There are rumors floating around that Dejounte Murray might be available in the right deal

There are rumors floating around that Dejounte Murray might be available in the right deal.

“Murray is due $18.2 million this season but may not be open to an extension limited to a $25.4 million starting salary. Unless Atlanta can shed significant salary elsewhere, they may not be able to afford Murray at his current price, let alone on a new deal in his likely asking range above $30 million.”

Players like Atlanta Hawks star Dejounte Murray can try their best to maintain a fairly low profile and still find themselves popping up in the dark corners of the rumor mill.

“Some whispers abound that Dejounte Murray could be had in the right deal,” wrote Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report on June 9. “Murray is due $18.2 million this season but may not be open to an extension limited to a $25.4 million starting salary….They may not be able to afford Murray at his current price, let alone on a new deal in his likely asking range above $30 million.”

Atlanta traded three first-round picks – two of their own and one from the New York Knicks – as well as a pick swap and veteran forward Danilo Gallinari to the San Antonio Spurs last offseason in a deal that had league types riled up.

Murray had a respectable first season alongside Trae in the Hawks backcourt but to be brutally honest, Atlanta went out and acquired him to help this club make a deep playoff run. That didn’t happen as they bowed out in the first round at the hands of the Boston Celtics.