Free Agent B/R: Brook Lopez Is a Realistic Blazers Free-Agent Target

[Orion Bailey]

Great movie!

It is NOT a Tumah!!!!

 

[Gronk Brady]

It is NOT a Tumah!!!!

I think you got your Arnold movies mixed up... that quote is from Kindergarten Cop lol

 

[Natebishop3]

Another conventional center is NOT what we need.

 

[Labinot41]

I will never trust nurkics shot. He missed a ton of layups this Season. I would rather trust Dame to hit a contested 3 from the half court line than a Nurkic layup or floater.

 

[hoopsjock]

Resign Nurk if it's for under $10 million per season. If he gets more let him walk. He isn't a full time starter in the modern NBA. He is a part time starter depending on matchups. He has more value at the start of half's and in the regular season. I doubt any team offers him $10 million so I think he will resign here or take the one year offer.

Lopez is not a quality starter. But he is a rotational center and for the MLE on a one year deal he could be a nice option; if that is a position of need.

That post makes no sense.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I will never trust nurkics shot. He missed a ton of layups this Season. I would rather trust Dame to hit a contested 3 from the half court line than a Nurkic layup or floater.

Even with his slow start, Nurk ended up shooting .643 from 0 - 3ft. That's equivalent to .429 3FG%. Dame shot .361 3FG%, and all of them were closer than half court.

Nurk's biggest problem was he was playing too fast early in the season. That resulted in a lot of wild forced shots and unnecessary TOVs. Once he slowed down he was much more accurate/efficient.

Prior to January 1 (32 games), his overall FG%% was .450. Not good. After January 1 (47 games), he shot .547, which would have been the 12th highest FG% in the entire league it he'd shot that well for the entire season.

So, you may want to re-think that.

BNM

 

[Chris Craig]

Even with his slow start, Nurk ended up shooting .643 from 0 - 3ft. That's equivalent to .429 3FG%. Dame shot .361 3FG%, and all of them were closer than half court.

Nurk's biggest problem was he was playing too fast early in the season. That resulted in a lot of wild forced shots and unnecessary TOVs. Once he slowed down he was much more accurate/efficient.

Prior to January 1 (32 games), his overall FG%% was .450. Not good. After January 1 (47 games), he shot .547, which would have been the 12th highest FG% in the entire league it he'd shot that well for the entire season.

So, you may want to re-think that.

BNM

And Nurk will be alltogether better after this summer. Working out with tractor tires is awesome(that's some Rocky shit right there) he needs to get in gym and practice catching the ball in the paint and going at the basket. Problem is he can't catch it down low and bring it back up without fumbling around and losing the ball. Butterfingers. Also, he needs to work on finishing strong...his release is too soft round the rim. Dunk that shit. Posterize.

 

[Orion Bailey]

I think you got your Arnold movies mixed up... that quote is from Kindergarten Cop lol

He could say it in every movie and it would be a good line, lol. but I think your right. Thought he said it to Danny Divito, when they shopped for clothes.

 

[Chris Craig]

I think you got your Arnold movies mixed up... that quote is from Kindergarten Cop lol

"WHO IS YOUR DADDY AND WHAT DOES HE DO?"

 

[Chris Craig]

Great movie!

It is NOT a Tumah!!!!

I think you got your Arnold movies mixed up... that quote is from Kindergarten Cop lol

He could say it in every movie and it would be a good line, lol. but I think your right. Thought he said it to Danny Divito, when they shopped for clothes.

Oh, and they found anotha one!



Filming this year!

 

[BigGameDamian]

I will never trust nurkics shot. He missed a ton of layups this Season. I would rather trust Dame to hit a contested 3 from the half court line than a Nurkic layup or floater.

Ya if the game is on the line I wouldn't want Nurk with the ball either. He really needs to work on his offensive game. I like Nurkic but I do think the guy is overrated. Calling him "The Bosnian Beast". LoL

 

[Titan]

Oh, and they found anotha one!

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Filming this year!

Somebody needs money.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Ya if the game is on the line I wouldn't want Nurk with the ball either. He really needs to work on his offensive game. I like Nurkic but I do think the guy is overrated. Calling him "The Bosnian Beast". LoL

Did you not see, or perhaps comprehend, what I wrote? Over the last 4 months of the season, Nurk's FG% was .547, which would have been 12th in the entire league, if he'd shot that well for the entire season. After the first two months of the season, when he averaged 3 TOV/G, he cut his TOVs to less than 2/G.

He is a 23-year old work in progress, but made significant improvement in both increasing his FG% (from .450 the first 32 games to .547 the last 47 games, including .563 in 24 games post All Star break) and reducing his TOVs from greater than 3 to less than 2.

Yes, he needs to continue to improve, but given how much he improved over the course of the season (his first as a full time starter), and his relatively young age, to assume he won't continue to improve is incredibly short sided. He'll either improve here, or if we let him walk for nothing (stupid move IMHO, given our cap situation and inability to pay an adequate replacement) , he'll improve elsewhere.

