By now, everyone who follows the NBA probably has seen the video of Dejounte Murray throwing the ball at Paolo Banchero after hitting him with a spicy fake and self-alley-oop. A lot of people took away the thought that Murray isn’t humble or that he isn’t ready to lead any sort of team in the NBA. Here at The Atlantic Files, we took this a different way!

Murray has constantly been an underrated force at point guard. The San Antonio Spurs teams he’s been on have constantly scrapped just to try and make a play-in game due to the lack of talent that was surrounding him. Their next best players after Murray were the likes of Derrick White, Keldon Johnson, and Jakob Poeltl. In as deep of a conference as the West is, a team like that is not going very far.

Fast forward to today. Murray is now on his way to Atlanta to team with Trae Young. This summer he looks like he’s been unleashed. He’s been extremely confident, he’s having fun with all sorts of things he’s doing like bouncing a ball off of a defender’s head, and people seem to have an issue with that.

Dejounte Murray is no head case, he’s showing everyone what he’s bringing to Atlanta and how this team is going to be a legit contender.

Paolo Banchero, on the other hand, got his welcome to the NBA moment early. The background of this whole beef makes Banchero seem a little shady in the friendship department, but that’s something for them to figure out.

Banchero will undoubtedly be in the Rookie of the Year race, but Orlando Magic vs Atlanta Hawks games just got that much more entertaining!