Jamal Murray has been one of the most underrated guards in the NBA for some time now, but the 2025-26 season has finally been the time for Murray to receive some recognition. 

It started with the first All-Star selection of his career. But, there's another accolade that Denver Nuggets head coach David Adelman feels strongly about Murray receiving and he's made a strong case as to why that should be the case. 

Adelman is making the case for Murray to be selected to an All-NBA team, which would be the first selection of his career. Adelmma pointed to Murray's obvious offensive strengths first and lauded his guuard's ability to not only perform at the highest level, but to do it often.

"Consistency. These are not easy shots. He's making every kind of three," Adelman said. "I would say he is All-NBA. The way he's played, how he's finished the season, the flow of the whole season the way he's played... He's just been so consistent throughout. He's an All-Star, NBA champion. He will be All-NBA."

Murray's All-Star selection was really the only kind of accolade he's received his entire career. He came fifth in Rookie of the Year voting in 2017 and beyond that, Murray has quietly plugged away at his craft while going seemingly unnoticed by the league.

He put the league on notice once before with his stellar performance in the 2023 playoffs on the way to a Denver championship and with the way that he's played this season, Murray has been impossible to deny.

He's averaging career-highs in points, rebounds and assists and those totals have put him in conversations with several of the NBA's other top players. Murray is 12th in the NBA with 25.6 points per game, 6th in the NBA shooting 43.4% from three and he's ninth in the NBA with 7.1 assists per game. 

Numbers don't lie and these numbers don't just say he's an All-NBA selection, they say he's one of the top guards in the league. 

Murray's All-NBA candidacy is also helped by his relative health while other players have fallen victim to the NBA's 65-game minimum to qualify for end-of-season awards. Players like Luka Doncic, Anthony Edwards and Cade Cunningham have all fallen short of the threshold, paving the way for Murray to have a spot. 

Whether or not he would have needed the field thinned out is another question entirely. Adelman made it clear what his answer would be to that question.