Player card
- Team/status: officially acquired from Portland in the Ja Morant trade; leading exit candidate.
- Position: official roster label F; check SF/PF eligibility.
- Age/experience: 26 during the season; entering NBA Year 4.
- Depth role: zero-minute Memphis base; injury-depth wing if retained.
- 2025-26: 57 GP/15 starts for Portland, 23.4 MPG; .467 FG, .684 FT, 0.6 3PM, 5.8 PTS, 3.6 REB, 1.4 AST, 0.9 STL, 0.4 BLK, 0.8 TO. ESPN stats, accessed 2026-07-18
2026-27 projection
| State | GP | MPG | FG% (FGA) | FT% (FTA) | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis base | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Retained branch | 30 | 10 | .450 (2.4) | .680 (0.5) | 0.3 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Nine-category/points: no base redraft value; steals streamer only with a surprise starting role. Dynasty: fringe deep-league hold whose real-life defensive utility exceeds his box-score ceiling.
Range and risks
- Strengths: steals, low turnovers and defensive role flexibility.
- Liabilities: FT%, scoring, threes and crowded opportunity.
- Floor/base/ceiling: cut without a role / zero Memphis minutes / retained after multiple wing exits and plays 18 minutes near 5/3 with 0.8 steals.
- Branches: even a Grant trade leaves Coward, Wells, Boozer, Prosper, GG and Hendricks competing at forward.
NBA.com confirms the trade and Murray's 5.8/3.6 baseline; roster analysis identifies him as a likely move. The model therefore treats the team assignment as current fact and the zero-minute outcome as forecast. NBA.com trade report, updated 2026-06-30 · Sports Illustrated / Memphis On SI, 2026-07-09
Confidence
| Component | Label | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Roster | Low | Expected departure despite official acquisition. |
| Minutes | Low | No base role and many overlapping wings. |
| Rate | High | 57-game recent NBA sample. |
| Availability | Medium-high | No current restriction found. |
Sources
- Official Memphis roster — accessed 2026-07-18.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Three seasons at Iowa (Big Ten), breaking out as a junior in 2022-23 with 20.2 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.2 blocks in 34.9 minutes on .476/.335/.729, earning first-team All-Big Ten and third-team AP All-American. Twin brother of Keegan Murray. Draft: 2023, first round, 23rd pick, Portland.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 23 | POR | 62 | 21.7 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .396 | .661 | 0.9 |
| 2024-25 | 24 | POR | 69 | 15.1 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | .419 | .456 | 0.6 |
| 2025-26 | 25 | POR | 57 | 23.4 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .467 | .684 | 0.8 |
| Career | 188 | 19.8 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .425 | .600 | 0.8 |
Durability: 62, 69 and 57 games across three seasons — he has never missed a large block of time, but has never played a full season either. The 2025-26 total came with 15 starts and a career-high 23.4 minutes, so the games missed were closer to rotation and rest decisions than to injury; specific causes are not verified here.
Trajectory: Three years in and the shooting has not arrived: 25.9% from three on 2.3 attempts per game for his career, and a 45.6% free throw season in 2024-25 that is hard to explain for a wing who shot 72.9% in college. The 2025-26 improvement to .467 from the field is real but came almost entirely inside the arc, which is the wrong place for a low-usage forward. What he does have is defensive versatility, 0.9 steals in 23 minutes, and low turnovers. Memphis acquired him in the Ja Morant trade and is expected to move him again; his fantasy path requires landing somewhere thin at forward and starting, and even then the historical rates cap him near 8 points and 5 rebounds with negative percentages.
Career sources: ESPN career stats · Wikipedia · NBA.com — Blazers/Grizzlies Morant trade
Open questions
- Is Murray waived, traded or retained as low-cost depth?
- Can a new destination create more than specialist-only value?