Bennett Durando is the Denver Nuggets beat writer for The Denver Post. Before moving to Colorado, where he started as The Post's Avalanche beat writer, he covered SEC football, basketball and other sports for five years: first reporting on his alma mater, Missouri, for the St.
Jamal Murray, of Canada, makes a pass around Willy Hernangomez, of Spain, in a men’s basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France. The difference in chatter surrounding Jamal Murray between summer 2023 and summer 2024 is enough to give Nuggets fans whiplash.
That’s the cruel nature of the hyper-reactive spin cycle that is NBA discourse. And the season after the season didn’t help Murray. Murray finished the tournament at 6.0 points, 3.8 assists and 2.3 turnovers per game, averaging 21 minutes in four contests. He shot 29% from the field and 14% from 3-point range.
Now, is that defense of Murray concerning in its own right, if the implication is that he’s a far less capable offensive threat when he doesn’t get to play off of Jokic? Certainly, but that was kind of already understood in Denver. Loyal fans don’t need to be lectured again on the Nuggets’ net rating stats during Jokic’s rest minutes. The foundation of this team is Jokic’s ability to elevate his teammates.
In the meantime, the wait for a Murray extension is likely nearing a conclusion as well. The Olympics surely added a new layer of anxiety to the four-year, $108.5 million max that he’s eligible to sign this summer. The last thing Denver needs is to get trapped in a contract that ages poorly before it even begins. Needless to say, stakes are high for the 2024-25 season, assuming the deal gets done.
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