Trey Murphy III

Yahoo Sports writer Glenn Kaplan floated a trade sending Jalen Duren to New Orleans for Trey Murphy, with Detroit possibly adding a piece to balance salaries.

NBC Sports Boston's Justin Leger floated a trade idea sending Paul George and draft capital from Boston to New Orleans for Trey Murphy III, calling it his deadline prediction.

A proposed trade would send Dejounte Murray and Trey Murphy III to Golden State in exchange for Jimmy Butler, Brandin Podziemski and a stack of draft picks headed to New Orleans.

Athlon Sports writer Nathaniel Holloway floated a Celtics-Pelicans swap sending Paul George to New Orleans for Trey Murphy and Dejounte Murray.

Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes pitched a swap sending De'Aaron Fox, Luke Kornet and a heavy haul of first and second-round picks to New Orleans for Trey Murphy III and Dejounte Murray.

NBA insider Brett Siegel reports that New Orleans still wants roughly three first-round picks plus a young player for Trey Murphy III, and hasn't budged despite trade interest from the Lakers and Warriors as well as a Pistons package floated by Sean Devaney sending Duncan Robinson, Ron Holland II and two future first-rounders (2028, 2030) to pair Murphy with Cade Cunningham.

Anonymous executives gave Heavy their estimates for what it would take to land three trade-market names. One Western Conference exec pegs Trey Murphy's price at a good rotation player plus two firsts, down from the four-first-rounder asks the Pelicans have floated before.

One trade idea has New Orleans sending Zion Williamson and Yves Missi to the Knicks for Mikal Bridges, Josh Hart, a 2027 second-rounder via Washington and a 2033 first. The pitch is framed as a fallback if the Pelicans start next season badly, with New York getting off salary and away from the second apron.

Golden State's pursuit of Trey Murphy is cast as more realistic now that New Orleans is working to add Bennedict Mathurin, which would squeeze the Pelicans' wing minutes alongside Herb Jones and Jordan Poole.