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New Orleans Pelicans | #25 | Forward

Trey

Murphy III

PPG

19.3

RPG

4.7

APG

2.4

PIE

10.2

HEIGHT

6'8" (2.03m)

WEIGHT

206lb (93kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Virginia

AGE

24 years

BIRTHDATE

June 18, 2000

DRAFT

2021 R1 Pick 17

EXPERIENCE

3 Years

6'8" | 206lb | 24 years

DRAFT

2021 R1 Pick 17

BIRTHDATE

June 18, 2000

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Virginia

EXPERIENCE

3 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

In 198 games (89 starts) for New Orleans, averaging 11.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.8 steals per game in 25.3 minutes per game. Over his three seasons with the Pelicans has shot .454 from the floor, .392 from three-point range and .867 from the free throw line…Scored in double figures 112 times, including 20-plus points in 21 contests…Notched two double-doubles…Has posted five or more three-pointers in 21 games…2022-23 Season: Appeared in 79 games (65 starts), averaging 14.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game while shooting .484 from the field, .406 from behind the three-point stripe and .905 from the free throw stripe…Scored in double figures 59 times, including 16 games scoring 20 or more points…Among all NBA players, finished the regular season tied for 11th in three-point percentage (min. 6.0 3PA per game), shooting 40.6% from behind the arc…Additionally, averaged .400 on three-point shots above the break and converted .437 on corner three-pointers…Finished tied for 5th among all NBA players in free throw percentage, shooting .905 from the line…Was selected to the 2023 Jordan Rising Stars Game during NBA All-Star Weekend…On 10/25 vs. DAL, started his first game of the season, and finished the game with 22 points on 8-of-8 shooting, the third-highest point total in franchise history without missing a shot…On 11/15 vs. MEM, Murphy III drained his 100th-career three-pointer…On 11/16 vs. CHI, notched his first double-double of his career, finishing the game with 19 points, three steals, one assist and a block while converting 7-of-9 (.778) from the floor and drained five three-pointers…On 3/12 vs. POR, scored a career-high 41 points and made nine three-pointers…He added seven rebounds, one assist, one steal and a block while shooting 13-of-20 (.650) from the field, 9-of-14 (.643) from behind the arc and a perfect 6-of-6 from the line…Additionally, his 41 points marks the most points by a Pelicans player in their first or second year in Pelicans history…On 3/25 at LAC, Trey Murphy III scored 32 points, shooting 11-of-14 (.786) from the floor and 10-of-12 (.833) from three-point range…Murphy’s 10 three-pointers mark a career-high in threes made…Became the second-youngest player in NBA history (Anthony Edwards) to make 10 threes in a game…Is the 8th player in NBA history to make 10-plus three-pointers and shoot 83% or better from behind the arc…Is now the third player in franchise history to make 10 three-pointers in a game, along with CJ McCollum and Peja Stojaković…Became the first player in Pelicans’ franchise history to have at least two games with nine-plus three-pointers…Missed three games during the regular season…2021-22 Season: Appeared in 62 games (one start) for New Orleans, averaging 5.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 13.9 minutes per game…Shot .394 from the floor, .382 from three-point distance and .882 from the free throw line…Scored in double figures eight times…Among NBA rookies, finished the regular season ranked first in three-point percentage, shooting 38.2-percent from behind the arc… On 3/11 vs. CHA, scored a season-high 32 points, converting 12-of-20 (.600) from the floor, 7-of-12 (.583) from three-point range and 1-of-2 (.500) from the free throw line. He added a season-high nine rebounds and tossed out two assists… Missed six games due to being on a G League assignment and Health and Safety protocols…Play-In Tournament: Played in two games for New Orleans, averaging 8.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists while shooting .455 from the floor, .444 from three-point distance and a perfect 1.000 from the free throw line… On 4/15 at LAC, posted 14 points, converting 4-of-7 (.571) from the floor, including 4-of-6 (.667) from three-point distance…He finished the game with a plus/minus of plus-26, which led all players in the game.

