Jamal Murray flexes his agility mid-game! Even though the Denver Nuggets star looks a bit rusty on the court with his shooting this season, he doesn’t seem to have lost the form that he learned inside the Octagon. During tonight’s NBA Cup match-up against the Dallas Mavericks, Bubble Murray left ESPN’s Doris Burke and the NBA world in bewilderment with his quick hands. The man caught a fly mid-game and dropped it safely at the courtside. Maybe thanks to UFC star Alexander Volkanovski for the training!
In a visual shared by ESPN, Murray can be seen dropping the fly safely in front of Burke, who was calling the game. Notably, the fly was alive when the star guard dropped it, as per one of the announcers. Moreover, speaking of the uncanny situation, the 59-year-old reporter added value to the baller’s skill, saying, “He just passed me a fly… It’s that mixed martial arts unbelievable training that his dad gave him as a kid .”
While we don’t have enough sources to back Doris Burke’s claim that Jamal Murray’s dad trained him in MMA, we have solid evidence of where he might have learned it. It’s Alexander Volkonovski. Last year, the former featherweight champion battled it out in a friendly competition. Not to forget that Murray impressed everyone when he held the ground didn’t tap out for Volkonocki’s rear-naked choke and waited until the time ran out.
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