BNM

 

[BonesJones]

Did you not see, or perhaps comprehend, what I wrote? Over the last 4 months of the season, Nurk's FG% was .547, which would have been 12th in the entire league, if he'd shot that well for the entire season. After the first two months of the season, when he averaged 3 TOV/G, he cut his TOVs to less than 2/G.

He is a 23-year old work in progress, but made significant improvement in both increasing his FG% (from .450 the first 32 games to .547 the last 47 games, including .563 in 24 games post All Star break) and reducing his TOVs from greater than 3 to less than 2.

Yes, he needs to continue to improve, but given how much he improved over the course of the season (his first as a full time starter), and his relatively young age, to assume he won't continue to improve is incredibly short sided. He'll either improve here, or if we let him walk for nothing (stupid move IMHO, given our cap situation and inability to pay an adequate replacement) , he'll improve elsewhere.

BNM

Hit the nail on the head.

 

[Titan]

I would still stuck with Nurkic, just need to continue his development and reap the rewards. Brook seems to be on a path of just being an outside shooting big, which seems more like a situational role player.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I would still stuck with Nurkic, just need to continue his development and reap the rewards. Brook seems to be on a path of just being an outside shooting big, which seems more like a situational role player.

Especially given that Nurk is already better overall, and monumentally better defensively at 23 than Lopez is at 30. Nurk is literally twice the rebounder and twice the defender Lopez is. Nurk will continue to improve. Lopez will continue to decline.

I'm sorry, someone please remind me why are we talking about this???

BNM

 

[BBert]

I'm sorry, someone please remind me why are we talking about this???

BNM

B. G. "Change for Change Sake" D.

 

[BonesJones]

I will never trust nurkics shot. He missed a ton of layups this Season. I would rather trust Dame to hit a contested 3 from the half court line than a Nurkic layup or floater.

Nurkic shot around 55% for the last 50ish games of the season.

 

[CupWizier]

Did you not see, or perhaps comprehend, what I wrote? Over the last 4 months of the season, Nurk's FG% was .547, which would have been 12th in the entire league, if he'd shot that well for the entire season. After the first two months of the season, when he averaged 3 TOV/G, he cut his TOVs to less than 2/G.

He is a 23-year old work in progress, but made significant improvement in both increasing his FG% (from .450 the first 32 games to .547 the last 47 games, including .563 in 24 games post All Star break) and reducing his TOVs from greater than 3 to less than 2.

Yes, he needs to continue to improve, but given how much he improved over the course of the season (his first as a full time starter), and his relatively young age, to assume he won't continue to improve is incredibly short sided. He'll either improve here, or if we let him walk for nothing (stupid move IMHO, given our cap situation and inability to pay an adequate replacement) , he'll improve elsewhere.

BNM

Also you have to factor in last year was his first year of starting for the whole season. He is still relatively inexperienced and has lots of room for growth.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Nurkic shot around 55% for the last 50ish games of the season.

Yep.

.547 for the last 47 games and .563 for the last 24.

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

B. G. "Change for Change Sake" D.

Yes, he values experience over youth, even if that experience has never won anything, has been injury prone most of his career, has never been a good rebounder (very Bargnani-like) or good defender.

BNM

 

[BonesJones]

Yep.

.547 for the last 47 games and .563 for the last 24.

BNM

I'm 100% sure he'll be back. The fact that we're discussing other centers is rediculous.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I'm 100% sure he'll be back. The fact that we're discussing other centers is rediculous.

I think the only real question is: will Ed Davis be back as Nurk's backup. If not, then who? PapaG? Meyers (ducks for cover)? Who???

BNM

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I guess the question to me is could you bring in Lopez as a back up center to Nurkic? He’s basically the total opposite of Ed Davis.

 

[BonesJones]

I think the only real question is: will Ed Davis be back as Nurk's backup. If not, then who? PapaG? Meyers (ducks for cover)? Who???

BNM

Ed will be back. We need vets, Olshey even admitted it. Why would we let a guy go who wants to be here, and who's one of the most effective back up bigs in the leagimu who will also come pretty cheap?

 

[tykendo]

blazersedge of insanity. Enough said.

 

[BonesJones]

I guess the question to me is could you bring in Lopez as a back up center to Nurkic? He’s basically the total opposite of Ed Davis.

No. Lopez wouldn't settle for that.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Ed will be back. We need vets, Olshey even admitted it. Why would we let a guy go who wants to be here, and who's one of the most effective back up bigs in the leagimu who will also come pretty cheap?

Do we know how cheap Ed will be? He’s been a really good back up center for Portland, wouldn’t be shocked if someone else offered him 10m a year?

 

[BonesJones]

Do we know how cheap Ed will be? He’s been a really good back up center for Portland, wouldn’t be shocked if someone else offered him 10m a year?

Who has the cap space to offer him $10M a year that wouldn't offer it to other, better free agents first?

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Who has the cap space to offer him $10M a year that wouldn't offer it to other, better free agents first?

Well after the Lakers strike out again who knows what they’ll do heh