Following the New Orleans Pelicans disappointing 145-111 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray turned a few heads with a since-deleted social media post. Murray took offense to someone posting the team’s record with and without him in the lineup, leading him to suggest internal sabotage. And with Pelicans fans jumping on the narrative, Murray continued his social media crusade.
The latest social media incident with Dejounte Murray occurred Thursday morning when a Pelicans fan fired back at Murray’s suggestion that someone in the organization was sabotaging him by showing unflattering clips of Murray’s play on the court. That was when the 10-year veteran jumped in with an NSFW rant.
“Ohhhhh let’s talk about it. When you run post plays, are they supposed to catch on the block or the 3pt line? Let’s hear it Mr social media coach, Gm and president? You have no f**king clue what we dealing with,” Murray wrote. “Maybe you should ask the whole team individually how they feel on a serious note and then pull rethink a lot of s**t. You’ll be embarrassed to be a fan of this s**t IF YOU KNEW WHY I’m saying scapegoat or sabotage based off what’s going on real talk!!!’
Article Continues BelowNeedless to say, the vibes around the Pelicans don’t appear to be very high at the moment. After the loss to the Nets, the team fell to 4-8 on the season and their current losing streak reached four games. The post that started the whole Murray ordeal pointed out that the Pelicans are 3-0 without him in the lineup this season and only 1-8 with him.
On the season, he’s averaging 13.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.6 steals with splits of 43.1 percent shooting from the field, 29.6 percent shooting from the 3-point line and 92.6 percent shooting from the free-throw line.