{"id":75821,"date":"2024-05-01T14:23:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=75821"},"modified":"2024-05-01T14:23:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:23:09","slug":"nba-analyst-makes-bold-claim-about-jamal-murray-denver-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/05\/01\/nba-analyst-makes-bold-claim-about-jamal-murray-denver-nuggets\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Analyst Makes Bold Claim About Jamal Murray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long-time NBA analyst Chris Brossard believes Denver Nuggets guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/murraja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamal Murray<\/a> will be a Hall of Famer if the team wins another championship this season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t feel like Jamal Murray is a superstar. But if the Nuggets win a championship this year, he&#8217;s a Hall of Famer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chris_Broussard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Chris_Broussard<\/a> explains: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P9TPM51Kdc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/P9TPM51Kdc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 First Things First (@FTFonFS1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FTFonFS1\/status\/1785449201687470236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In Denver&#8217;s first-round series victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, Murray hit two game-winning shots. After Game 5, head coach Mike Malone talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/fadeawayworld.net\/jamal-murray-two-game-winners-lakers-game-2-right-game-5-left\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Murray&#8217;s performance<\/a> despite battling a calf injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;As he just told me, &#8216;I don&#8217;t think we win if I don&#8217;t play tonight.&#8217; I said, &#8216;Well, that&#8217;s the understatement of the year!&#8217; The kid is a warrior man, I can&#8217;t say enough good things about Jamal Murray. The bigger the moment, the kid just continues to shine. I&#8217;m proud of him, one tough cookie.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, in the series, Murray averaged 23.6 points, 7.2 assists, and 4.6 rebounds per game. Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/06\/17\/jamal-murray-rise-nba-superstar\/\" target=\"_self\">Murray<\/a> was essential to Denver&#8217;s championship run last season.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Murray claimed he and teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jokicni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikola Jokic<\/a> are &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/news-204742-jamal-murray-me-and-jokic-are-undoubtedly-number-one-duo-in-nba.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">undoubtedly<\/a>&#8221; the best duo in the NBA.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If you want me to rank where I believe, I think we&#8217;re the best duo. I think they&#8217;re in a bigger market, and people have more interest in LeBron [James] and AD (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/davisan02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Davis<\/a>) in LA, or what Dame (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lillada01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Damian Lillard<\/a>) and Giannis [Antetokounmpo] could be, or what Luka [Doncic] and Kyrie [Irving] could do,&#8221; Murray said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>NBA Analyst Makes Bold Claim About Jamal Murray<\/h2>\n<h3>Does Murray Have a Hall of Fame Case?<\/h3>\n<p>Murray entered the league during the 2016 NBA Draft after the Nuggets drafted him in the first. Despite a slow start to his career, Murray has blossomed into one of the league&#8217;s best guards. Murray has averaged at least 20 points per game in each of the last three seasons he played. Furthermore, he has constantly been one of the NBA&#8217;s most efficient perimeter shooters and is nearly unstoppable when he is hot. Additionally, he is a good playmaker and a decent defender. And at just 27 years old, the Kentucky alum will likely be around for a long time. However, despite his impressive career so far, Murray has yet to make it to an All-Star team. Furthermore, besides being a one-time NBA champion, Murray only has an All-Rookie Team selection on his resume. This season, Murray spoke about his snub from the All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;There&#8217;s multiple players in the league that should be All-Stars,&#8221; Murray said. &#8220;I think Fox wasn&#8217;t an All-Star&#8230; Trae wasn&#8217;t an All-Star. What do you want me to do now? I think you guys have seen me play at a pretty high level against those same guys that are All-Stars. I just go out there and try not to take it to heart. It is what it is.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Let\u2019s stop disrespecting Nugget guard Jamal Murray. He should be at the All-Star game next season in San Francisco!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Earvin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsma02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magic Johnson<\/a> (@MagicJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MagicJohnson\/status\/1785353947433275408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nMurray is a talented guard and is building a reputation as a playoff hero. However, even if he helps the Nuggets bring another championship to Denver this season, Murray is unlikely to be in consideration for the Hall of Fame just yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-time NBA analyst Chris Brossard believes Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray will be a Hall of Famer if the team wins another championship this season. &#8220;I don&#8217;t feel like Jamal Murray is a superstar. But if the Nuggets win a championship this year, he&#8217;s a Hall of Famer.&#8221; \u2014 @Chris_Broussard explains: pic.twitter.com\/P9TPM51Kdc \u2014 First Things [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":51736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,30,20,26,15,62,3],"tags":[240,187,306,109,406,1133,365,72],"class_list":["post-75821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-mavericks","category-nuggets","category-lakers","category-bucks","category-nba","category-news","tag-anthony-davis","tag-damian-lillard","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-jamal-murray","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-luka-doncic","tag-mike-malone","tag-nikola-jokic"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}