re: BI for Dejounte Murray. Make it happen.

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Any Atlanta trade starts with Herb

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I feel he's more replaceable as a defender than as a leader and standard setter. I'd be pretty hard pressed to trade him. That being said, the more I think about Murray, the more he seems like a good fit at PG and that seems like a lot harder position to fill than 3 & D Wing.

PG Skills - Check - Nearly 3:1 carrer Ast:TO ratio, #11 in drives per game this year with Trae his back court mate being #8. Zion was #7 and Ingram was #23.
2 Way Player - Check even though he's more guard defender than wing defender
3 Point Shot - Check. He's not good, but good enough and has shot a good volume in Atlanta.
Good Rebounder - Check, he was a fantastic rebounder with the Spurs, Josh Hart good according to the advanced stats
Doesn't think he's #1 - Check
Not on a max contract - Check

The problem is you probably don't want to play Murray and CJ together and in this scenario you've traded away Herb. I don't think most are confident in Dyson as a starter yet and Hawk would have the same issues as CJ. Even if you also get a center from the BI trade like Allen or Okungwu, that still leaves you a starting caliber 3&D wing to add if Dyson can't take a step up.