Breaking News:Clear confirmation Dejounte Murray to become Lakers addition

According to a recent report, the Los Angeles Lakers are prioritizing making a trade for Atlanta Hawks star Dejounte Murray.

From my understanding, Dejounte Murray is their priority right now,” Jovan Buha said. “To me, he’d be the most likely trade outcome right now if I was handicapping the odds. I think they’re the favorites to land him. Again, the big hurdle right now is finding that third team

Another NBA insider in Michael Scotto then went on to say that Murray is arguably the biggest name of any available player in the league.

Jovan, you touched on the Lakers having Dejounte as their top trade target,” Scotto said. “I’d say he’s certainly the biggest name they’re looking at, too, and I’d argue on a bigger scale, when you look across the league, he may be the biggest name left on the board.

This intel comes in light of a report from The Athletic’s Sam Amick that the Lakers have inched closer to making a trade for the 27-year-old.

Murray has arguably been the second-best player on the Hawks so far during the 2023-24 regular season, behind only Trae Young. He has yet to sit out a game for Atlanta this season and is averaging 21.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game while shooting 46.8 percent from the field and 38.7 percent from deep.

He played 33 minutes in the Hawks’ most recent game on Jan. 24 against the Golden State Warriors and dropped 23 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and one steal. But despite Murray’s big game, the Hawks lost to the Warriors by 22 points, which marked the team’s third loss in a row.