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Jamal Murray: Age, Girlfriend, Parents, Siblings, Kids, Early life, Education, Life style, Net worth

Jamal Murray Knick named Blue Arrow, is a professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats before being drafted by the Nuggets as the seventh overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft. He was integral in leading the Nuggets to their first NBA championship in 2023. Jamal also represents the Canadian national team internationally. He is a prominent figure in the world of basketball, known for his exceptional skills on the court and his Journey from a high school prodigy in Ontario to a successful NBA Star. He has developed a reputation over the years for stepping up his game during the playoffs. The 6 ft 4, 215 lb Athlete was born on February 23, 1997 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada to Sylvia from Syria and Roger Murray who was born in Jamaica and moved to Canada at age nine. He grew up in Kitchener, Ontario and has a younger brother, Lamar. His father grew up running track and field and playing basketball; as a youth, his father played against Kitchener native Lennox Lewis before Lewis began his professional boxing career. Jamal Murray’s girlfriend, Harper Hempel is a former Volleyball player as well as a marketing and digital media graduate from the university of Kentucky where they met. When Murray was three years old, he could play basketball "for hours" and at age six he played in a league for ten-year-olds. By the age of 12 or 13, he began playing pick-up games against top high school and college players. His father put him through many basketball drills and kung fu exercises, including meditation. Murray attended and played high school basketball at Grand River Collegiate Institute in Kitchener before transferring to Orangeville Prep in Orangeville. At that time, his father served as an assistant coach for Orangeville Prep . He and fellow prospect Thon Maker formed a duo that helped Orangeville Prep defeat many American schools. Murray was named MVP at the 2013 Jordan Brand Classic International Game, becoming the second Canadian to win the award after Duane Notice. He was also named the MVP at the 2015 Nike Hoop Summit where he scored a game-high 30 points. Besides, Murray was named MVP of the 2015 BioSteel All-Canadian Basketball Game, which includes the top high school players in Canada. Murray played AAU basketball for the CIA Bounce. On June 24, 2015, Murray reclassified to the class of 2015 and committed to the university of Kentucky to play college Basketball under coach John Calipari. As a freshman in 2015–16, he was featured on the Midseason Top 25 list for the John R. Wooden Award, and was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy. He appeared in 36 games and averaged 20.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 2.2 assists while shooting 40.8% from three-point range. Following his freshman season, Murray was named a third-team All-American by the Associated Press. Murray also made the All-SEC First Team and the SEC All-Freshman Team. Murray's 20.0 points per game are the most by any freshman in Kentucky's program history and the most for any player in John Calipari's tenure as head coach. He led the Wildcats, who had seven future NBA players on the roster, to a #1 ranking early in the season and the SEC title prior to being upset by 5-seed Indiana in the second round of March Madness. In April 2016, Murray declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final three years of college eligibility. In the 2016 NBA Draft, the Denver Nuggets selected Murray in the first round, seventh overall. He continued with his stellar performance and immediately made a significant impact. In both October and November of his rookie season, Murray was named the Western Conference Rookie of the Month. While playing mostly in reserve, he averaged 9.9 points per game. In the 2020 playoffs, Murray put together his best games of the season. In game four of the Western Conference quarter-finals on 23 August 2020 (a 129–127 loss to the Utah Jazz), Murray scored 50 points, the most ever by a Canadian in an NBA game. It was also the most points by a Nuggets player in a postseason game. Donovan Mitchell of the Jazz scored 51 points, making it the first playoff game in NBA history where a player on each team scored 50+ points. In 2020–21, Murray averaged a career-high 21.2 points per game. In a 120–103 Nuggets win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, Murray once again scored 50 points, breaking his own record for most points scored by a Canadian in a NBA regular season game. He also became the first NBA player to score 50 points in a game without scoring any free throws. On 12 April 2021, Murray tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in a 116–107 loss to the Golden State Warriors. He was forced to miss the remainder of the 2020–21 season and was expected to miss most of the 2021–22 season. On return from injury in October 19, 2022, Murray played in his first game in eighteen months, scoring 12 points in 26 minutes.