Nets Land Dejounte Murray
Hawks Offseason Moves
Trade Dejounte Murray to BKN for Dennis Schroder, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Two First-Round Picks
Draft Matas Buzelis |SF| (10th)
Re-sign Saddiq Bey
Re-sign Garrison Mathews
Re-sign Bruno Fernando
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Trade Explanation
Atlanta's end of the deal is harder to reconcile. Two firsts, a backup point guard and a combo wing amounts to less than they gave up for Murray. But if remaining competitive and balancing out the roster is the endgame, Schröder and DFS help accomplish just that without complicating the long-term payroll. The Hawks can also try pushing for the Nets to include Philly's 2027 first or, more realistically, Noah Clowney and a swap if this framework doesn't get the job done.
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Atlanta Hawks Potential Rotation
PG Trae Young/ Dennis Schroder/ Kobe Bufkin
SG Bogdan Bogdanovic/ Garrison Mathews
SF De'Andre Hunter/ Matas Buzelis/ AJ Griffin
PF Jalen Johnson/ Dorian Finney-Smith/ Saddiq Bey
C Clint Capela/ Onyeka Okongwu/ Bruno Fernando
Nets Offseason Moves
Trade Dennis Schroder, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Two First-Round Picks to ATL for Dejounte Murray
Re-sign Nic Claxton
Re-sign Dennis Smith Jr.
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Trade Explanation
Murray represents a happy medium—a fringe All-Star on a bargain deal (four years, $114.1 million) who brings much-needed creation and table setting at the lead-guard spot while elevating the defense (even if only slightly these days).
Parting with two of Phoenix's picks will be tough. But the Suns should fall short of abject disaster next season, and the 2027 selection is protected against catastrophe. Finney-Smith's three-and-D skill set will be missed but isn't that difficult to approximate elsewhere. He is on the wrong side of 30 and has dipped below 35 percent from distance in each of the past two seasons.
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Brooklyn Nets Potential Rotation
PG Dejounte Murray/ Ben Simmons/ Dennis Smith Jr.
SG Cam Thomas/ Dariq Whitehead
SF Mikal Bridges/ Keita Bates-Diop
PF Cameron Johnson/ Noah Clowney
C Nic Claxton/ Day'Ron Sharpe