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Spurs Star Dejounte Murray Appears On Kimmel's Mean Tweets

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all.

Jeremy Brener

Spurs Star Dejounte Murray Appears On Kimmel's Mean Tweets
Spurs Star Dejounte Murray Appears On Kimmel's Mean Tweets /

NBA fans can be cruel. And often times they take to Twitter to air their frustrations when the San Antonio Spurs are good, bad or indifferent. Sometimes people are just flat out mean.

Spurs All-Star guard Dejounte Murray was on the receiving end of some pretty harsh  tweets, one of which was read by Murray himself on the latest edition of Jimmy Kimmel's "Mean Tweets."

"If I see Dejounte Murray one more time on an NBA floor my kids will not have dinner tomorrow," a mean NBA fan tweeted.

Murray's response? Priceless.

"Sorry kids," Murray said.

That Twitter user's kids are going to be hungry because Murray isn't stepping away from the NBA anytime soon. 

Murray had a career year for the Spurs during his sixth NBA campaign. He averaged career-highs with 21.1 points, 9.2 assists, 8.3 rebounds and a league-leading two steals per game. Murray also made his first All-Star appearance and led the Spurs to the play-in game as the No. 10 seed in the Western Conference.

Murray even got an All-NBA vote from The Athletic's Jason Quick.

This past season, Murray proved that he can be the face of the franchise moving forward and not just some bridge piece to get to that next superstar the Spurs are craving.

Murray turns 26 this offseason, which means his best basketball could still be ahead of him.

The Spurs certainly hope that's the case as the team looks for another building block with the ninth overall pick in next week's NBA Draft.

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Jeremy Brener
JEREMY BRENER

Jeremy Brener is an editor, writer and social media manager for several Fan Nation websites. His work has also been featured in 247 Sports and SB Nation as a writer and podcaster. Brener has been with Fan Nation since 2021. Brener grew up in Houston, going to Astros, Rockets and Texans games as a kid. He moved to Orlando in 2016 to go to college and pursue a degree. He hosts "The Dream Take" podcast covering the Rockets, which has produced over 350 episodes since March 2020. Brener graduated in May 2020 from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism minoring in Sport Business Management. While at UCF, Brener worked for the school's newspaper NSM.today and "Hitting the Field," a student-run sports talk show and network. He was the executive producer for "Hitting the Field" from 2019-20. During his professional career, Brener has covered a number of major sporting events including the Pro Bowl, March Madness and several NBA and NFL games. As a fan, Brener has been to the 2005 World Series, 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 NCAA National Championship between the Villanova Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels. Now, Brener still resides in the Central Florida area and enjoys writing, watching TV, hanging out with friends and going to the gym. Brener can be followed on Twitter @JeremyBrener. For more inquiries, please email jeremybrenerchs@gmail.com.

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