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Jamal Murray

DEN · G · #27

r/NBA's 7th most argued about player.

PPG: 25.4
RPG: 4.4
APG: 7.1
GP: 75

Height: 6′4″
Weight: 215 lb
Age: 29
Born: Feb 23, 1997
Experience: 9 yrs
From: Kentucky

Verdict

38.9%30.3%30.8%

38.9%Negative2,560 comments

30.3%Neutral1,997 comments

30.8%Positive2,029 comments

−8Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=6,586 comments about Jamal Murray

Receipts

What the room said about Jamal Murray, verbatim: the highest-scoring comments in each class.

Exhibit 01Negative.no flair
This loss is completely on Jamal. My god, he was horrid
Post-game thread · DEN 125 @ LAL 127 · Mar 14▲ 971Mar 15, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.TOR flair
Jamal Murray, you are fucking dreadful bro. Credit to McDaniels for sure but Murray has been garbage 4-17 in Game 6 9-23 in Game 5 10-25 in Game 4 5-17 in Game 3 11-25 in Game 2 7-22 in Game 1 What a flipping game from Shannon holy fuck. I’m going to stay clowning Jokic, how the fuck do you lose to a team who’s this hurt lmfao, just completely out dawged by the entire team.
Post-game thread · DEN 98 @ MIN 110 · R1 G6 · Apr 30▲ 616May 1, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.CHI flair
Lets not let this amazing moment overshadow what was a truly Hall of Shame performance from Jamal Murray tonight.
Post · [Highlight] Luka Dončić nails the clutch two-pointer with 0.5 seconds remaining to take the lead▲ 500Mar 15, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Jamal Murray that cleared the classifier's confidence bar and a second pass confirming it is about him. No usernames: the site judges players, not commenters.

Fans

Of what r/NBA says about Jamal Murray, his own Nuggets fans are 28% negative, rival fans 43%, unflaired commenters 41%. Among the 4 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Timberwolves fans are hardest on him at 53% negative and Raptors fans kindest at 43% positive.

27.7%Own fansDEN flair · 1,382 comments

42.5%Rival fansevery other flair · 2,764 comments

41.0%Unflairedno flair · 2,440 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Jamal Murray are left out of the lists; the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Rooms

Jamal Murray was talked about most on the front page: 2,424 of his 6,586 comments, −5 net sentiment against −8 across his season. His harshest room was the post-game threads, −17 on 8% of his comments; his warmest highlights, +4 on 11% of his comments. The game threads ran 7 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads33% of his comments42.530.22,162

Post-game threads8% of his commentsHarshest46.729.9548

Front page37% of his comments36.231.02,424

Highlights11% of his commentsWarmest32.836.5720

News9% of his comments37.128.7606

Method

A room is the kind of post a comment sat under: a game thread, the front page, a highlight. A room is drawn when it holds at least 200 comments about Jamal Murray; left out here: Discussion posts (49), Daily chat thread (43), Injury posts (21), Lowlights (12). The bar is the room's share of his comments, its split the room's sentiment. Harshest and warmest are by net sentiment, positive minus negative, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Timeline

