Hawks sign Dejounte Murray, send Gallinari to San Antonio

06/30/2022 at 06:08

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The Atlanta franchise incorporated the three first rounds of the 2023, 2025 and 2027 draft into the agreement

Both teams come from falling in the early stages of the qualifiers

The Atlanta Hawks they hired this Wednesday the point guard Dejounte Murrayof the San Antonio Spursin exchange of Danilo Gallinari and three first-round draft picks. The Hawks will send the first round pick of the 2023 draft through the Charlotte Hornets, in addition to those that belonged to them in 2025 and 2027, in an operation that was anticipated by Adrian Wojnarowski, from ‘ESPN’, and Shams Charania, from the portal ‘The Athletic’, two of the journalists with the best sources in the NBA.

The arrival of Murray was already celebrated by Trae Young, leader of the Hawks, on his social networks: “This is already a reality,” he wrote. Murray, born in Seattle in 1996, averaged 21.1 points, 8.3 rebounds and 9.2 assists per game in the final NBA season with the San Antonio Spurs.

The Texan franchise received a Danilo Gallinari who in the recently ended season had an average of 11.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.

The Spurs reached the ‘playin’ last season and fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Meanwhile, the Hawks reached the first round of the ‘playoffs’, but fell 4-1 against the Miami Heat.

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