Troy Murphy

15-year-old on the New Jersey AAU circuit, Pacers guard Dahntay Jones chuckled the first time he saw power forward Troy Murphy take the court for the opposition. "Troy played for the Newark Rams, this inner-city...

On the eight-player trade last week in which the Pacers sent Al Harrington, Stephen Jackson, Sarunas Jasikevicius and Josh Powell to the Warriors in exchange for Troy Murphy, Mike Dunleavy, Ike Diogu and Keith McLeod:

No matter how committed they are, they'll be sitting at home in the spring

What was your-welcome-to-the-NBA moment? Training camp as a rookie playing against [6'7", 260-pound teammate] Danny Fortson. That is the most physical guy I've ever played with.

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