Way-Too-Early Projections for the Nuggets Starting Line-up

Starting at point guard for your Denver Nuggets, standing at 6-4, from Kentucky, Jamal Murray.

I truly think that the Nuggets could have a star in their hands in Jamal Murray. He’s a sharpshooter from deep, who has taken a transition from shooting guard to point guard in a great manner.

The Nuggets drafted him with the seventh pick of the draft last season, and he was a steal for seven. This being said, he was in the headlines for reasons you don’t want at the beginning of the season. He missed his first 18 career shot attempts, until he finally saw his first shot go down.

He had a couple of good games, but his first example of a “career game” came against the Chicago Bulls earlier this season. The Blue Arrow went ballistic, coming off of the bench to drop 24 points and shooting 70 percent from the field. It was in this month that he won the Rookie of the Month, and it was pretty well deserved.

He didn’t stop there, as he had a couple more monster performances this season. The latest examples of this play came against the New Orleans Pelicans and Dallas Mavericks. He showed the two sides of his play in these games, one where he was relentless scoring, and the other where he moved the ball around really well.

In the Pelicans game he dropped 30, shooting 71 percent from the field. It was a joy to watch, as he also racked up five assists in this game as well (per basketball-reference). There was a completely different style of play in the Mavs game, as he moved the ball really well while not shooting so great. In that game he only shot about 29 percent from the field, but finished with ten points and ten assists, a double-double.

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We’ve seen his potential time and time again, and it should be an exciting future with him running the offense.