Keeler: Jamal Murray taking ownership of Nuggets? Nikola Jokic Era dynasty hinges on it.
All anyone wants Jamal Murray is ownership Ownership of responsibility Of accountability Of leadership Of example Of legacy These Nuggets are all stewards of The Nikola Jokic Era long may it reign Don t do it for us Do it for him The Joker turns in February Aaron Gordon just turned It s been the time of our lives It ll be over in a blink Titles are forever Championship windows aren t All Nuggets Nation wants Blue Arrow is to not act as if you don t care whether or not you might waste mentioned window To not to act as if the job is already done To not act as if one ring is enough Jamal had an amazing summer Nuggets coach David Adelman gushed on Monday during the franchise s annual fall media day at Ball Arena He looks good I think mentally he s great The - Nuggets are deeper and maybe better than the - bunch that won the NBA title But six of the top eight players projected to get the majority minutes this season are also aged or older Jon Wallace and Ben Tenzer pushed every blue and gold chip they had straight to the middle of the table this past summer In the Western Conference sadly a Joker alone won t be enough to win the pot Fortunately during a morning of happy groovy highlights Murray provided two of the biggest Related Articles Nuggets media day Jonas Valanciunas happy to be in Denver and more we learned Christian Braun Peyton Watson both express desire to stay with Nuggets Nikola Jokic on contract extension delay Plan to be Nugget forever Renck vs Keeler Who is under more pressure Nuggets David Adelman or Avs Jared Bednar Nuggets Journal Nikola Jokic s future Jonas Valanciunas s arrival and other storylines entering training camp First the Nuggets guard looks as if he could wrestle John Cena with one arm and bench press a Volvo with the other Second and more importantly coaches and players communicated that Murray took ownership of Nuggets workouts and bonding moments this past offseason in Los Angeles Hunter Tyson I saw more of a leadership emphasis from the players whether that be Jamal Cam Johnson Tim Hardway Jr and others Spencer Jones Murray was in our gym a lot this summer And it will definitely show Adleman again I give Murray so much credit in Los Angeles it s not just about getting on the court together it s about going and hanging out grabbing something to eat possibly a drink It was good to see Jamal take the lead on that The Nuggets will never become a dynasty if Murray is content to be a visitor I m trying to win a championship Murray revealed When you lose you just try to find specific motivation and the will to get back in there and really try to start something fresh And the front office made a few moves We ve got a lot of new faces So we need to put our best foot forward as a group And I ll try to get the job done Murray turned up at Nuggets Media Day waxing about his love of mixed martial arts What horses are to Jokic octagons are to Jamal The Blue Arrow became pals with Australian UFC star Alexander Volkanovski He s sparred with another UFC vet Tyson Pedro Yet when cameras captured him at a UFC fight card in New York last November in between games on a Nuggets road trip through the South the optics were rough Especially as it came just two months after he landed a four-year million max extension from the Kroenkes Skeptics wondered if his heart was somewhere else If he really had downshifted after a completely reaching the mountaintop and b witnessing painfully just how dang hard it is to repeat it Muscle Murray turned up at Media Day rested refreshed and ready to go five rounds with Alex Pereira But first he s got his sights on taking down November a recurring nemesis I m just focused on having a really great November Murray noted That s my biggest thing having a great November Two Novembers ago the Arrow averaged points per battle for the month Last November he averaged points shot from beyond the arc and from the free-throw line Admission was a heck of a first step Now comes the hard part Fixing it Actions Arrow Actions not words Murray learned from everything in life but sometimes part of learning stuff is forgetting about it and moving on Adelman disclosed I think for him this is a utterly different year New teammates new locker room a new chance to lead differently As we learned last season the Joker can do almost anything all by himself Except win an NBA title Jokic says he wants to be a Nugget forever Eternity alas will only fly as high as Murray can lift it Want more Nuggets news Sign up for the Nuggets Insider to get all our NBA analysis
