Kater has been staying with his uncle off and on ever since his mother — Murray’s older sister Tesh — died unexpectedly last summer in what Murray described as a “tragic event” that shook him to his core. Seeking solace, he reached out to former Spur DeMar DeRozan, whose father died last season. “I cried on the phone to DeMar,” Murray said. “He calmed me down and he helped remind me why I’m where I’m at … and that God is in control of all that.”