The New Orleans Pelicans might have yet another major injury to deal with.
Former All-Star Dejounte Murray exited Friday’s game against the Boston Celtics with an apparent non-contact injury in his right leg. After lunging for the ball, he immediately fell down and grasped his ankle, then limped his way off the court.
Murray left the game in the first quarter with four points in eight minutes on 2-of-6 shooting.
If Murray’s injury is indeed serious, the Pelicans will at least be dealing with an area where they have experience. The team entered Friday with a record of 12-36, a total of 48 games, and yet the only players on their roster with more than 40 games played were Yves Missi (45), Javonte Green (43) and Brandon Boston Jr. (40).
As for their core players:
There are also rotation players like Trey Murphy III and Jose Alvarado who have each missed at least a dozen games.
No team in the NBA has been so broadly snakebitten as the Pelicans this season, which they entered on a somewhat optimistic note after landing Murray in a blockbuster trade. With little to play for at this point, they loom as a likely seller at the trade deadline, with perhaps even more rebuilding to come during the offseason.
