Former Cat Jamal Murray thinks his Denver Nuggets has a good as chance as any other team to win the NBA Championship this season at Disney World in Orlando.
He touts Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic as a big piece of the puzzle to win it all.
With a core that has been intact longer than most of their West rivals to go with a fitter and more “athletic” Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray says the Denver Nuggets are ready to show that they can emerge from Orlando with an NBA championship.
“We know we can go win the title,” the Nuggets’ guard said in a Zoom call with Denver reporters. “Me and Joker have been in Denver this whole time, working out.”
“Why not?” Murray later replied when asked about winning it all. “We have proven to be one the best teams year in and year out since we have been building. We have beaten good teams consistently. We shouldn’t have lost to Portland [last year in the conference semifinals]. That was more on us, our inexperience and they are a good team. But we don’t think that there is a team that can beat us in a seven-game series when we are playing at our best.”
The Nuggets (43-22) are currently third in the Western Conference, 1.5 games behind the LA Clippers (44-20). They currently have the sixth best record in the NBA.
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Murray was averaging 18.8 points and dishing out almost 5 assists a game when the season was interrupted.
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