On a late November night, after a lopsided home defeat, a veteran guard reached for his phone and voiced a suspicion that his own team was undermining itself, then thought better of it and erased the words. Deletion, as anyone who has lived in public knows, does not return a sentence to silence once others have read it. The episode belongs to an old human pattern, where frustration in a losing season seeks a villain close enough to touch, and where a single unfinished accusation can open a larger question about who is pulling in which direction. What the wider story will hinge on is not the po
Dejounte Murray Accuses Pelicans of 'Sabotage' in Deleted Social Media Posts After Blowout Loss
Deleting the posts did not undo them.
Mark
Why did this one post blow up so fast?
Mimi
Because Murray wasn't criticizing an opponent. He accused his own team of sabotage, then said the whole roster is unhappy, right after a 145-111 loss.
Mark
What set him off?
Mimi
An NBACentral post noting the Pelicans are 1-8 with him and 3-0 without. He missed those three games for his son's birth.
Luke
Worth saying that split is a small sample, and it includes games he missed for a family reason. It's a stat, not a verdict.
Mark
And his reply to the turnover clip?
Mimi
He blamed Bey's spacing instead of the pass, and said fans would be embarrassed if they knew what was going on.
Luke
But he never says what that is. "Sabotage" is an accusation with nothing attached. Nobody has confirmed the whole roster is unhappy; that's his claim.
Mark
What about the clash with Mosley?
Mimi
Reports say he's unhappy with his role and has clashed with the coach hired this offseason.
Luke
Reports, unattributed in this piece. I'd hold that loosely.
Mark
Where does Zion fit?
Mimi
He called the effort unacceptable and said everyone should look in the mirror, including Murray.
Luke
That's the confirmed part: a star publicly pushing back. What the front office does next is unknown.
El Pulso
- A 145-111 blowout loss to Brooklyn pushed New Orleans to a fourth straight defeat and a 4-8 record, with tempers visibly fraying.
- Dejounte Murray lashed out on X, calling his own team's situation 'sabotage' and claiming the roster is unhappy, before deleting the posts.
- His jab at teammate Saddiq Bey and the front office's social media coach and GM has turned an internal rift into a public spectacle.
- Reports of friction over his role and with head coach Jamahl Mosley hang over the team, while Zion Williamson called the effort 'unacceptable.'
- The team must now decide whether to answer publicly or quietly contain a locker room fracture, and the next game will show where it lands.
On a late November night, after a lopsided home defeat, a veteran guard reached for his phone and voiced a suspicion that his own team was undermining itself, then thought better of it and erased the words. Deletion, as anyone who has lived in public knows, does not return a sentence to silence once others have read it. The episode belongs to an old human pattern, where frustration in a losing season seeks a villain close enough to touch, and where a single unfinished accusation can open a larger question about who is pulling in which direction. What the wider story will hinge on is not the posts themselves but what the people responsible choose to do next.
Late Wednesday night, after the Pelicans lost 145-111 at home to the Brooklyn Nets, guard Dejounte Murray went to X and accused his own team of "sabotage." He deleted the posts soon after, but by then they had already been seen and reported.
The spark was a post pointing out that New Orleans was 1-8 when Murray played and 3-0 without him, a split that followed three games he missed earlier this month for the birth of his son. Murray replied that the post sounded fed from inside the team, and that the sabotage was real. A second reply went further, questioning teammate Saddiq Bey's floor spacing and telling the team's social media coach, GM and president that they had no idea what the club was dealing with. He suggested they ask the roster how they feel, and hinted at a reason fans would be embarrassed to back the team, without saying what it was.
The outburst came after a fourth straight loss that dropped the Pelicans to 4-8, including a 51-point defeat to Golden State that is the worst regular-season loss in franchise history. Murray's own night was quiet, with five points on 2-of-6 shooting. Reports of unhappiness with his role and clashes with head coach Jamahl Mosley have circulated, though the posts never name Mosley and the details remain unclear.
Zion Williamson, after the loss, called the effort "unacceptable" and told everyone to look in the mirror, a group he said included Murray. Deleting the posts did not take back the criticism already public. What remains open is what Murray meant by sabotage, and whether the front office or Mosley will respond, and whether Williamson's words deepen the divide in the locker room.
Late Wednesday night, after the New Orleans Pelicans lost 145-111 at home to the Brooklyn Nets, guard Dejounte Murray went to X and accused his own team of "sabotage." He then deleted the posts, but not before they had been seen and reported.
The trigger was a post from the account NBACentral pointing out a split in the Pelicans' record: New Orleans was 1-8 when Murray played and 3-0 when he did not. His absence came earlier this month, when he missed three games for the birth of his son. Murray replied that, from what was going on inside, the post sounded like someone had fed it to the account, and he wrote that the "sabotage" was real.
A second reply went further. The Pelicans podcast ProPelsTalk had posted a clip of Murray throwing a turnover meant for teammate Saddiq Bey. Murray did not take responsibility for the pass. He questioned Bey's floor spacing, asking whether players running post plays are supposed to catch the ball on the block or at the three-point line. He told the "social media coach, GM and President" that they had no idea what the team was dealing with, and suggested they ask the whole roster individually how they feel. He added that a fan would be embarrassed to support the team if they knew why he was talking about a scapegoat or sabotage. He did not spell out what that reason is.
The outburst came after the Pelicans' fourth straight loss, which dropped them to 4-8. Two nights earlier, Golden State beat them 138-87, a 51-point margin that is the worst regular-season loss in franchise history.
Murray's own night against Brooklyn was quiet: five points on 2-of-6 shooting, four assists and two turnovers in 28 minutes. He has scored in single digits in three of his last four games. Reports have also surfaced that he is unhappy with his role and has clashed with head coach Jamahl Mosley, whom New Orleans hired this past offseason. Those reports are not detailed in the coverage, and the posts themselves do not name Mosley.
Zion Williamson also spoke after Wednesday's game. He called the team's effort "unacceptable" and urged everyone to look in the mirror, a group he said included Murray.
Murray is 30. Deleting the posts did not undo them, since the criticism of a teammate and of the front office was already public. What remains unclear is what he meant by sabotage, and whether the team will respond. Watch for any reply from the front office or Mosley, and for whether Williamson's public criticism deepens the divide in the locker room.
Citas Notables
Murray wrote that 'THE SABOTAGE IS REAL' before deleting the post.— Dejounte Murray, on X
Williamson called the team's effort unacceptable and said everyone, including Murray, should look in the mirror.— Zion Williamson, after the Nets game
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