Good Morning It’s Basketball - Is Dejounte Murray an NBA villain now?
Is Dejounte Murray an NBA villain now?He's beefing with a rookie. He's tapping people on the head with a basketball. He's trashing the Spurs. Does Dejounte want to be a villain?Good morning. Let’s basketball. The biggest NBA development in recent days is that Dejounte Murray and Paolo Banchero, both Seattle dudes, have beef after some battles at Isaiah Thomas’ Zeke End run in the Emerald City. I kept seeing clips of Dejounte mad at Banchero, and then saw that there was some Instagram comments going back and forth, so I became determined to get to the bottom of it. I am no closer to the bottom of it than I was when I started. Dejounte seems mad about Banchero no longer being humble, but it’s totally unclear in what ways Paolo is abandoning his humility. This is either happening off-camera/off-internet, or Murray is just on one. Here’s the evidence we have. First, Murray fakes out Banchero while side-eyeing him, goes off the backboard to dunk it and throws the ball at Banchero afterward. Rude as hell. Then we have this. Murray seems to intentionally bump Banchero after a foul (Paolo doesn’t seem to think anything of it) and then trash talks Paolo on his way out of the game. Dejounte Murray on Paolo Banchero:
“That’s who they came to see? It’s a man’s league, he a little boy.” Seems aggressive! What did Dejounte do after the game? He unfollows him on Instagram, of course, which gets a reaction out of Banchero. did not have Paolo vs. Dejounte as our offseason beef matchup but ok Overtime @overtime Dejounte Murray that’s sick 🤮 @DejounteMurray @isaiahthomas https://t.co/kDyGsvUEYjThe rookie escalates by calling out Team Dejounte sending doubles at the No. 1 pick. (Eyewitness accounts and the other video I’ve seen indicates that Paolo was really good in the game, for what it’s worth.) Paolo’s response seems to really set Dejounte off. Maybe Banchero said something at some point to set off Murray or someone else steeped in the Pacific Northwest lore. (Both are close to and heavily credit Jamal Crawford as a mentor. Maybe he can broker peace?) Maybe the fact that Banchero went to Duke turned people. Or … maybe Dejounte Murray is just embracing his trade to the Hawks to lean into basketball villany? We do have a few more data points on this note... Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Good Morning It's Basketball to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. A subscription gets you:
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