Back in 2002, a rookie named Tony Parker became the youngest player in Spurs history to score at least 24 points. Fifteen years later, that honor belongs to Dejounte Murray, who went off Thursday night against the Denver Nuggets as Parker was held out for pain in his left foot.
Not bad, rook, not bad! @DejounteMurray dropped a career-high 24 in tonight's win: pic.twitter.com/IJbPdlO0Ux
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) January 20, 2017
I’ve been quite reserved about Murray since the Spurs drafted him, expecting that he’d need at least a season (if not two) before he’d be able to produce for Pop.