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NBA Executive on if theres a place for Murphy in the NBA: "For sure there is"
Mods, you can decide to move this if you want. Thought the headline was deserving of it's own thread.
https://247sports.com/college/duke/...g-stock-at-early-juncture-of-season-111461540
If this were a Player of the Year story, you could make a case for Minnesota’s Jordan Murphy at No. 1 or No. 2 in the country. Murphy, a junior, has been as productive on both ends of the court as any player in the country, pumping in 21.4 points and 12.5 points a game.
The biggest question is how he fits into the NBA. The league has certainly gotten smaller the past couple of years and it’s one of the reasons I see a fit. I asked one NBA executive if there was a place for him in the league and he said, “for sure there is.” Murphy stands 6-foot-7 and is a tough, physical and aggressive forward that is playing with endless energy. Murphy has recorded a double-double in all eight of Minnesota’s game and he’s raised his averages significantly in every statistical category since last year.
Long term, adding a jump shot would be key for him, another NBA executive said. He’s taken just eight threes on the season (making two) and is 2-for-2 on mid-range jump shots. It’s too early to know if it’ll be this year or next, but based on how he’s currently playing, there’s a place for him in the NBA.
Murphy was a three-star recruit and the No. 167 overall player in the class of 2015 per the 247Sports Composite.
Mods, you can decide to move this if you want. Thought the headline was deserving of it's own thread.
https://247sports.com/college/duke/...g-stock-at-early-juncture-of-season-111461540
If this were a Player of the Year story, you could make a case for Minnesota’s Jordan Murphy at No. 1 or No. 2 in the country. Murphy, a junior, has been as productive on both ends of the court as any player in the country, pumping in 21.4 points and 12.5 points a game.
The biggest question is how he fits into the NBA. The league has certainly gotten smaller the past couple of years and it’s one of the reasons I see a fit. I asked one NBA executive if there was a place for him in the league and he said, “for sure there is.” Murphy stands 6-foot-7 and is a tough, physical and aggressive forward that is playing with endless energy. Murphy has recorded a double-double in all eight of Minnesota’s game and he’s raised his averages significantly in every statistical category since last year.
Long term, adding a jump shot would be key for him, another NBA executive said. He’s taken just eight threes on the season (making two) and is 2-for-2 on mid-range jump shots. It’s too early to know if it’ll be this year or next, but based on how he’s currently playing, there’s a place for him in the NBA.
Murphy was a three-star recruit and the No. 167 overall player in the class of 2015 per the 247Sports Composite.
