Source of him being at the event, exchanging numbers with an MMA fighter: https://x.com/ESPNNBA/status/1858005520436674996
A flight from Memphis to New York is about 3 hours and the UFC event ended around 1:30 AM EST. Denver is without Jokic so on top of poor play this seems like exceptionally poor leadership from Murray, who is supposed to be the best player in Jokic's absence.
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the good news is that he’s not inconsistent anymore
he’s consistently ass now
Clown behavior
Is Jamal still dealing with injury? Why’s he having such a slump nugget fans?
CJ Abrams, Jamal Murray, Kyler Murray, the three stooges of letting outside hobbies impact their game.
Why would the team allow this?
priorities I guess
Why is the dude legit side questing when Jokic is out lol
Denver has peaked. He’s unmoveable on that contract and no help is coming, because of that contract.
His TS is 51% this year. That’s below Josh Giddey and Kris Dunn.
The decline of his athleticism is the most shocking thing about him this year. Last year, we could say that he was constantly injured. But this year he appears to be completely healthy and completely out of shape. It looks like he doesn’t actually train or take basketball seriously when he isn’t playing.
Being out late isn’t really the same for athletes who perform at night
Flying and the toll travel takes on an off day in the middle of a team road trip? Yeah, that’s an issue
When u got that 200m contract and your performance don’t matter anymore
guy is getting paid $36 mil this season, $46 mil next season, and then $50+ million a season from 2026-29. Fuck…
I can only imagine what Kobe would have said.
Dude got the snowbunny, the ring and the bag, and he DGAF anymore about the game.
Got paid and quiet quit
He thought he could get that Rodman outcome.
Nonono yall have it all wrong, remember when he did pushups in the snow!
He’s one of the worst PGs in the league, like who wouldn’t you take over Murray at this point?
Well it’s pretty clear to me that 1 ring is adequate for Mal.
I had no opinion of Jamal until he threw shit onto the court last playoffs.
It’s been quite a fall from grace.
Don’t worry. He’ll be good when they play the Lakers.
Ppl are gonna be blaming him going to the ufc fight but he was trash last game too. He’s just inconsistent and has never stepped up in the regular season
Contract until 2029!
I can’t do this anymore.
All my homies are sick of Jamals shit (I’m a Nuggets fan)
Murray going for worst contract in the league. isn’t even worth the game winners against the Lakers, which aren’t required if he played the NBA average.
I, too, have gone to work hungover
I’m ngl I don’t think his flight has a thing to do with this. He’s obviously just over the hill and unless he’s just on fire one night this is what it is
Seems that going to the UFC had no impact on his game.
yeah he’s trash and has a bad attitude, worth the max somehow
I just want to say fuck my fellow Nuggets fans in the Nuggets sub who downvoted and trolled me when I said I was worried about his play this summer and how upset I was about how out of shape he was in the pre-season when we gave him a bag and it’s his literal job to be ready to play well. How’s it all looking now?
Nikola Jokic is shooting a higher percentage from 3 than Jamal Murray is on layup attempts. He also has more turnovers than 3 pointers made.
It’s crazy how every Kobe wannabe, Mamba mentality guy only tries to copy his game and his swagger, but they never pay attention to his work ethic and his sacrifices off the court to focus on his game.
If you are paid 200 mil, and you are playing like shit, at least make it look like you give a fuck.
This generations Deron Williams.
Coming from an MMA fan, UFC 309 on paper was an awful card. The fact that he thought this card was worth blowing off work for honestly kinda makes me think of him as a more of a casual fan
Hell yeah finally people are starting to turn on him I’ve been salty since he dribbled around Lonzo
The max contract looks like ass now
That card was ass so I’m sure it drained him as much as it drained me to watch. I wasn’t very productive at work today and I’m blaming it on me watching that card all night
Worst contract in the NBA
I thought maybe they played somewhere near NY the night before, like Philly/DC or something. Nope. NO -> NY -> Memphis. Just brutal, all for a UFC fight.
The Nuggets having a mid season break already?
I’d be so pissed if I was his teammates. Feel like the coaches should step in when someone doing something this silly.