{"id":2409259,"date":"2026-05-09T17:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2409259"},"modified":"2026-05-09T17:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:32:45","slug":"nuggets-latest-reveal-is-music-to-the-ears-of-lakers-fans-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/nuggets-latest-reveal-is-music-to-the-ears-of-lakers-fans-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets&#8217; latest reveal is music to the ears of Lakers fans everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If you asked a Lakers fan what opposing player they despised most, they&#8217;d probably list every Thunder player on the roster, but that&#8217;s because they&#8217;re down 2-0 in the playoffs to OKC right now. If you asked a fan on a regular day, there is a good chance the answer would be <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/5638\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jamal Murray;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jamal Murray&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Jamal Murray<\/a>. They&#8217;d love nothing more than for the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/teams\/denver\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Denver Nuggets;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Denver Nuggets&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Denver Nuggets<\/a> to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nugglove.com\/nuggets-may-finally-make-bold-jamal-murray-trade-after-owner-drops-hint\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:trade him this offseason;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;trade him this offseason&quot;}\" class=\"link \">trade him this offseason<\/a>, preferably out of the West.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that could be in the cards, as Josh Kroenke said on Friday, &#8220;Everything&#8217;s on the table right now, outside of trading Nikola.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"consent\"\/>\n<p>Kroenke went on to say that running it back <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nugglove.com\/nuggets-could-keep-door-open-plan-fans-thought-was-finished\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:could be in the cards;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;could be in the cards&quot;}\" class=\"link \">could be in the cards<\/a>, so don&#8217;t interpret that as meaning that the Nuggets will make every player <em>but<\/em> Joki available for trade. All Lakers fans care about, though, is that there&#8217;s a chance Murray could be gone. They&#8217;re going to hold onto that, no matter how slim it might be, and hope for the best.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>For whatever reason, when Murray goes up against Los Angeles, he snatches the best player in the world title away from Joki.<\/p>\n<section class=\"consent\"\/>\n<section class=\"consent\"\/>\n<p>He&#8217;s crushed that fanbase&#8217;s hopes one too many times, a trend that could continue if he ends up somewhere new, but those fans aren&#8217;t thinking about that right now. Getting him out of Denver in general is preferable, though they&#8217;d love to see him end up somewhere on the other side of the country.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Lakers would celebrate the Nuggets trading Murray like an NBA title<\/h2>\n<p>Jamal really has been that much of a thorn in LA&#8217;s side. He averaged 32.5 points on 52.7% shooting from the field and 40.5% shooting from three against the Lakers when the Nuggets swept them in the 2023 conference finals before winning their first-ever title. In Game 2 of that series, he scored 23 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter for the come-from-behind win.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The following year, in the playoffs, he averaged<em>just<\/em>23.6 points in five first-round games, when Denver took the series in five. Murray hit two game-winners against the Lakers, one in Game 2 en route to a 20-point comeback and the other in Game 5 to advance to the semifinals. Oh, and he did so while dealing with a calf strain.<\/p>\n<section class=\"consent\"\/>\n<section class=\"consent\"\/>\n<p>The absolute last person that the Lakers want to see on the other side of the court in the playoffs is Jamal Murray. If there is a way to drastically decrease the chances of that happening again in the future, they&#8217;re all for it.<\/p>\n<p>A trade would do just that, but that&#8217;s not a move that Denver should make yet. Murray still has at least one more game-winner in him against the Lakers in the playoffs, right?<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This article was originally published on www.nugglove.com as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nugglove.com\/nuggets-latest-reveal-music-ears-lakers-fans-everywhere-jamal-murray?utm_source=RSS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nuggets' latest reveal is music to the ears of Lakers fans everywhere;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nuggets'&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Nuggets&#8217; latest reveal is music to the ears of Lakers fans everywhere<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you asked a Lakers fan what opposing player they despised most, they&#8217;d probably list every Thunder player on the roster, but that&#8217;s because they&#8217;re down 2-0 in the playoffs to OKC right now. If you asked a fan on a regular day, there is a good chance the answer would be Jamal Murray. 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