” It’s crazy. It’s so crazy, I swear. Yes, I realize, but not as much as I should. I’m still half saying to myself, ‘No, it’s a dream’ and on the other hand, ‘No, it’s real’.
Dejounte Murray was one of the revelations of the season, gradually approaching a triple-double on average. It is therefore quite logical that he ended up on the list of substitutes to participate in the next All Star Game, even if he had to wait to be drafted by Adam Silver after the injury of Draymond Green.
tears of joy
The leader learned the news before flying to… Cleveland, where the next all-star game will take place. It was Gregg Popovich who called him to make the announcement.
“We had a great practice. Then I showered, did everything I had to do, then I went home and spent time with my family because they were leaving when I was on the road. We were all home and Pop called me. He joked for a minute about other things. And then he told me I was going to Cleveland, that I was an All-Star, and I broke down with my family, I started crying, and it was a real moment. For them to see and hear that, after all that I’ve been through, not just me, my family. We’ve had to deal with a lot of things, from when I was a kid until now, so it’s good to see these kinds of things happen to good people.”he said.
Tears of joy that reflect the hard work of the player since his early childhood and great news that he was therefore able to share with his family.
“The important thing is that I felt the love, that they felt that love and that I cried with joy. Because my family knows how hard I work. They know I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I don’t party and for Dejounte, it’s strictly basketball. I know that basketball is not eternal, so I am committed to it 110%”.
A pride for Seattle
The player obviously had a thought for the Spurs, who have accompanied him since his Draft in 2016, and Gregg Popovich for having guided him on the field but also outside. But Dejounte Murray has also received support from Seattle, where he is from, receiving for example the congratulations of Jamal Crawford and Zach LaVine.
“Obviously the phone call from Jamal Crawford was important, in relation to our relationship, the whole history between him and me, and obviously the fact that he is a great player and that everyone admires him in the world. basketball”, he remindedlamenting that the king of “Shake-and-Bake” has never received such an honor during his career. “So it’s for my community and it’s also for him. I said to him: ‘It’s for us, you helped make me the person that I am, and in terms of basketball’, so it was a great moment. Another big moment was Zach LaVine, and hearing how happy he was. He was just saying, ‘Brother, here we are. I can’t wait for our picture to be taken there’, stuff like that. Because we are very close, we train, we talk all the time, so it’s huge for the city of Seattle.
| Dejounte Murray | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2016-17 | SAN | 38 | 9 | 43.1 | 39.1 | 70.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| 2017-18 | SAN | 81 | 22 | 44.3 | 26.5 | 70.9 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 8.1 |
| 2019-20 | SAN | 66 | 26 | 46.2 | 36.9 | 79.8 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 10.9 |
| 2020-21 | SAN | 67 | 32 | 45.3 | 31.7 | 79.1 | 0.9 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 15.7 |
| 2021-22 | SAN | 47 | 34 | 45.4 | 31.6 | 74.0 | 1.3 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 19.6 |
| Total | 299 | 25 | 45.2 | 32.7 | 75.4 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.6 | |
