Toure' Murry Explained

Toure' Murry
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lb:200
League:NBA
Team:Philadelphia 76ers
Position:Player development coach
Nationality:American
Birth Date:8 November 1989
Birth Place:Houston, Texas
High School:Klein Forest (Houston, Texas)
College:Wichita State (2008–2012)
Draft Year:2012
Career Start:2012
Career End:2022
Career Position:Shooting guard / point guard
Years1:2012–2013
Team1:Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Team2:New York Knicks
Years3:2014
Team3:→Erie BayHawks
Team4:Utah Jazz
Years5:2014–2015
Team5:Idaho Stampede
Years6:2015
Team6:Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Team7:Washington Wizards
Years8:2015–2016
Team8:Texas Legends
Years9:2016
Team9:Sioux Falls Skyforce
Years10:2016–2017
Team10:Yeşilgiresun Belediye
Years11:2017–2018
Team11:ratiopharm Ulm
Years12:2018
Team12:Promitheas Patras
Years13:2018
Team13:HKK Zrinjski Mostar
Years14:2018–2019
Team14:Assigeco Casalpusterlengo
Years15:2019–2020
Team15:Benfica
Years16:2020–2021
Team16:BC Luleå
Years17:2021
Team17:Al Qadsia
Years18:2022
Team18:BC Ternopil
Years19:2022
Team19:Astros de Jalisco
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Toure' Ahmad Khalid-Murry (; born November 8, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player who is a player development coach for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Wichita State.

College career

Murry played college basketball at Wichita State University, leading the Shockers to the second round of the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and winning the 2011 National Invitation Tournament. Murry averaged 12.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game during his senior season in 2011–12.

Professional career

2012–13 season

After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Murry joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2012 NBA Summer League. He spent August and September in Turkey and Israel before returning to the United States. On November 2, 2012, he was selected with the 15th overall pick by the Austin Toros in the 2012 NBA Development League Draft. Three days later, he was traded to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.[1] During his rookie season, he played 52 games in total for the Vipers, averaging 9.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.8 steals per game.

2013–14 season

In July 2013, Murry joined the Houston Rockets for the Orlando Summer League and the New York Knicks for the Las Vegas Summer League. On September 11, 2013, he signed with the Knicks.[2] On January 29, 2014, he was assigned to the Erie BayHawks.[3] He was recalled the next day. On January 31, 2014, he was reassigned to the BayHawks.[4] He was recalled the next day. In 51 games for the Knicks in 2013–14, he averaged 2.7 points and 1.0 assists per game.

2014–15 season

On August 28, 2014, Murry signed with the Utah Jazz.[5] On November 13, 2014, he was assigned to the Idaho Stampede.[6] He was recalled by the Jazz on December 2,[7] reassigned on December 31,[8] and recalled again on January 3.[9] He went on to make his Jazz debut later that night.[10] The next day, he was waived by the Jazz[11] and on January 10, he was reacquired by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.[12] On February 7, 2015, Murry recorded his first career triple-double after posting 10 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in a 109–107 win over the Texas Legends.[13]

On March 12, 2015, Murry signed a 10-day contract with the Washington Wizards.[14] He signed a second 10-day contract with the Wizards on March 22[15] but was released halfway through his contract on March 27,[16] and returned to the Vipers three days later. He was subsequently deactivated by the Vipers and did not play for the team again in 2014–15.

2015–16 season

In July 2015, Murry joined the Washington Wizards for the 2015 NBA Summer League, but was limited to just two total minutes of action due to a right groin injury.[17] He later re-signed with the Wizards on September 25, 2015,[18] only to be waived again by the team on October 24 after appearing in four preseason games.[19]

On October 31, 2015, Murry was acquired by the Texas Legends in a trade with the Vipers.[20] On November 13, he made his debut for the Legends in a 104–82 loss to the Austin Spurs, recording 10 points, five rebounds and seven assists in 39 minutes.[21]

On March 4, 2016, Murry was traded to the Sioux Falls Skyforce in exchange for the returning player rights to Andre Dawkins.[22] On March 11, he made his debut for the Skyforce in a 121–117 win over the Canton Charge, recording 12 points, three rebounds, four assists and one block in 24 minutes off the bench.[23] He helped the Skyforce finish with a D-League-best 40–10 record in 2015–16, and went on to help the team win the league championship with a 2–1 Finals series win over the Los Angeles D-Fenders, his second D-League title.[24]

