In recent years and especially since his prolific NBA Finals output last summer, Jamal Murray has steadily taken up a mantle that sounds like a backhanded compliment.
He’s considered the NBA’s best, or at least most accomplished, player to never be named an All-Star.
The Nuggets point guard, after missing the cut again in his seventh healthy season as a pro, was asked Sunday whether it’s motivational at this point.
“Yeah, of course, but there’s multiple players in the league that should be All-Stars (who aren’t), you know what I’m saying?” Murray said. “(De’Aaron) Fox wasn’t an All-Star.