The biggest challenge for Nuggets guard Jamal Murray in his return from a devastating injury will be an insidious foe he has never really faced on the court:
Doubt.
While there’s little question Murray has crushed rehabilitation from a torn ACL suffered nearly 11 months ago and indications are his surgically repaired left knee will soon being fit for competition, what nobody can know for certain is if he’s mentally prepared to be less than the Blue Arrow capable of scoring 50 points in the NBA playoffs.
“You have to temper the excitement of getting Jamal back with the realization that he’s not going to be the same Jamal right away,” Malone said Wednesday.