2016–17 season

In July 2016, Murry joined the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2016 NBA Summer League. On September 26, 2016, he signed with the Timberwolves,[25] but was waived on October 22 after appearing in three preseason games.[26] On December 5, he signed with Yeşilgiresun Belediye of the Turkish Super League.[27] On February 3, 2017, he parted ways with Yeşilgiresun.[28]

2017–18 season

On July 24, 2017, Murry signed with German club ratiopharm Ulm for the 2017–18 season.[29] On January 10, 2018, he left Ulm and signed with Greek club Promitheas Patras.[30]

2019–20 season

On July 18, 2019, Murry joined Portuguese club Benfica of the Portuguese Basketball League.[31] He averaged 10.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game. Murry left the team in January 2020.

2020–21 season

On September 6, 2020, Murry signed with BC Luleå of the Basketligan.[32]

2021–22 season

Murry began the 2021–22 season with Al Qadsia of the Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League. On January 5, 2022, Murry signed with BC Ternopil of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.[33] He then joined the Astros de Jalisco in Mexico, winning a CIBACOPA league title, before announcing his retirement in September 2022.[34] [35]

Career statistics

College

|-| align="left"| 2008–09| align="left"| Wichita State| 34 || 34 || 28.2 || .371 || .321 || .753 || 3.8 || 2.5 || 1.3 || .4 || 11.0|-| align="left"| 2009–10| align="left"| Wichita State| 35 || 35 || 31.6 || .424 || .331 || .708 || 5.0 || 3.1 || 1.4 || .3 || 11.9|-| align="left"| 2010–11| align="left"| Wichita State| 37 || 33 || 26.1 || .407 || .283 || .797 || 4.5 || 3.4 || 1.2 || .3 || 9.4|-| align="left"| 2011–12| align="left"| Wichita State| 32 || 27 || 29.3 || .420 || .286 || .786 || 4.8 || 3.3 || 1.2 || .3 || 12.1|-class="sortbottom"| align="center" colspan="2"| Career| 138 || 127 || 28.8 || .404 || .311 || .761 || 4.5 || 3.1 || 1.3 || .3 || 11.1

NBA

Regular season

|-| align="left"| | align="left"| New York| 51 || 0 || 7.3 || .434 || .417 || .590 || .9 || 1.0 || .4 || .0 || 2.7|-| align="left"| | align="left"| Utah| 1 || 0 || 1.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0|-| align="left"| | align="left"| Washington| 4 || 0 || 4.3 || .500 || .000 || 1.000 || .3 || .3 || .3 || .0 || 1.5|-class="sortbottom"| align="center" colspan="2"| Career| 56 || 0 || 7.0 || .433 || .417 || .610 || .8 || .9 || .4 || .0 || 2.6

