Jamal Murray Is Back and Rolling for the Nuggets Early This Season
Jamal Murray is healthy and not on Denver's injury report after a brief personal absence in the season's first week. He dropped 21 points in a win over the Lakers on October 16, coming off a 2025-26 season in which he averaged 25.4 points and 7.1 assists a night.
By the Nuggets Nightly Desk · updated 4 d ago01The story of the nightClean Bill of HealthJamal Murray isn't on the Nuggets' injury report right now, and that wasn't automatic.
Jamal Murray isn't on the Nuggets' injury report right now, and that wasn't automatic. On October 4, he was listed day-to-day for a personal reason and sat out entirely in a loss to Utah, logging zero minutes. Three days later, on October 7, he was cleared. Since then he's been back in Denver's rotation without restriction, playing in each of the team's next four games. At 29 years old and in his 10th season out of Kentucky, durability is part of the conversation anytime Murray misses even a day, so a clean clearance after a short personal absence is a good early sign for a guard the Nuggets lean on every night.
02The Numbers Through Five GamesMurray's workload has been uneven through Denver's first stretch of the season.
Murray's workload has been uneven through Denver's first stretch of the season. He played 30.8 minutes in the October 16 win over the Lakers and scored 21 points with 3 rebounds and 6 assists, a plus-9 showing. He had 13 points and 5 assists in 26 minutes in a win over Chicago on October 11. In between, he logged just 16.5 minutes in an October 14 loss to the Clippers (14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist) and only 15.8 minutes in an October 6 win over Utah, scoring 4 points with 2 rebounds and 3 assists. The October 4 game against Utah was a loss in which he didn't play at all.
03What He Did Last SeasonLast season, 2025-26, Murray played 75 games for Denver and averaged 25.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 0.9…
Last season, 2025-26, Murray played 75 games for Denver and averaged 25.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.4 blocks in 35.4 minutes a night. He shot 48.3 percent from the field, 43.5 percent from three and 88.7 percent from the line, with a true shooting mark of 62.2 percent on a 26.9 usage rate. His plus-minus was plus-5.8. That workload carried into a playoff series against Minnesota last spring, including a 42.7-minute, 30-point game on April 20 and a 42.0-minute, 30-point game on April 25, both losses, plus a 38.9-minute, 24-point win on April 27.
04The ProfileMurray wears No.
Murray wears No. 27 for Denver, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound guard out of Kentucky. He's 29 years old and entering his 10th NBA season, all of it in a Nuggets uniform. He heads into this year off one of the steadier stretches of his career: 25.4 points and 7.1 assists a game last season, with a 43.5 percent clip from three on a 26.9 usage rate. Through Denver's first five games this season, he's played in four of them, sitting out the October 4 loss to Utah for a personal reason before returning to form.
05Nuggets Notes and Where Things StandA links roundup from Nuggets reporter Vinny Benedetto, posted October 3 under the headline "Nuggets Notes," pointed…
A links roundup from Nuggets reporter Vinny Benedetto, posted October 3 under the headline "Nuggets Notes," pointed to coverage touching Braun, S. Jones, Nembhard, Simpson and more around the Denver roster. It's a notes column, not a report on Murray specifically, and it ran the day before his brief personal absence. There's no rumor swirling about Murray's role or his future with the Nuggets right now. He's in the middle of a long run in Denver, now in his 10th season, and through five games he looks like the same guard who averaged 25.4 points and 7.1 assists last season: productive when his minutes are there.
Murray25.4 ppg
Brunson26.0 ppg
