.7 .3 10.9
2020–21 San Antonio 67 67 31.9 .453 .317 .791 7.1 5.4 1.5 .1 15.7
Career 252 181 22.4 .452 .332 .758 5.4 3.6 1.3 .2 10.1

Playoffs[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017 San Antonio 11 2 15.3 .377 .000 .680 2.5 2.5 1.5 .1 5.7
2018 San Antonio 5 5 19.2 .452 .667 .778 4.2 1.8 1.0 .4 7.8
Career 16 7 16.5 .402 .444 .706 3.0 2.3 1.3 .2 6.4

College[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16 Washington 34 34 33.5 .416 .288 .663 6.0 4.4 1.8 .3 16.1

References[]

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  4. ^ "2015-16 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Honors". Pac-12.com. March 7, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
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  12. ^ "Leonard scores 31 points, Spurs rout Lakers 134-94". ESPN.com. January 12, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  13. ^ "Leonard has 34, Spurs overcome Gasol's injury to top Nuggets". ESPN.com. January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
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