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 time.
Jamal Murray’s Troublesome 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% capturing from the sector.
Final season Murray averaged 20.6 factors per recreation within the NBA off 40.2% capturing from the sector, so the numerous drop in efficiency was actually famous this summer time.
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 event all spherical.
Talking this week, Nuggets proprietor Josh Kroenke excused Murray’s poor Olympics, suggesting that the Canada guard continues to be struggling with an harm that plagued him final season.
“Whenever you’re going towards one of the best on the planet, whether or not it’s within the NBA playoffs or within the Olympics, you’re gonna get (opponents’) finest shot. And should you’re not 100% and you already know you wish to be on the market nonetheless, you’re gonna attempt to struggle via it like Jamal is.
“However I do know he wasn’t 100%. I do know getting him again there’s a large 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 fighting a calf harm firstly 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 form of one step larger.
“The quantity of video games that he’s performed — the quantity of video games that every one of our guys have performed — and the damage and tear on their our bodies. So I feel 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 recuperate 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.