Following the conclusion of the 2023-24 Atlanta Hawks, a Play-In defeat at the hands of the Chicago Bulls, it was seemed apparent that the Trae Young/Dejounte Murray partnership had not had the impact the Hawks had hoped for, and was going to be terminated in the summer; whether it was Young that was traded or Murray, it wasn’t going to be run back.
In the end, the Hawks found a trade partner in the New Orleans Pelicans, who acquired Dejounte Murray. While the haul was never going to be on the same level as the Hawks had given up for Murray back in 2022, the return has aged a lot better than could have been expected, and Dyson Daniels is the reason why this is now a landslide victory trade for the Atlanta Hawks.