
“He just keeps getting better and I think there's more to come.” He'll never cease to amaze his old teammates, myself, people from Kitchener-Waterloo,” Henderson told CTV News in an interview. “It doesn't surprise me the things he does. Murray finished the night off with 14 points, eight assists and eight rebounds within 41 minutes of play. The final score was 94-89 for the Nuggets, giving Denver its first championship title in franchise history.

So Henderson said it didn’t come as a surprise when Murray became the ninth Canadian to ever win the NBA championship on Monday night when his team, the Denver Nuggets, beat the Miami Heat in Game 5.

Tolly Henderson has coached lots of kids over the years, but he says Jamal Murray’s basketball skills and dedication to the sport stood out from a young age.īy Grade 9, Henderson said Murray was “well a head and shoulders above people his age” and he was “easily competing” with players who were in Grades 11 and 12.
