{"id":293584,"date":"2025-11-19T16:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/293584\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T16:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:09:09","slug":"jamal-murray-is-making-an-all-star-case-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/293584\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamal Murray Is Making An All-Star Case This Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1917230\" class=\"wp-image-1917230 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jamal-Murray-Header-1-784x441.png\" alt=\"Jamal Murray reacts to his three-point basket against the Minnesota Timberwolves \" width=\"784\" height=\"441\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1917230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamal Murray reacts to his three-point basket against the Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p>Stop us if you\u2019ve heard this before: Jamal Murray is playing at an All-Star level and should be an All-Star this season.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, Murray might be the best player in the league never make an All-Star team.<\/p>\n<p>Murray\u2019s career and place in Nuggets lore is set, but for one reason or another \u2014 whether it is from nagging injuries or untimely ones \u2014 Murray hasn\u2019t reached the heights in the regular season that he\u2019s regularly fulfilled in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>This season feels different, especially with how he\u2019s started it. <\/p>\n<p>Murray is averaging a career-high 23.1 points, 6.1 assists and 5.6 rebounds per game while shooting 46.7% overall and 35.7% on 3-pointers. Murray is also getting to the line more than he ever has in his career, averaging 4.2 free throws per game and shooting 94% on his free throws.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Jamal Murray drills the triple<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamal Murray drills the triple<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just focused on having a really great November,\u201d Murray said at Nuggets media day. \u201cThat\u2019s my biggest thing, having a great November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murray\u2019s great November isn\u2019t by accident, but is the result of the work he put in in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJamal had an amazing summer,\u201d Nuggets coach David Adelman said during media days. \u201cHe looks good. I think mentally, he\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jamal Murray: \ud83d\udd12&#8217;d in at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@nuggets<\/a> All-Access! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gotdHayDT1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gotdHayDT1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1978209416877945241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Murray has already taken 52 field goal attempts less than five feet away from the rim,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/stats\/player\/1627750\/shooting?Season=2025-26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">per to NBA Stats<\/a>. Last season, Murray shot a total of 255 of those same shots. He\u2019s already 20 percent of the way to his total from last year and on pace to eclipse last year\u2019s mark by over 100 attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Murray\u2019s 11.3 drives per game lead the Nuggets by far (Nikola Joki\u0107 is the next closest with 3.3), and while Denver doesn\u2019t play a ton of isolation, Murray ranks in the 91st percentile in efficiency when he\u2019s asked to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Every Murray positive is a weight lifted off of Joki\u0107\u2019s shoulders. And if he can continue to help Jokic carry the load this season, he\u2019ll do more than make the revamped All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just trying to win another championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamal Murray reacts to his three-point basket against the Minnesota Timberwolves. 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