Jdbraver137
Starter
Keegs attacking the rim is what we need. It is your team dude. You blew a few layups, who cares. Attack until it falls.
Keegan. Murray.
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sono
Starter
I saw his lateral move while defending, it was jaw dropping fast.
kingsboi
Hall of Famer
I'd like to see him be the team leader in FGA just to see what his production looks like with high volume and no longer being a catch and shoot type of player
Jdbraver137
Starter
He is the one guy I would say can’t let the offense come to him. Look at Edwards he doesn’t wait for the game to come to him he takes it over. That is the mentality keegs needs.
With DDR, Westbrook, LaVine, Monk and Schroder, the offense will never come to you if you just stand around and wait for a pass. Just ask Keon and Nique.
Jdbraver137
Starter
If I am them I am getting mine. Sadly the players that want to play like a team and win are the ones that the coach or organization will allow.
I've really liked how Keegan has started to wave these guys off and take shots himself. Often in the past, he'd just defer, try to keep the flow of the offense going.
But he's been very active looking for his offense. Gotta see it keep going
KainLear
Starter
Much of that came from him being an above-average three-point shooter. On more than a several possessions, he caught the ball and used defenders’ aggressive closeouts as leverage. The real difference from previous seasons is his willingness to exploit those situations 10-15 times a game instead of just 3,4 times in an entire matchup like he used to when playing alongside <insert team's other focal point players>.
TaxMan
Starter
Yes! Keegan highly likely is never a number 1 on a good team; however he can (and should) be a number 1 on a below average rebuilding team. He needs to be in that mindset over the next couple years and hopefully on our way out of this mess he can become one of the better “number 2” in the league when we are relevant again.
From Power Rankings --> "It's not a coincidence that their effort level has picked up since the return of Keegan Murray, the fourth-year wing who is the best defender and building block on the roster. DeMar DeRozan said postgame of the fourth-year forward: "Keegan is the key to this team. It's his team."
Give Derozen some credit for showing some leadership with that plug......
Give Derozen some credit for showing some leadership with that plug......
NewArena
All-Star
More than anything, I love how Keegan has been talking since his return. That quiet confidence is still quiet but he has no problem talking about his aggression and what he's looking to do going forward. It's one thing to hear from the other guys like DeMar and Coach (and I believe them) but hearing Keegan believe in himself is most exciting.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
Keegan fist pumped AND talked to a ref today. Easy there fella
KainLear
Starter
Fod Goodness' sake, regardless of the truth, you'd want him to say that. Maybe watching Westbrook's (sometimes) unfound confidence will help him.
Jdbraver137
Starter
I would love to see a shots per minute statistic for players to see how “stars” compare to role players. I wonder where Keegan and other role players fall in it. The guys that might be stars but have “potential”. When they became stars was it simply a big increase in that statistic?
We truly won’t see him ascend until DDR and Lavine and Westbrook and Schroeder leave. These guys refuse to feed Murray even when he’s got it going
Jdbraver137
Starter
Look at stats like Anthony Edwards they don’t wait for the ball they go get it. Murray needs to call for it and get on Doug if he isn’t getting the ball. The four you mentioned can kick rocks. Doug should make that clear.
SLAB
Hall of Famer
Refuse to feed him. Then maybe he should step up and demand it. Dude isn’t a rookie anymore.
Jdbraver137
Starter
He absolutely should.
TaxMan
Starter
That’s the main difference I’m seeing this year so far. Keegan is much more assertive and aggressive. Hopefully this is the new norm for him. It’s the only way his game takes a significant leap at this point.
Jdbraver137
Starter
It was one game and one quarter. The he needs to demand it. I know he went through a period where he locked his emotions out, but truthfully he needs to bring it a bit back. Stars need a little arrogance imo. Even 2000, Web had it.
TaxMan
Starter
A 52 point swing on the defensive rating is hilarious. That is partly on Keegan being a really good defender and the rest of the team being pee poor.
Welp, that explains the Keegan +3 in his 38 minutes and we lost the game by 12 lol
That translates out to -1.5 points per minute while he was not on the floor.
That translates out to -1.5 points per minute while he was not on the floor.
That's a lot of points, holy
Jdbraver137
Starter
I hope he can he his 3pt % back up. I want to see his confidence from the first year. I wonder if the shooting coach for Murray and Sabonis is vivek’s friend.