Atlanta Hawks: Trae Young, Dejounte Murray Get Brutally Honest on Relationship Amid Intensifying Trade Rumors

There has been a lot of talk about the Hawks potentially breaking up their core after another lackluster campaign. The fact that they now have the first overall pick could prove to be the factor that pushes the front office over the edge.

It’s no secret that Young and Murray haven’t exactly proven to be a perfect partnership, and this has to be a major consideration for the organization as well. If you ask Young, however, he is adamant that whatever happens, his relationship with Murray will remain pure:

“Relationships can always be better if your team’s winning and things like that. Juices are flowing,” Young said on a recent episode of his podcast. “But I think certain relationships that you have are just deeper than basketball He’s one of those guys that’s forever deeper than that.”

‘Keep the Outside Noise the Outside Noise’

Both stars are well aware of all the trade chatter around them. However, it doesn’t bother Murray one bit. This is because the All-Star guard knows where he’s at in terms of his relationship with his backcourt partner:

“When I see all the BS, ‘Trade this guy’ or ‘Trade that guy,’ It means nothing,” Murray said. “… We great, we communicate. It’s authentic. When you keep the outside noise outside noise, it doesn’t bother you. So it don’t bother me at all.”

Be that as it may, Murray concluded by hinting at a potential break-up. According to the 6-foot-5 combo guard, anything can happen:

“You never know. We may stay together, we may go elsewhere. You just don’t know. It’s out of our control,” Murray said.