Dejounte Murray of the San Antonio Spurs played against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night and carved up OKC on the offensive end to the tune of a career-high 9 assists – in the third quarter, no less:
Make it a career-high nine dimes for Dejounte Murray. Just carving up the OKC defense.
— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) November 8, 2019
Murray has looked like his old self after missing the entire 2018-19 season due to a torn ACL he suffered in the 2018 preseason. While a crushing loss for the Spurs, they still managed to grit their way to yet another postseason berth, and they almost upset the no. 2 seed Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference playoffs.
Before that tragic injury, Murray was one of the most promising young guards in the NBA after he was named to the All-Defensive Second Team in his sophomore season – becoming the youngest player in NBA history to make an All-Defense team at age 21.
Murray was drafted at no. 29 overall by the Spurs in the 2016 NBA Draft after spending one season with the Washington Huskies.
This year, in his third season with San Antonio, Murray has looked great and his development continues unabated. At age 23, Murray is producing career-highs in points per game (12.2), rebounds per game (8.0), assists per game (4.7), steals per game (1.8) and blocks per game (0.7) per Basketball Reference.
Those passing numbers are perhaps the most impressive for the young player since he plays the point guard position, and he is expected to create offense for his team on the more glamorous end – despite his bread being buttered on the defensive end, where he has continued to look great.
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