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Dejounte Murray: ’Cause I’m a fan just like everybody else is a fan. This is Greg Popovich. Won five championships. How many players has he helped outside of basketball? Just these conversations, just the hug—like: “I love you. I care about you.” So to see him tell my mother those things— and even him telling me, “I just did that because I care about you. I care about her, and … [Read more...] about

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Dejounte Murray on Gregg Popovich: So for me, he was like a father figure. There’s so many stories—if he were able to sit here and talk, he’d tell you: he’s never had a player come into his office and cry on his shoulder about how many murders he had to deal with back home in Seattle, how many funerals I had to pay for. It was so crazy—a lot of my people don’t even know this. … [Read more...] about Dejounte Murray: Gregg Popovich tried to move my mom to San Antonio with his own money after she got shot

Dejounte Murray on Gregg Popovich: So for me, he was like a father figure. There’s so many stories—if he were able to sit here and talk, he’d tell you: he’s never had a player come into his office and cry on his shoulder about how many murders he had to deal with back home in Seattle, how many funerals I had to pay for. It was so crazy—a lot of my people don’t even know this. … [Read more...] about Dejounte Murray: Gregg Popovich tried to move my mom to San Antonio with his own money after she got shot

Dejounte Murray: He’s the reason why I’m here right now. Mitch Johnson is the reason I’m here right now. He’s the guy that came and got me out of jail when I was 15—with my uncle. Him and my uncle were best friends. Mitch Johnson created an AAU team for Dejounte Murray called A+. We went around the country. That’s how I built my name. That’s how I became a top recruit. That’s … [Read more...] about Dejounte Murray: Mitch Johnson is the reason I’m here right now. He’s the guy that came and got me out of jail when I was 15

During a guest appearance on “The Pivot Podcast,” Murray was incredibly critical of the Pelicans. While opening up about his personal issues at home, the 28-year-old guard called out New Orleans for the dysfunction he witnessed during his first season with the organization. “It was a situation where, like, I got all these problems going on… I broke my hand, I’m recovering. My … [Read more...] about Dejounte Murray on his first year in New Orleans: When I was dealing with personal issues, the organization wasn’t giving me what I needed