Jamal Murray is comfortable playing the role of Robin alongside Nikola Jokic
Since he’s having the best season of his career, that’s only fair Jamal Murray he won his first All-Star game in February 2026. Even if, given his performances in recent years, the Denver playmaker undoubtedly deserved to have his first star much earlier.
It must be said that he shines, but he is next to the sun even bigger and brighter than him: Nikola Jokić. It’s hard to be stronger than the three-time MVP, who averaged a triple-double last season and dominates the NBA in rebounds and assists in the 2025/26 season!
A hierarchy that reminds Alex English of his position with Fat Lever. The first was an All-Star, the Nuggets’ best player in the 1980s, ahead of the second, who exploded before the early 1990s.
“He wanted to play with me and they said we can’t have two Denver All-Stars. One year I asked to give up my spot to Fat Lever because he deserved it. The next season he was an All-Star.”, he remembers Alex English, NBA leading scorer in 1983 and eight-time All-Star.
Playmaker ‘could easily be Batman’
The latter believes that Jamal Murray could be much higher in the hierarchy. “He realized that he has to be a winner, that he has to enter the role of Robin. It suits him well. He could easily be Batman. But Jokic is such a presence on the floor.”adds Alex English.
Understanding their place and not trying to overthrow the Serb is the secret of their relationship, which allowed them to win the title in 2023 and become a mainstay in the league for more than half a decade.
“We weren’t very good in the beginning. Each of us was a substitute. He and Gary Harris started as a duo, playing together.”reminds the Canadian. “I don’t think we’ve ever fought. It’s nice to have this relationship. I know what it’s going to look like on the court. I’ve got his back, he’s got his back. It’s fun to have that kind of relationship with the best player in the world.”
Nikola Jokić returns the ball to him, happy to have Robin of this level. Would he want to keep him for the rest of his career? “I would like to because it’s so nice to know the people you play with. It can’t surprise me. I know what he’s capable of. Playing with him for almost 10 years helps, that’s for sure. If someone asks me, I don’t want to change anything.”concludes the triple MVP.
| Jamal Murray | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | The team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Ft | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2016-17 | IT | 82 | 21:53 | 40.4 | 33.4 | 88.3 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 9.9 |
| 2017-18 | IT | 81 | 31:40 | 45.1 | 37.8 | 90.5 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 16.7 |
| 2018-19 | IT | 75 | 32:38 | 43.7 | 36.7 | 84.8 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 18.2 |
| 2019-20 | IT | 59 | 32:16 | 45.6 | 34.6 | 88.1 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 18.5 |
| 2020-21 | IT | 48 | 35:30 | 47.7 | 40.8 | 86.9 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 21.2 |
| 2022-23 | IT | 65 | 10:49 p.m | 45.4 | 39.8 | 83.3 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 20.0 |
| 2023-24 | IT | 59 | 31:33 | 48.1 | 42.5 | 85.3 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 21.2 |
| 2024-25 | IT | 67 | 36:05 | 47.4 | 39.3 | 88.6 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 21.4 |
| 2025-26 | IT | 50 | 35:36 | 48.5 | 42.5 | 88.7 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 25.7 |
How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.
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