Ronald Murray

For the Scottish politician, see Ronald King Murray, Lord Murray.

Not to be confused with Ronald Murray (rugby union).

Ronald Murray

Nickname(s)	"Flip"
Position	Guard
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
League	Turkish Basketball League Euroleague
Team	Efes Pilsen S.K.
Born	July 29, 1979 (1979-07-29) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
High school	Strawberry Mansion HS (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College	Meridian Community College (1997/98-1998/99) Community College of Philadelphia (1999/2000, did not play) Shaw (2000/01–2001/02)
Draft	42nd overall, 2002 Milwaukee Bucks
Pro career	2002–present
Career history	Milwaukee Bucks (2002-03) Seattle SuperSonics (2003-06) Cleveland Cavaliers (2006) Detroit Pistons (2006-08) Indiana Pacers (2008) Atlanta Hawks (2008-09) Charlotte Bobcats (2009-10) Chicago Bulls (2010)

Ronald "Flip" Murray (born July 29, 1979) is an American professional basketball player, who currently plays for Efes Pilsen S.K. in Turkey. Murray is a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st) point guard–shooting guard. In the NBA he most recently played for the Chicago Bulls. After attending Strawberry Mansion High School in Philadelphia, where he starred on the basketball team, he played college basketball for four seasons, first at the Meridian Community College in 1997-1999, and then at Shaw University located in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2000-2002. He is nicknamed "Flip" because he used to do a lot of backflips when he was a young kid.

Career

Murray was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with pick no. 42 in the second round of the 2002 NBA Draft, after being NCAA's Division II Player of the Year during his senior season at Shaw, as he led the Shaw University Bears to the Division II Final Four in basketball. He has played for the Bucks, the Seattle SuperSonics (where he developed as a scoring threat in 2003–04, substituting for Ray Allen who missed 26 games due to injury, averaging 12 points in 25 minutes, while appearing in all 82 matches).

On February 23, 2006, he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Mike Wilks and cash considerations. In his brief stint with the Cavs, he averaged his career-highs in nearly every category.

On July 18, 2006, Murray signed with the Detroit Pistons for $3.6 million (US) over two years, in an effort to improve the team's bench depth. In the 2006-07 NBA season, Murray started eighteen games (twelve in place of point guard Chauncey Billups and six in place of shooting guard Richard Hamilton).

On February 22, 2008, Murray was waived by the Pistons. On March 1, he was signed by the Indiana Pacers. There was an expectation the Los Angeles Clippers would sign Murray, but he elected to go with the Pacers instead.

On August 13, 2008, Murray signed with the Atlanta Hawks.

On September 25, 2009, the Charlotte Bobcats signed Murray reportedly to a one year 1.99 million dollar contract.

On February 18, 2010, Murray was traded in a packaged deal to the Chicago Bulls for Tyrus Thomas.

On January 13, 2011 he signed with the Turkish team Efes Pilsen S.K. until the end of the 2010-11 season.

Miscellaneous

• NCAA Division II Player of the Year during his senior season at Shaw University
• Led Seattle SuperSonics' 2003 summer-league team with 22.9 ppg
• Sonics 2003 opening-night starter at shooting guard
• Hit game-winning shot over Latrell Sprewell at the buzzer in 89-87 Seattle victory at Minnesota on November 11, 2003
• Scored career-high 31 points for Seattle on 11-23 shooting vs. Miami on November 18, 2003
• Scored 20 or more points in 10 of first 11 games of 2003-04 season, in absence of Ray Allen
• Selected to play in the 2004 Rookie Challenge. Representing the SuperSonics, Murray scored 25 points and dished out 10 assists for the sophomores.
• Tied career high 31 points for the Charlotte Bobcats against Orlando on November 16, 2009^{[citation needed]}
• Has played for every NBA team in the Central Division (Bulls, Bucks, Cavaliers, Pacers, Pistons).

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2002–03	Milwaukee	12	0	34.1	16.2	.000	345	0.1	0.3	0.3	0	1.9
2002–03	Seattle	2	0	10.0	.400	.000	.000	1.5	1.0	.0	.0	2.0
2003–04	Seattle	82	18	24.6	.425	.293	.715	2.5	2.5	1.0	.3	12.4
2004–05	Seattle	49	6	18.0	.361	.253	.738	2.0	1.3	.6	.2	7.0
2005–06	Seattle	48	2	22.6	.397	.224	.717	1.8	2.5	.6	.1	9.9
2005–06	Cleveland	28	25	36.7	.448	.308	.702	2.4	2.8	1.4	.2	13.5
2006–07	Detroit	69	18	21.4	.404	.289	.725	1.6	2.7	.7	.2	6.7
2007–08	Detroit	19	2	18.3	.410	.222	.595	1.9	3.4	.7	.1	7.5
2007–08	Indiana	23	17	22.9	.425	.389	.754	2.0	3.5	1.1	.1	11.0
2008–09	Atlanta	80	2	24.7	.447	.360	.760	2.1	2.0	1.1	.2	12.2
2009-10	Charlotte	46	1	21.6	.389	.313	.710	2.1	1.8	.6	.3	9.9
2009–10	Chicago	29	1	23.4	.397	.311	.762	2.9	1.8	.6	.1	10.1
Career		487	92	22.7	.414	.304	.725	2.1	2.3	.8	.2	9.9

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004–05	Seattle	4	0	15.5	.211	.000	.571	1.5	1.3	.0	.5	3.0
2005–06	Cleveland	13	5	30.7	.330	.208	.813	3.2	1.6	.7	.2	8.1
2006–07	Detroit	12	0	11.3	.355	.000	.727	.8	1.2	.3	.1	2.5
2008–09	Atlanta	11	0	31.0	.341	.280	.865	2.7	2.5	1.1	.3	11.8
2009–10	Chicago	5	0	19.4	.405	.333	1.000	2.6	2.0	.4	.0	8.4
Career		45	5	23.0	.339	.256	.821	2.2	1.7	.6	.2	7.1

External links

• Ronald Murray at NBA.com
• Ronald Murray at Basketball-Reference.com
• Ronald Murray at ESPN.com