Jamal Murray is the No. 7 rookie in the first round of 2016 and a player with high hopes from the Nuggets. After the rookie season, Murray became the main force of the team, and his performance also increased year by year. In the 2020 playoffs, Murray scored 50+ twice in the series against the Jazz, demonstrating terrifying scoring ability and reaching the Western Conference Finals. In the subsequent 2020-21 season, Murray averaged 21.2 points, 4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, shooting 47.7% from the field and 40.8% from three-point range, reaching the peak of his career. Unfortunately, at this time, he suffered a pre-cruciate ligament injury, missed the playoffs, and is still undecided.
In the summer of 2019, the Nuggets and Murradi became a five-year, $170 million top salary contract extension. He was only 22 years old and averaged just 18 points per game, but the Nuggets were willing to bet on him. Now that Jokic has grown into a regular season MVP, the team has also renewed the contracts of Michael Potter Jr. and Aaron Gordon, and their next goal is only one, that is, the championship.
But there was one thing off the pitch that had been bothering Murray. In 2020, a 28-second video on the Internet pushed Murray and his girlfriend to the cusp. The reason is that Murray actually used his account on social platforms to post indecent videos of his closeness with his girlfriend, and then the video went viral on the Internet. Murray soon deleted the video and apologized, saying he had not uploaded it himself, but had been hacked. And her girlfriend also emptied all social dynamics and apologized, hoping that everyone would delete the video and not pass it on. I didn't expect that there were still many people who supported her on the Internet, after all, they were lovers, but the intimate video accidentally circulated.
Murray's girlfriend, Harper Hempel, is from the University of Kentucky, just like Murray. After Murray entered the NBA, she continued to stay in school to complete her studies until after graduation before moving to Denver with Murray. Harper is tall and long-legged, and was once the main force of the University of Kentucky women's volleyball team, helping the varsity team win the All-Women Volleyball Championship. Because of her outstanding appearance, she is particularly eye-catching and has become a goddess in the minds of many people. Not only that, she is also a photographer, with a photography team, which can be said to be both talented and beautiful. However, as soon as this scandal came out, some people's attitude towards her changed, and even used bad words against her. Fortunately, there are still more people who support her, after all, people have not done anything wrong, and it is normal for male and female friends to be intimate.
Murray is still in rehab and is expected to make a comeback in the second half of the regular season. In an interview, he said that players such as Lavin, Klay Thompson and Dinwiddie, who have suffered the same injuries, have all helped him. LaVine's performance has peaked after returning from injury, and it is believed that he can help Murray recover better. Now that the regular season has begun, the Nuggets need a healthy return from Murray to make an effort to break out of the West in the playoffs.