Jamal Murray needs a straight shooter.
A coach who’ll tell him to show up in shape. Who’ll remind him to make the NBA, not the UFC, the three letters that matter most from October through June?
A coach who’ll bring up the award snubs. Who’ll do a Google search and show the Blue Arrow just how many writers have lamented the fact that Nikola Jokic has yet to play with another All-Star in Denver.
A coach who’ll read him, aloud, Jokic’s stats from ’24-25, that full-season triple-double. Who’ll then ask Maple Curry, the way we’ve all been asking for a week now, “How the heck did that guy not win an MVP award?