Like Zion Williamson on the side of New Orleans or Kawhi Leonard at the Clippers, Jamal Murray was long overdue last season in Denver. Even more when Michael Porter Jr. was also dismissed, spending long months in the infirmary.
Nikola Jokic and company were thus orphaned by two holders. And if the pivot did wonders, winning a second straight MVP title, the Nuggets fell in the first round of the playoffs.
Several months after their injuries, where are the two players physically?
” It promises “says Calvin Booth, the GM of the Nuggets, à The Athletic. “We saw Jamal the other day at the gym, he is moving well. Faced with such a serious injury, there can be apprehension in certain situations. It is dissipating more and more, which is a good thing. As long as he’s comfortable moving around and knows he can get into a bad spot without hurting himself, that’ll be fine. As for Mike, he is moving slowly but surely. He feels good, he shoots, he does bodybuilding. »
As we saw Jamal Murray training with the Summer League team, his return is expected for the start of next season. Same thing for the interior.
“Yes, I think they will both be healthy by then,” continues the manager. “With the nature of the injuries of both players, we will probably watch certain things, like back-to-back. When we get closer to the start of the season, I will discuss with Michael Malone and with the technical staff to put in place a plan for the regular season. »
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Nikola Jokic | 74 | 33.5 | 58.3 | 33.7 | 81.0 | 2.8 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 27.1 |
| Aaron Gordon | 75 | 31.7 | 52.0 | 33.5 | 74.3 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Will Barton | 71 | 32.1 | 43.8 | 36.5 | 80.3 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 14.7 |
| Monte Morris | 75 | 29.9 | 48.4 | 39.5 | 86.9 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 12.6 |
| Jeff Green | 75 | 24.7 | 52.4 | 31.5 | 83.3 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 10.3 |
| Bones Hyland | 69 | 19.0 | 40.3 | 36.6 | 85.6 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 10.1 |
| Michael Porter, Jr. | 9 | 29.5 | 35.9 | 20.8 | 55.6 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 9.9 |
| Demarcus Cousins | 31 | 13.9 | 45.6 | 32.4 | 73.6 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 8.9 |
| Bryn Forbes | 35 | 17.4 | 42.4 | 41.0 | 92.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 8.6 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 41 | 17.0 | 51.6 | 46.3 | 63.1 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 6.6 |
| Jamychal Green | 67 | 16.2 | 48.6 | 26.6 | 87.1 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 6.4 |
| Austin Rivers | 67 | 22.1 | 41.7 | 34.2 | 72.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
| P.j. Dozier | 18 | 18.9 | 36.4 | 31.3 | 76.9 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 65 | 18.2 | 36.1 | 30.1 | 76.9 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
| Of that Reed | 48 | 13.9 | 50.3 | 43.0 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 4.4 |
| Vlatko Cancer | 15 | 11.8 | 56.1 | 58.3 | 64.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.1 |
| Markus Howard | 31 | 5.7 | 38.6 | 40.0 | 87.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| Was Was | 14 | 5.8 | 55.6 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| Rayjon Tucker | 3 | 9.8 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| James Ennis | 3 | 4.6 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Petr Cornelie | 13 | 2.9 | 33.3 | 12.5 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Carlik Jones | 2 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |