With Murray, it’s not accurate to say his bow and arrow move and subsequent “Blue Arrow” moniker came from a phase of youthful frivolity, because Murray’s never been all that frivolous of a player. Smith’s one-arm windmill, Damian Lillard’s wrist-tapping Dame Time, all intricate, silent pantomimes that speak loudly and produce responsive volume from fans. NBA celebrations are made memorable through repetition. And it isn’t because he does it with fervent frequency a growing complaint from Nuggets fans since Murray’s return after injury this season was that the move had become sparsely used, if seen at all. There were other athletes who started doing the gesture around the same time as Murray - Yogi Ferrell did it as a Hoosier, and Ferrell attributed the move to something he saw Wesley Matthews do in Dallas - but we know Murray best for it. There were other critiques, that as a celebration, the move took too long. Murray released, then dropped his left hand - still curved as if cradling a bow - and turned to get back down the floor as Floreal feinted a collapse into the arms of the celebrating bench.Īt the time, Kentucky men’s basketball head coach John Calipari dismissed it as a “ freshman thing,” young grandeur. Murray had fired off a corner 3-pointer, springing up in the air with enormous lift, and turned to Floreal when he made it back to earth to just as fluidly pull his right arm back and spear his left arm forward into an archer’s stance. When Jamal Murray first shot an arrow it was at his Kentucky Wildcat teammate, E. There are some things you grow into, others out of, and rare things that never leave you.
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