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Denver Nuggets: Takeaways from Memphis

By Michael Longhofer

Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images)Getty ID: 933287316
Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images)Getty ID: 933287316 /
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Memphis Grizzlies v Denver NuggetsDENVER, CO – JANUARY 12: Jamal Murray #27 of the Denver Nuggets drives against Marc Gasol #33 of the Memphis Grizzlies at Pepsi Center on January 12, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images)Getty ID: 904370192
Memphis Grizzlies v Denver NuggetsDENVER, CO – JANUARY 12: Jamal Murray #27 of the Denver Nuggets drives against Marc Gasol #33 of the Memphis Grizzlies at Pepsi Center on January 12, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images)Getty ID: 904370192 /

You’re not going to find a bigger fan of this young man.  I believe he will have a hall-of-fame level career.

I almost put “kid” instead of “young man”.  I have to remind myself that Jamal just turned 21.  This is his first full season as a starter.  No matter how good he is now, he’s still a couple of years from his prime.

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Murray struggling to just 5-for-18 from the floor last night was a tough blow.  With Gary Harris out, the Nuggets needed a big night from Jamal and it looks like that pressure had him pressing.  What usually seems free-flowing and natural looked forced.

Still, it would be a disservice to the Nuggets to let Jamal off-the-hook for his performance.  This is the big-time and he’s a big-time guy.  This is where it’s in his personality to shine.  Makes the turnovers and bad decisions in Memphis that much harder to digest.

This is also, by a long way, the most minutes Jamal has played in a season.  That the young man has held up as well as he has are an indicator for why I think he (and Jokic) will be so great.

Iron will guys are hard to come by.

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