Denver Nuggets president, Josh Kroenke, has addressed Jamal Murray’s poor Olympic Video games, after the Canadian struggled to make an impression in Paris this summer season.
Jamal Murray’s Tough Olympics
It was no secret that Jamal Murray struggled within the Olympics, with the normally prolific Nuggets guard averaging simply six factors per recreation in Paris, on 29% taking pictures from the sphere.
Final season Murray averaged 20.6 factors per recreation within the NBA off 40.2% taking pictures from the sphere, so the numerous drop in efficiency was definitely famous this summer season.
Canada had been eradicated on the quarter ultimate stage by France, with Victor Wembanyama’s residence nation easing previous Murray and co in a disappointing match all spherical.
Talking this week, Nuggets proprietor Josh Kroenke excused Murray’s poor Olympics, suggesting that the Canada guard remains to be struggling with an damage that plagued him final season.
“If you’re going towards the very best on this planet, whether or not it’s within the NBA playoffs or within the Olympics, you’re gonna get (opponents’) finest shot. And for those who’re not 100% and you understand you wish to be on the market nonetheless, you’re gonna attempt to struggle by means of it like Jamal is.
“However I do know he wasn’t 100%. I do know getting him again there’s a huge step towards seeing the Jamal who was throwing up triple-doubles within the NBA Finals.”
Canada star Jamal Murray had a dreadful 2024 Olympics 😬
6 factors per recreation
3 rebounds per recreation
3.8 assists per recreation
2.3 turnovers per recreation
20.5 minutes per recreation9-of-31 FG (29%)
2-of-14 3PT (14.3%) pic.twitter.com/JTDeb2u5U0— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) August 6, 2024
Murray was combating a calf damage at first of 2024 and the Denver star was compelled to overlook out on quite a few video games with the knock, which Kroenke believes he’s nonetheless recovering from.
Kroenke continued: “For me particularly, as a lot as I’d like to focus in on the tip of the season or the playoffs or the Olympics, I normally assume even type of one step larger.
“The quantity of video games that he’s performed — the quantity of video games that each one of our guys have performed — and the damage and tear on their our bodies. So I believe that confirmed up towards the tip of the common season. It positively trickled into the playoffs. And Jamal was additionally fairly banged up.”
Murray now has over two months to get well from final season’s prolonged marketing campaign and the break day ought to be sufficient for the Nuggets star to get again to full health.