Over 4-week windows, the negative share of comments about Jamal Murray ran between 20% and 57%. His worst week was the week of Apr 27, 63% negative of 850 comments; his best the week of Jan 12, 61% positive. 1 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Sep 29 · 12 comments, under the floor
- L vs MIN 116–126
Oct 6 · 39% negative · 16% positive · 44 comments
- W @ TOR 112–108
- W @ LAC 102–94
Oct 13 · 26% negative · 32% positive · 38 comments
- W vs CHI 124–117
Oct 20 · 28% negative · 31% positive · 144 comments
- L @ GSW 131–137
- W vs PHX 133–111
Oct 27 · 34% negative · 40% positive · 111 comments
- W @ MIN 127–114
- W vs NOP 122–88
- L @ POR 107–109
Nov 3 · 33% negative · 31% positive · 90 comments
- W vs SAC 130–124
- W vs MIA 122–112
- W vs GSW 129–104
Nov 10 · 33% negative · 35% positive · 92 comments
- W @ SAC 122–108
- W @ LAC 130–116
- W @ MIN 123–112
Nov 17 · 36% negative · 32% positive · 140 comments
- L vs CHI 127–130
- W @ NOP 125–118
- W @ HOU 112–109
- L vs SAC 123–128
Nov 24 · 21% negative · 46% positive · 99 comments
- W @ MEM 125–115
- L vs SAS 136–139
- W @ PHX 130–112
Dec 1 · 26% negative · 48% positive · 180 comments
- L vs DAL 121–131
- W @ IND 135–120
- W @ ATL 134–133
- W @ CHA 115–106
Dec 8 · 24% negative · 39% positive · 93 comments
- W @ SAC 136–105
Dec 15 · 18% negative · 41% positive · 158 comments
- W vs HOU 128–125
- W vs ORL 126–115
- L vs HOU 101–115
Dec 22 · 41% negative · 35% positive · 211 comments
- W vs UTA 135–112
- L @ DAL 130–131
- W vs MIN 142–138
- L @ ORL 126–127
Dec 29 · 27% negative · 34% positive · 214 comments
- L @ MIA 123–147
- W @ TOR 106–103
- L @ CLE 108–113
- L @ BKN 115–127
Jan 5 · 18% negative · 53% positive · 171 comments
- W @ BOS 114–110
Jan 12 · 14% negative · 61% positive · 221 comments
- W @ NOP 122–116
- W @ DAL 118–109
- W vs WAS 121–115
- L vs CHA 87–110
Jan 19 · 23% negative · 44% positive · 217 comments
- L vs LAL 107–115
- W @ WAS 107–97
Jan 26 · 26% negative · 43% positive · 216 comments
- L vs DET 107–109
- W vs BKN 107–103
- W vs LAC 122–109
- L vs OKC 111–121
Feb 2 · 36% negative · 38% positive · 216 comments
- L @ DET 121–124
- L @ NYK 127–134
- W @ CHI 136–120
Feb 9 · 52% negative · 19% positive · 195 comments
- L vs CLE 117–119
- W vs MEM 122–116
Feb 16 · 50% negative · 19% positive · 154 comments
- L @ LAC 114–115
- W @ POR 157–103
- L @ GSW 117–128
Feb 23 · 46% negative · 28% positive · 173 comments
- W vs BOS 103–84
- L @ OKC 121–127
- L vs MIN 108–117
Mar 2 · 27% negative · 33% positive · 85 comments
- W @ UTA 128–125
- W vs LAL 120–113
- L vs NYK 103–142
Mar 9 · 51% negative · 24% positive · 278 comments
- L @ OKC 126–129
- W vs HOU 129–93
- W @ SAS 136–131
- L @ LAL 125–127
Mar 16 · 26% negative · 29% positive · 35 comments
- W vs PHI 124–96
- L @ MEM 118–125
- W vs TOR 121–115
- W vs POR 128–112
Mar 23 · 24% negative · 39% positive · 131 comments
- W @ PHX 125–123
- W vs DAL 142–135
- W vs UTA 135–129
- W vs GSW 116–93
Mar 30 · 26% negative · 46% positive · 167 comments
- W @ UTA 130–117
- W vs SAS 136–134
Apr 6 · 26% negative · 38% positive · 82 comments
- W vs POR 137–132
- W vs MEM 136–119
Apr 13 · 41% negative · 26% positive · 348 comments
- W vs MIN 116–105
Apr 20 · 50% negative · 25% positive · 495 comments
- L vs MIN 114–119
- L @ MIN 96–113
- L @ MIN 96–112
Apr 27 · 63% negative · 14% positive · 850 comments
- W vs MIN 125–113
- L @ MIN 98–110

Method

Lines are 4-week rolling rates from summed counts (Σ negative ÷ Σ comments), drawn only where the window holds at least 30 comments. Dots are single weeks, sized by n. Bands follow the season calendar.

Games

The room talked about Jamal Murray in 26 of his 85 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −37 in losses (57% negative, 20% positive) against +13 in wins (31% negative, 44% positive), on a season net sentiment of −8.

+13In wins31% neg · 44% pos · 546 comments

−37In losses57% neg · 20% pos · 957 comments

−8His season39% neg · 31% pos · 6,586 comments

Games the room talked about Jamal Murray in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
Apr 30R1 G6	R1 G6	@ MINL 98–110	L 98–110	40	12	6	4	4-17	0-2	0	-18	12/6/4	18,335	59 points harsher than his season, from 339 comments.
Apr 27R1 G5	R1 G5	vs MINW 125–113	W 125–113	39	24	4	7	9-23	2-6	4	+6	24/4/7	7,427	8 points warmer than his season, from 23 comments.
Apr 25R1 G4	R1 G4	@ MINL 96–112	L 96–112	42	30	5	5	10-25	3-7	2	-13	30/5/5	13,778	29 points harsher than his season, from 41 comments.
Apr 23R1 G3	R1 G3	@ MINL 96–113	L 96–113	35	16	3	4	5-17	0-5	1	-12	16/3/4	9,929	34 points harsher than his season, from 26 comments.
Apr 20R1 G2	R1 G2	vs MINL 114–119	L 114–119	43	30	7	7	11-25	6-14	4	-4	30/7/7	12,235	2 points harsher than his season, from 142 comments.
Apr 18R1 G1	R1 G1	vs MINW 116–105	W 116–105	39	30	5	7	7-22	0-8	2	+13	30/5/7	10,584	14 points harsher than his season, from 135 comments.
Apr 4		vs SASW 136–134	W 136–134	46	15	4	10	6-13	3-7	2	+5	15/4/10	7,010	10 points harsher than his season, from 28 comments.
Mar 25		vs DALW 142–135	W 142–135	41	53	6	4	19-28	9-14	4	+10	53/6/4	393	81 points warmer than his season, from 22 comments.
Mar 14		@ LALL 125–127	L 125–127	36	5	6	6	1-14	1-7	2	-9	5/6/6	4,112	43 points harsher than his season, from 101 comments.
Mar 12		@ SASW 136–131	W 136–131	40	39	2	7	11-21	2-6	4	+13	39/2/7	1,548	54 points warmer than his season, from 26 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 26 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Jamal Murray's Game Score.

r = 0.77 · 26 games · win loss