Carmelo VS Jamal Murray

[Grinditout]

Who is/was the better Nugget?

[tsherkin]

Who is/was the better Nugget?

Murray for me. Never been a huge fan of gunners who aren't elite at their primary job and then also don't play D and are poor at facilitating team offense. Melo was like a less-entertaining 80s Dominique Wilkins. Murray is a high-end #2 who contributed in a big way to a title.

[Saints14]

Very interesting question. Murray will surely go down as more beloved given his role on a title team and Melos trade demand. But “better”? I don’t think a few playoff runs outweighs Melos massive edge in regular season success, at least at this moment

[The Master]

Murray has two decent postseasons runs with 26-5-7 on +5 BPM on average, and that's one more than Melo already.

In terms of 'overall impact', yeah, Murray is still behind Melo due to RS output, but as a Nugget including winning bias, and as a player in his peak, yeah, he's better already, even as a 2nd fiddle - his '20 and '23 runs are pretty high among the best 2nd-option offensive efforts in the past 10 years, basically he saved their WCF run against Jazz in the 1st round in 2020 and was pretty sensational last year.

[penbeast0]

Hurting your team with a full season of playing to leave should count against your career value. It's not just about numbers, Melo was always a selfish and self absorbed guy on the court.