Jordan Murphy (basketball)

Jordan Bernard Murphy (born February 28, 1997) is a Puerto Rican-Virgin Islander professional basketball player who last played for the Mexico City Capitanes of the NBA G League.

[1] There was preseason speculation that he might start as a freshman who was at least 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) for Central Catholic Marianist High School in November 2011.

[29][30][31] On January 6, because of first half foul trouble Murphy needed nine second-half rebounds including one with eight seconds remaining against Indiana to tie Tim Duncan's NCAA record for most consecutive double-doubles to start a season (17).

[37] Murphy was named MVP of the November Vancouver Showcase after averaging 15.7 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.8 assists in wins over Texas A&M, Santa Clara and Washington.

[38] In the Santa Clara win on November 20, Murphy surpassed Mychal Thompson as the Minnesota Golden Gopher career rebound leader.

[40][41] On January 9, Murphy was one of seven Big Ten athletes included on the Wooden Award Men's Midseason Top 25 watchlist.

[42] On January 22, Murphy was one of four Big Ten athletes named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award Top 15 midseason watchlist.

[45] On February 7, Murphy was one of two Big Ten athletes (along with Iggy Brazdeikis) named a Karl Malone Award Top 10 finalist.

[46] Following a pair of double-doubles against Nebraska and Indiana Murphy added a sixth Big Ten Player of the Week award on February 18.

[48] On March 12, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association named Murphy to its 2018–19 Men's All-District V (OH, IN, IL, MI, MN, WI) Team, based upon voting from its national membership.

[50] He averaged 17.3 points and 9.3 rebounds in the 2019 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament,[51] earning a spot on the All-tournament team.

[69] On December 18, Murphy was acquired by the G League Greensboro Swarm in a trade with the Austin Spurs;[70] he was however waived on January 19 of the following year.

Murphy in 2020