NBA Trade Idea Sends Trey Murphy III From New Orleans Pelicans To Oklahoma City Thunder
An NBA trade idea sending Trey Murphy III from the New Orleans Pelicans to the Oklahoma City Thunder has been created.
NBA writer Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea between the Pelicans and Thunder:
Oklahoma City Thunder receive: Trey Murphy III
New Orleans Pelicans receive: Cason Wallace, Isaiah Joe, Ousmane Dieng, a 2026 first-round pick (top-four protected, via PHI) and a 2030 first-round pick
The Thunder won the 2025 championship against the Indiana Pacers in seven games, while the Pelicans missed the playoffs.
Murphy III played in 53 games for the Pelicans last season. He averaged 21.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.7 blocks while shooting 45.4% from the field, 36.1% from beyond the arc and 88.7% from the free-throw line.
The Pelicans signed Murphy III to a four-year, $112 million extension last year. Murphy III will make $25 million this season. He has career averages of 13.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.5 blocks in the NBA.
“This trade would just help ensure the good times are as good as they can be before the inevitable cap crunch,” Buckley wrote. “Murphy’s four-year, $112 million deal would make the future even trickier to navigate, but he’d be a hand-in-glove fit on the court. And if any franchise can afford to prioritize the present, it’s probably the one that just spent a not insignificant chunk of the offseason in a champagne-soaked state of celebration.
“Murphy is a 6’8″ swingman who is overqualified for the three-and-D duties he’d likely handle in the Sooner State. He’d downshift his game a bit to fit, but that could make him all the more efficient off-the-ball on offense and all the more disruptive on defense.”
The Thunder are already the favorite to win the 2026 championship. If they added Murphy III next to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren, OKC would become an even bigger nightmare to deal with.
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