Denver Nuggets president, Josh Kroenke, has addressed Jamal Murray’s poor Olympic Video games, after the Canadian struggled to make an influence in Paris this summer time.
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 sport in Paris, on 29% capturing from the sector.
Final season Murray averaged 20.6 factors per sport within the NBA off 40.2% capturing from the sector, so the numerous drop in efficiency was actually famous this summer time.
Canada have been eradicated on the quarter remaining 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.
“While you’re going in opposition to one of the best on this planet, whether or not it’s within the NBA playoffs or within the Olympics, you’re gonna get (opponents’) greatest shot. And should you’re not one hundred pc and you need to be on the market nonetheless, you’re gonna attempt to struggle by it like Jamal is.
“However I do know he wasn’t one hundred pc. 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 sport
3 rebounds per sport
3.8 assists per sport
2.3 turnovers per sport
20.5 minutes per sport9-of-31 FG (29%)
2-of-14 3PT (14.3%) pic.twitter.com/JTDeb2u5U0— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) August 6, 2024
Murray was battling a calf damage in the beginning 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 might like to focus in on the tip of the season or the playoffs or the Olympics, I normally assume even form of one step increased.
“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 get better from final season’s prolonged marketing campaign and the day off needs to be sufficient for the Nuggets star to get again to full health.