BEFORE NBA

College (Rice/Virginia: 2018-21): Played in 86 games (45 starts), averaging 11.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.0 assists while shooting .455 from the floor, .401 from behind the arc and .819 from the charity stripe…Junior (Virginia: 2020-21): Played in 25 games (20 starts), averaging 11.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists while shooting .503 from the floor, .433 from three-point range and .927 from the free throw line…Named to the All-ACC Academic Team…Ranked seventh in the ACC in three-point field goals made (2.1)...Scored team-high 21 points, going 6-for-8 from three-point range, in UVA debut vs. Towson (11/25/20Had 15 points with two steals and matched season-high with two blocks vs. Syracuse in ACC quarterfinals (3/11/21)…Scored 12 points on four three-pointers with two steals vs. Ohio in NCAA First Round (3/20/21)…Sophomore (Rice: 2019-20): Played 29 games (23 starts), averaging 13.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.9 steals. Averaged .434 shooting from the field, .368 from three-point range and .824 from the free throw line…Led the team in scoring (13.7), field goals made (131), dunks (21) and blocks (16)…Was second in three-pointers (75), steals (27) and free throw percentage (.824)…Third in rebounds per game (5.5)…Ranked sixth in Conference USA in three-pointers made per game (2.6), 11th in free throw percentage, 13th in scoring, 14th in defensive rebounds (4.3) and 15th in rebounding…Fourth on the school sophomore list in three-pointers (75) and three-pointers attempted (204), seventh in three-point field goal percentage (.368) and free throw percentage (.824) and 10th in blocks (16)…Recorded 25 double-figure scoring games and two double-doubles…Led the team with six 20-point games…Blocked a career-high four shots versus Wayland Baptist (11/10)…Scored a career-high 25 points on five three-pointers at Northwestern State (11/12)…Scored 18 points on five three-pointers to cap off a 22-point comeback at UC Santa Barbara (11/16)…His performance against Northwestern State and UCSB earned him Conference USA Player of the Week honors (11/18)…Recorded first career double-double versus St. Thomas (12/19), scoring 21 points and grabbing a career-high 10 rebounds… Scored 12 points and had a career-high six assists against FIU (1/11)…Scored 20 points on a career-high six three-pointers at Louisiana Tech (1/16), where he became the 27th player in school history with 100 career three-pointers… Notched a career-high four steals against Charlotte (2/15)… Scored 18 points, all in the second half, against FIU in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament (3/11)…Freshman (Rice: 2018-19): Appeared in 32 games, averaging 8.4 points and 2.6 rebounds while shooting .442 from the field and .421 from the three-point range...Ranked fourth in Conference USA in three-point field goal percentage (.421) and 14th in three-pointers made per game (2.0)…Ranked second on the team with 64 three-pointers…Set the school freshman record for three-point field goal percentage (.421) and is second for three-pointers made (64)…Registered 12 double-figure scoring games… Set career-highs with 24 points and five three-pointers while going a career-best 6-of-6 from the free throw line against UAB (1/26/19)…Scored 12 points on 4-of-5 from three-point range while recording a career-high three steals at Charlotte (1/31/19)… Made first career start at Charlotte (3/6/19)…Scored 14 points against Marshall in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament (3/13/19). High School: Led Cary Academy to a 14-8 record his senior year…Averaged 24.7 points and 7.4 rebounds while connecting on .494 from the floor, .436 from three-point range and .858 from the free throw line his senior season…Named All-Metro by the Raleigh News & Observer…As a junior, averaged 22.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists while connecting on .540 from the floor, .470 from three and .930 from the free throw line...Earned Triangle Independent School Athletic Conference (TISAC) All-Conference…Is the school leader in field goals made, three-pointers made and free throws made.

PERSONAL LIFE

Son of Kenneth and Albeda Murphy…Father, Kenneth, played basketball at East Carolina from 1986-88…Was named 2020-21 All-ACC Academic Team selection… Made C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll two straight seasons at Rice…Named to the 2023 USA Basketball Men’s Select Team…Had his high school jersey retired at Cary Academy…Participated in a Thanksgiving turkey drive…Visited youth hospital patients to hand out candy on Halloween.