You can’t expect every experiment to yield the results you hope it will. Sometimes, NBA teams experiment too.

Any scientist will tell you that much. They don’t run experiments with the assumption that they’ll give them the results they want.

Sometimes, the experiment just has enough potential to work to make it worth trying. 

It doesn’t always work out for teams when they try things. Something may make some sense in theory, only to not work in practice. 

The Atlanta Hawks’ current backcourt feels a little experimental. Between Trae Young and Dejounte Murray, there’s a little too much playmaking relative to how much off-ball ability there is. This season, the experiment has not yielded the results the team would like. 

Could they end it prematurely this summer by sending Murray to the Brooklyn Nets?