Superstar comparisons for the NBA's young guns: Part 2

#3 Jamal Murray - Damian Lillard

It is difficult to watch Jamal Murray and restrict a player comparison for him to just a single player, for he has a lot of great strengths and has modeled different aspects of his game on attributes picked from a lot of great players.

With his combination of slick handles, shooting prowess, pick-and-roll facilitation and athleticism, however, the most valid comparison would definitely be with Lillard, who was an All-NBA First Teamer for the first time in his career during the 2017-18 season.

While Murray has yet to become the kind of volume scorer Lillard is, he is a really good off-ball player and an excellent spot-up shooter who gets fewer touches since his starting lineup also comprises of offensive talents like Gary Harris, Nikola Jokic and Paul Millsap.

Murray improved a great deal in his sophomore year from a rather lackluster rookie campaign during which he played as the backup to Emmanuel Mudiay, who has since been traded to the New York Knicks. By the time he reaches the age of 22 next year, he will be the same age as Lillard when the latter was a rookie, and projects to become as effective as him based on what we've seen in the past season.