They’ve gone 1-8 since Murray returned to the lineup, including six double-digit losses. In those nine games, Murray is averaging 16.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 6.4 assists while shooting 37.4 percent from the floor and 29.6 percent on 3s. It’s one of the worst stretches he’s had in recent years. While the team has floundered, Murray has done very little to lift them.

Over the last nine games, the Pelicans have been outscored by 118 points with Murray on the floor, which is the worst plus-minus for anyone on the team during that stretch. Per Cleaning The Glass, the Pelicans have an offensive rating of 103.7 with Murray in the lineup, equivalent to the mark Washington’s league-worst offense has put up this season.

His struggles have shown up the most in his surprising spike in careless giveaways on the offensive end. Murray never had more than seven turnovers in any of the first 480 games of his career, but he recorded eight in each of his team’s last two losses — to Indiana on Sunday and Sacramento last Thursday. He had seven turnovers in a loss to Memphis on Nov. 27.

Murray has never finished a season averaging more than 2.6 turnovers a game, but he’s at 4.2 giveaways per game through his first 10 appearances as a Pelican.

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  3. how many more of these posts on the sub until everyone realizes he came back from a broken hand early because he has to play every single remaining game to get 2 million extra dollars

  5. He does a pretty poor job of finding an open man and assisting. Almost all of his passes are outside.

  6. Murray isn’t supposed to lift them, he’s supposed to be here to help our “stars” who aren’t really stars

  7. It doesn’t really matter.

    I don’t hate DJM for his play right now. The season is cooked. Let him do what he is doing.

  10. Klutch agency minions clearly lurk these threads on the reg to defend DJM at all costs. His play has been abysmal, maybe this is one last roast on David Griffin, they tricked Griff into trading for him and now he will be moved to San Antonio for pennies on the dollar, where he likely wanted to return all along

  11. So far the pelicans have lost the trade. Just like everything they’ve attempted to do over this griffin regime lol

    People will still downvote the fuck outta me for saying that but whatever. The proof is in the pudding. This isn’t the injuries’ fault. The roster looked awful coming into the season because griff waited too long to move bi and had to go into the season like this smh

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