Jamal Murray. Gary Harris. Will Barton. Emmanuel Mudiay. This edition of Stat of the Week will focus on the four guards in the rotation and how well they are each operating as scorers.
As each of these four guards have played this year, so have gone the Nuggets success. Murray, the young, yet incendiary shooting guard learning how to play point. Harris, the steadiest of steady contributors in the face of adversity. Barton, the engine behind the second unit. Mudiay, the wildcard who occasionally flashes greatness at the perfect time. Of the 22 game balls our own Adam Mares has handed out so far, which can be found in his most recent Pickaxes and O’s, one of the above guards has been awarded a game ball 12 times: four to Murray, two to Harris, four to Barton, and two to Mudiay.