Josh Kroenke on Jamal Murray: I know he wasn't 100% in the playoffs and Olympics
“When you’re going against the best in the world, whether it’s in the NBA playoffs or in the Olympics, you’re gonna get (opponents’) best shot. And if you’re not 100% and you know you want to be out there still, you’re gonna try to fight through it like Jamal is,” Kroenke said after participating in the Gardner Hendrick Pro-Am, part of the BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club. “But I know he wasn’t 100%. I know getting him back there is a big step toward seeing the Jamal who was throwing up triple-doubles in the NBA Finals.”
Source: Denver Post
Source: Denver Post
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Most playoff PTS by an active player with zero All-Star appearances:
1,571 — Jamal Murray
1,377 — Marcus Smart
1,344 — CJ McCollum
1,158 — Jae Crowder
The only players with 1K. pic.x.com/9svne7zpav – 4:25 PM
Most playoff PTS by an active player with zero All-Star appearances:
1,571 — Jamal Murray
1,377 — Marcus Smart
1,344 — CJ McCollum
1,158 — Jae Crowder
The only players with 1K. pic.x.com/9svne7zpav – 4:25 PM
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“For me in particular, as much as I would love to focus in on the end of the season or the playoffs or the Olympics, I usually think even kind of one step higher. You think about it (in terms of) over kind of the last couple of years,” Kroenke said. “The amount of games that he’s played — the amount of games that all of our guys have played — and the wear and tear on their bodies. So I think that showed up toward the end of the regular season. It definitely trickled into the playoffs. And Jamal was also pretty banged up. I think that’s something that gets underestimated because of how tough he is as a person. He was playing through some dings, some pretty good dings, that probably would keep most people out of games.” -via Denver Post / August 21, 2024
Jake Fischer: Jonathan Kuminga is entering the final year of his rookie deal where the word around the league from various sources is that Kuminga and his representation are looking for a full max extension, which as we just talked about with Brandon Ingram and Jamal Murray and whoever, like if you’re not an absolute All-Star, Scottie Barnes type of guy for Toronto, Lauri Markkanen for Utah you know, Trae Young for Atlanta back in the day, because look at what happened to Trae Young and Atlanta since then, it’s really hard to get that number. -via YouTube / August 9, 2024
George Karl: Jamal Murray looked like a bitter, bad attitude dude in the Olympics. -via x.com / August 7, 2024