Hawks’ Dejounte Murray Expected to Miss Two Weeks With Ankle Injury

Hawks guard Dejounte Murray is expected to miss two weeks with a left ankle sprain, per Shams Charania and Sam Amick of The Athletic.

Murray suffered the injury in Wednesday’s loss to the Knicks and was forced to exit the game after just four minutes. He underwent an MRI on Thursday.

The Hawks have been battling the injury bug lately, with forward John Collins expected to miss another week or so with a sprained ankle of his own. Meanwhile, small forward De’Andre Hunter has a hip issue and guard Trae Young is sick and missed practice on Thursday, noted Lauren L. Williams of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Murray, 26, is 6-foot-4 and averaging 20.8 points, 6.2 assists and 5.4 rebounds, shooting 45 percent from the field and 37 percent on 3-pointers, in his first season with the Hawks. He has appeared in 20 of their first 25 games.

Hawks All-Star Dejounte Murray is expected to miss two weeks with a left ankle sprain, sources tell me and @sam_amick. Atlanta now has Murray, John Collins (ankle) and De'Andre Hunter (hip) sidelined.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 8, 2022