After his 2021 injury, Jamal Murray was worried about his future with the Nuggets, but he has helped Denver get within one game of the NBA Finals.
If you look at how the final four teams in the 2020 playoff bubble fared in the subsequent 2020-21 season, the deep run and quick turnaround came with sizeable repercussions.
Between those four — the Celtics, Heat, Lakers and Nuggets — only Denver reached the second round following the shortest offseason in NBA history, and it was swept by the Suns. The Heat and Lakers had around seven weeks from the conclusion of the 2020 NBA Finals until the start of training camp for the 2020-21 season; the Nuggets and Celtics had about two extra.Jamal Murray’s ACL tearMurray missed all of last season, where the Nuggets went 48-34, finished sixth in the West and lost to the eventual champion Warriors in five games during the first round.
“His first through was thought was, ‘Man, are you gonna trade me? I’m damaged goods, are you guys gonna trade me now?’ I hugged him and I said, ‘Hell no! You’re ours. We love you, we’re gonna help you get back, and you’re gonna be a better player for it.'”"Not only are you gonna come back, you're gonna be better."
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