Tag: Jamal Murray
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Nuggets need to make a run at LeBron James | Vinny’s take
There’s one good reason the Nuggets are yet to make a move 24 hours into free agency. If LeBron James has any interest in playing his 24th NBA season in Denver, the Nuggets need to wait for James to make his call before going forward on other moves. James reportedly informed the Lakers he would…
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Swapping Jamal Murray, Jaylen Brown doesn’t address Denver Nuggets’ needs | Vinny’s take
A trade built around a Jamal Murray-for-Jaylen Brown swap makes sense for Boston – not for Denver. Brown’s situation in Boston is bordering on untenable. Coming off a season where he led the Celtics to the two seed in the Eastern Conference as the team’s lone star for most of the season, the 29-year-old’s name…
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Nuggets make a decision on Jalen Pickett’s option
The Nuggets took their time before deciding not to pick up Jalen Pickett’s team option for next season. Denver used about as much time as possible ahead of Monday’s deadline before determining to let the 26-year-old reserve guard become a free agent. Pickett was due $2.4 million next season. The 6-foot-2 guard was selected with…
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How the Denver Nuggets run a year-round global scouting process for the NBA draft
Scouting hardly stops for Scott Howard and Jim Clibanoff. The NBA draft starts with Tuesday’s first round and ends after Wednesday’s second round. Then, Howard, the Nuggets’ director of college scouting, is headed abroad. “Two days later, I leave to go to Turkey,” Howard told The Denver Gazette. While there might be time to sneak…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: The only way trading Jamal Murray makes sense for the Nuggets
Should the Nuggets make a trade? Jamal Murray had a great year, but disappeared in the playoffs. Can he be the guy that helped them get over the hump again? Don’t know. Aaron Gordon is a tough one. The last two seasons have seen injuries piling up, and he isn’t the player he used to…
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Mark Kiszla: Why Nuggets’ chronic injury woes are desperate cry for help
If it hurts the broken-down Nuggets to watch the NBA Finals from the sofa as much as it torments them to play basketball on the court, then shouldn’t Job 1 for Denver be painfully obvious? Heal thyself. Too often, this team’s starting five is in no shape to make a championship run. That’s more than…
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Why Jamal Murray was excluded from Canada’s next Olympics cycle | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider Jamal Murray’s future with the Canadian national team was thrown into question Monday. The Nuggets’ star guard was excluded from Canada’s 23-man roster for the upcoming Olympics cycle. Rowan Barrett, the father of Raptors wing RJ…
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Jamal Murray earns his first All-NBA nod beside Nikola Jokic
Jamal Murray got the acknowledgement he was looking for Sunday evening. After being named an All-Star for the first time, the Nuggets’ starting point guard said he would rather be an All-NBA selection for the first time, as it’s an accomplishment that reflects performance over the entirety of the regular season. Murray received 149 points…
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From David Adelman to Peyton Watson, 5 takeaways from Nuggets’ press conference | Vinny’s take
There were plenty of verbal lines to read between the lines when the Nuggets’ top executives and coach convened Friday at Ball Arena. Team president Josh Kroenke, executive vice president of basketball operations Ben Tenzer, executive vice president of player personnel Jon Wallace and coach David Adelman were smart enough not to show their entire…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Trade Jamal Murray? That’s the last thing Nuggets should do.
If I’m running the Nuggets, I would start restructuring the roster by shipping Jamal Murray to the Boston Celtics for Jaylen Brown. – Eric, Charleston, S.C. Kiz: Please allow me to be the voice of reason by shouting: Don’t trade Murray! What should the Nuggets do instead? Recognize that Murray isn’t a true point guard.…