Dejunta Murray: I can t get the support I need from the Pelicans. I don t want to stay there anymore

Dezhangtai Murray recently talked about his personal affairs in his first year with the Pelicans on a podcast.

Murray said: "It's probably my worst experience in the NBA. I only love for New Orleans, I don't say bad things about anyone, but that's my experience. That deal shouldn't have happened. I was still training in Atlanta last summer, with Trae Young, they shouldn't have done that, they traded me, but that's not the team we had to talk to at the beginning, that's not even one of the candidates, but the deal happened.

"I'm a contender, so when the deal happened, I felt like I was back in the position where I could control everything, just like when I was at the Spurs." I'm the point guard, I can help everyone around me, I can get big contracts for everyone, I'd even rather see you guys enter the All-Star before me. This is my mentality.

"I was shocked at the beginning of the deal, I was going to New Orleans. I remember when the Hurricane hit, I was thinking that I would never go there. But it was that real, he happened. Then I went to New Orleans and the camp felt good, I felt healthy, everything was good. I was looking forward to everything that came next, but from that moment on everything started to go downhill.

"The Pelicans team is getting worse, you'll find that somebody was fired, and then someone left, and then they got new guys. There are always all kinds of problems around me, and I have broken my hand and recovered. My mom suffered a stroke, my cousin was killed, and my uncle overdoses. Everything that happened one after another made me overwhelmed.

"But during this period, I couldn't get any support from the Pelicans that I needed. You can imagine how in my mental state I was at that time, I was stressed and angry every day, I was sad and angry, I didn't want to stay there anymore. It was crazy, and since the day I tore my Achilles tendon, all of these things have been hard for me to accept."

In 2023, Murray and the Hawks signed a four-year, $114 million contract. In the offseason last year, the Pelicans used Nance Jr., Dyson Daniels, Liddle, Cody Zeller, the first round from the Lakers in 2025, and the first round with the lower center pick in 2027, to get Murray from the Hawks. But in the season opening game, Murray suffered a fracture in his left hand and missed 17 games. Then on November 28, 2024, Dezhangtai Murray completed his comeback against the Raptors, but after he played in 30 games, Dezhangtai Murray suffered a torn Achilles tendon and was reimbursed for the season. Murray played 31 games for the Pelicans, averaging 17.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 2 steals per game, shooting percentage of 39.3% and three-point shooting percentage of 29.9%.