New Orleans Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray accused his own team of “sabotage” in a pair of X posts late Wednesday night, deleting them shortly after a 145-111 home loss to the Brooklyn Nets.
Murray reacted after the X account ‘NBACentral’ noted that New Orleans is 1-8 this season when he plays and 3-0 when he sits, having missed three games earlier this month for the birth of his son.
“From what’s going on INSIDE, this sounds like someone hit you to say this!! THE ‘SABOTAGE’ IS REAL!!” Murray responded, before deleting it.
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The 30-year-old guard went further in a separate reply to Pelicans podcast ProPelsTalk, which posted a clip of Murray throwing a turnover intended for teammate Saddiq Bey.
Rather than accepting blame for the bad pass, Murray faulted Bey’s floor spacing and claimed the entire roster is unhappy behind closed doors.
“Ohhhhh let’s talk about it,” Murray wrote. “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—ing clue what we dealing with. 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!!!”
Scrubbing the posts couldn’t undo the damage of publicly throwing a teammate and his own front office under the bus.
Murray’s rant followed New Orleans’ fourth straight loss, dropping the Pelicans to 4-8.
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Just two nights earlier, Golden State handed New Orleans the worst regular-season loss in franchise history, a 51-point rout, 138-87.
Against Brooklyn, Murray managed five points on 2-of-6 shooting with four assists and two turnovers in 28 minutes. He has scored in single digits in three of his last four outings. Reports have also surfaced that Murray is unhappy with his role and has clashed with head coach Jamahl Mosley, whom New Orleans hired this past offseason.
After Wednesday’s blowout, Pels star Zion Williamson called the team’s effort “unacceptable” and urged everyone to look in the mirror, including Murray.
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