{"id":519559,"date":"2026-01-06T05:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/519559\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T05:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:15:13","slug":"trey-murphy-iii-gives-jrue-holiday-credit-after-taking-cj-mccollums-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/519559\/","title":{"rendered":"Trey Murphy III gives Jrue Holiday credit after taking CJ McCollum’s crown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Critics of today’s NBA sometimes claim the players simply do not know their history. However, Trey Murphy III broke that mold<\/a> right after getting called up during the NBA Draft. Well, at least when it came to breaking three-pointer records with the rebuilding New Orleans Pelicans<\/a>. The 17th overall pick was going to be quite literally shooting for Jrue Holiday<\/a> and CJ McCollum<\/a>‘s crowns.<\/p>\n

Murphy III mentioned that his father needed to mention the record<\/a> again years later.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look at (the record) when I first got to the team,\u201d Murphy III began. \u201cObviously, I wanted to know what it was but I didn’t really think about it until my dad told me I was pretty close to it. When I passed (Jrue Holiday), is when it was like \u2018oh wow’ like I’m pretty close and would get it at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n

A rookie year marred by injuries and limited playing time was humbling. Still, Murphy III’s dedication paid off sooner than expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great, especially getting it this early,\u201d shared Murphy III. \u201cI started off my rookie year pretty rough, so being able to get it in my fifth year is a testament to the work, my teammates finding me, and the Pelicans giving me the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, claiming the crown carries extra emotional weight. Holiday (628 threes made) is respected by everyone in the game. McCollum (692) was a beloved mentor.<\/p>\n

\u201c(McCollum) meant a lot. He was a big veteran presence for me,\u201d Murphy III explained. \u201cHe taught me a lot on and off the court. Just watching him and how he conducted himself was very instrumental in my growth as a player and as a man. I’m thankful for him, and he was one of the first people who texted me, so it meant a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Trey Murphy III, breaking the three-point record represents more than just a statistical achievement. It symbolizes his evolution from a struggling rookie into a cornerstone player. At 696 and counting in 2026, plus three years remaining on a new contract extension, \u2018Trigga Trey’ could put the record out of reach forever by 2029.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Critics of today’s NBA sometimes claim the players simply do not know their history. However, Trey Murphy III…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3796],"tags":[7,7046,1285,2038,6,1286,478,470,4073,4072,675,2144,6514],"class_list":{"0":"post-519559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cj-mccollum","10":"tag-editorials","11":"tag-jrue-holiday","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nba-editorials","14":"tag-new-orleans","15":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","16":"tag-neworleans","17":"tag-neworleanspelicans","18":"tag-pelicans","19":"tag-reporting","20":"tag-trey-murphy-iii"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115846455247203595","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}