Nurkic reminds me a lot of Marc Gasol lately.
He starts the game and the other team is thinking "ok that's another big slow center we're playing against tonight", but then he puts them through this LONG,tedious,physical (and mental) grind of running into his body on both ends, dealing with his playmaking, taunts and flops and then when you finally give him the defensive attention he deserves you forget about Lillard and CJ who play the part of a double-headed Mike Conley.