Jamal Murray: 'I’m an All-Star when you need the All-Star to show up – in the playoffs'


“I mean I’m doing it,” Murray said with a shrug. “I’m an All-Star when you need the All-Star to show up — in the playoffs. You want the best to step up (then), right? And I think I do a good job of that. So I kind of backed myself up in that way. That’s it. That’s what it is. So it’s just more fuel to the fire. “But (not being selected an All-Star) doesn’t hurt me like that, psychologically. I haven’t made it for so long, and I’m a champion. And I’m on the best team in the world playing with the best player in the world (in Jokić).”
Source: The Athletic

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Katy Winge @katywinge
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (right hamstring tendinosis) and Jamal Murray (bilateral tibia inflammation) are both questionable for tomorrow’s game against Sacramento – 9:23 PM
Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto
Jamal Murray (bilateral tibia inflammation) and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (right hamstring tendinosis) are both questionable for tomorrow’s game against the Kings.
Hunter Tyson is out with a left finger sprain/fracture. – 4:38 PM
Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Nuggets injury report:
Jamal Murray (bilateral tibia inflammation) and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (right hamstring tendinosis) are officially questionable for tomorrow vs. Kings. – 4:34 PM
Katy Winge @katywinge
No Jamal Murray (bilateral tibia inflammation) or Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (right hamstring tightness) for the Nuggets to start the second half. Both are questionable to return. – 9:27 PM
Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
And Giannis Antetokounmpo has picked up his second personal foul with 6:11 left in the first quarter.
It was an offensive foul for pulling on Jamal Murray as he tried to get into position to set a screen. – 8:24 PM
Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Nuggets starters at Bucks:
Jamal Murray
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Michael Porter Jr.
Aaron Gordon
Nikola Jokic – 7:34 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Players that are undefeated in 30-point games (minimum 5 games):
— Jamal Murray
— Franz Wagner
That’s it. pic.twitter.com/EGP9LLWDH02:15 PM

More on this storyline

But when we revisited the unpleasant topic again last week, there was a different energy that came with Murray’s response. The subtle edge was gone. He was more at ease with this unwelcome part of the conversation that surrounds him. “Obviously, I would love to be an All-Star,” he told The Athletic in an expansive interview last Friday in Sacramento. “I’d love to get that kind of recognition. But I think when you win in the playoffs, you win on the biggest stages you play and show yourself on the biggest stages and you prove yourself against those so-called All-Stars, (then it’s) whatever…” -via The Athletic / February 14, 2024
Chris Dempsey: #Nuggets coach Michael Malone said on our radio show he expects Jamal Murray (tibia) and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (hamstring) to be doubtful for tomorrow’s game vs. the Kings. They will get treatment to be sure, but with the All-Star break looming they don’t want to take any unnecessary chances. -via Twitter @chrisadempsey / February 13, 2024
Katy Winge: No updates on KCP or Murray. Coach said KCP was feeling good, passed all tests, then hesitated when Malone asked how he was feeling. Murray told Malone in the first half he wasn’t feeling great, but wanted to finish the half & see how he felt. Decided not to go in the second. -via Twitter @katywinge / February 12, 2024





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