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.