Jamal Murray
Murray in Kentucky's 2015 Blue-White scrimmage
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| No. 27 – Denver Nuggets | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Point guard |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
February 23, 1997 Kitchener, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 207 lb (94 kg) |
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| High school |
Grand River (Kitchener, Ontario) Orangeville Prep (Orangeville, Ontario) |
| College | Kentucky (2015–2016) |
| NBA draft | 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall |
| Selected by the Denver Nuggets | |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| 2016–present | Denver Nuggets |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
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Jamal Murray (born February 23, 1997) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for Kentucky before being drafted by the Nuggets with the seventh overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft.
Murray was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, the son of Sylvia and Roger Murray, who was born in Jamaica and moved to Canada at age nine. He also has a younger brother, Lamar. His father grew up running track and field and playing basketball; as a youth, his father played against Kitchener native Lennox Lewis before Lewis began his professional boxing career.
When Murray was three years old, he could play basketball "for hours" and played in a league for ten-year-olds when he was six. By the age of 12 or 13, he began playing pick-up games against top high school and college players. His father put him through many basketball drills and kung fu exercises, including meditation.
Murray attended Grand River Collegiate Institute in Kitchener, later transferring to Orangeville Prep in Orangeville, Ontario, where his father served as an assistant coach. He and fellow prospect Thon Maker formed a duo that helped Orangeville Prep defeat many American schools.
At the 2015 Nike Hoop Summit, Murray scored a game-high 30 points and was named the MVP.
Murray was named MVP of the 2015 BioSteel All-Canadian Basketball Game, which includes the top high school players in Canada.
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