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'I'm Just a Little Bit Different': Denver Nuggets Jamal Murray Doesn't Own a Car

DENVER (CBS4)- Denver Nuggets superstar guard Jamal Murray will make over $27 million this season. Don't expect a dime of it to go towards buying a new car.

Murray joined the 'Knuckleheads Podcast' with former NBA stars Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles, and they asked him what car he drives now that he has all that money in the bank, but he told them he doesn't own a car and won't buy one anytime soon.

"I'm going into my fifth-year (in the NBA) yet; I don't even have a car," Murray said. "I get rentals. So, I just drive rentals around."

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Jamal Murray (credit: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Murray later admitted that he does own a form of transportation to get around town- two scooters.

"I'm just a little bit different, man. I don't know how to explain myself sometimes," he said.

Last offseason, Murray signed a 5-year, $170 million deal, which was the richest contract given to a Canadian player. But he says the money didn't change the way he lives.

"I just live the same way growing up. I'm different like that. I don't see money like that. Money is just paper.

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Jamal Murray #27 of the Denver Nuggets handles the ball against the Utah Jazz during the first quarter in Game Five of the Western Conference First Round during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at The Field House at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on August 25, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

"I can save up for something so much bigger. Everybody is talking about the little stuff that you want to buy every now and then," he said.

Murray led the Nuggets to the Western Conference Finals last season. He averaged 26.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 6.6 assists in 19 postseason games. Murray hopes to make another Conference Finals run as the season begins on Dec. 22.

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