NBA: 5 players that will average 20-plus points for the first time in 2021
By Thomas Brown
1. Jamal Murray, Denver Nuggets
After fans saw Jamal Murray‘s historic breakout playoff run last season, many believed that he could be one of the premier elite point guards in the league. Murray put up two 50-point games against the Utah Jazz in the first round of the 2019-20 NBA Playoffs to help set the record for most 50-point games in a single playoff series.
He also boasted postseason averages of 26.5 points per game to along with 6.6 assists per contest on nearly 51 percent shooting from the field and over 45 percent from 3-point range.
Though Murray only boasts a career-high of 18.5 points per game a season ago, his previous postseason performance proves to me that he will be a scoring machine in the 2020-21 season.