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Austin Toros Trade With RGV Vipers For Patrick Sullivan. September 25, 2015. November 5, 2012. NBA.com.
  2. Web site: Knicks sign Toure Murry and Chris Smith. September 25, 2015. September 11, 2013. InsideHoops.com.
  3. Web site: Knicks assign Cole Aldrich, Toure Murry, Jeremy Tyler to D-League. September 25, 2015. January 29, 2014. InsideHoops.com.
  4. Web site: Knicks assign Toure Murry to D-League. September 25, 2015. January 31, 2014. InsideHoops.com.
  5. Web site: Jazz Signs Free Agent Toure' Murry. September 25, 2015. August 28, 2014. NBA.com.
  6. Web site: Jazz Assign Toure' Murry to D-League's Idaho Stampede. September 25, 2015. November 13, 2014. NBA.com.
  7. Web site: Jazz Recall Toure' Murry from Idaho Stampede. September 25, 2015. December 2, 2014. NBA.com.
  8. Web site: Jazz Assign Toure' Murry to D-League's Idaho Stampede. September 25, 2015. December 31, 2014. NBA.com.
  9. Web site: Jazz Recall Toure' Murry from Idaho Stampede. September 25, 2015. January 3, 2015. NBA.com.
  10. Web site: Burke's hot shooting leads Jazz over Timberwolves. September 25, 2015. January 3, 2015. NBA.com.
  11. Web site: Jazz Waive Toure' Murry. September 25, 2015. January 4, 2015. NBA.com.
  12. Web site: Vipers Acquire Toure' Murry. September 25, 2015. January 10, 2015. OurSportsCentral.com.
  13. Web site: Rio Grande Valley Vipers 109 - Texas Legends 107. G-League Stats. February 7, 2015. June 8, 2020.
  14. Web site: WIZARDS SIGN TOURE' MURRY. September 25, 2015. March 12, 2015. MonumentalNetwork.com.
  15. Web site: WIZARDS SIGN TOURE' MURRY TO SECOND 10-DAY CONTRACT. September 25, 2015. March 22, 2015. MonumentalNetwork.com.
  16. Web site: Wizards Release Toure' Murry. September 25, 2015. March 27, 2015. HoopsRumors.com.
  17. Web site: 2015 Summer League Player Profile – Toure' Murry. September 25, 2015. NBA.com.
  18. Web site: Wizards Sign Five for Training Camp. September 25, 2015. September 25, 2015. MonumentalNetwork.com. September 27, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150927204655/http://wizardstoday.monumentalnetwork.com/2015/09/25/wizards-sign-five-for-training-camp. dead.
  19. Web site: WIZARDS WAIVE FIVE. October 24, 2015. October 24, 2015. MonumentalNetwork.com. October 25, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151025202356/http://wizardstoday.monumentalnetwork.com/2015/10/24/wizards-waive-five. dead.
  20. News: Legends Complete Two Trades, Announce 2015-16 Training Camp Roster. OurSportsCentral.com. October 31, 2015. October 31, 2015.
  21. News: Cotton, Spurs Rout Legends as Satnam Singh Debuts. NBA.com. November 13, 2015. March 12, 2016. January 19, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160119200917/http://dleague.nba.com/games/20151113/TEXAUS/. dead.
  22. News: Skyforce Acquire Toure Murry. OurSportsCentral.com. March 4, 2016. March 4, 2016.
  23. News: Skyforce Drop Charge. NBA.com. March 11, 2016. March 12, 2016.
  24. Web site: Sioux Falls Skyforce Cap Historic Season with First NBA D-League. NBA.com. April 27, 2016. April 28, 2016. April 28, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160428121154/http://dleague.nba.com/games/20160427/LADSXF/. dead.
  25. News: TIMBERWOLVES ANNOUNCE 2016-17 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER. NBA.com. September 26, 2016. September 26, 2016.
  26. Web site: TIMBERWOLVES WAIVE BUTLER, MURRY. NBA.com. October 22, 2016. October 22, 2016.
  27. Web site: Toure Murry inks with Yesilgiresun. Sportando.com. December 5, 2016. December 5, 2016.
  28. News: Toure Murry leave Yesilgiresun Belediyespor. February 3, 2017. Sportando.com. February 3, 2017.
  29. News: ratiopharm Ulm signs guard Murry. https://web.archive.org/web/20170727025815/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/7yu34gukfpgo9oao. dead. July 27, 2017. July 24, 2017. Eurocupbasketball.com. July 24, 2017.
  30. News: Toure Murry leaves Ulm to join Promitheas. January 10, 2018. Sportando.com. January 10, 2018.
  31. News: 18 July 2019. Toure' Murry is a new signing. S.L. Benfica. 18 July 2019.
  32. Web site: Chelidze . Dimitri . Toure Murry (ex Benfica) is a second USA added to the roster of BC Lulea . Eurobasket . September 7, 2020 . September 6, 2020.
  33. Web site: Cherkasov . Sergey . Ternopil TNEU adds Murry to their roster, ex Qadsia . Eurobasket . January 5, 2022 . January 5, 2022.
  34. News: Jugador de Astros (CIBACOPA) se despide de su carrera profesional. MegaNoticias. Darinka. Talavera. September 9, 2022. November 8, 2022. es.
  35. News: ‘No regrets’: Former Wichita State star Toure’ Murry retires from pro basketball career. The Wichita Eagle. Taylor. Eldridge. September 7, 2022. November 8, 2022.