Is Nurk the best player on the team now?

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Absolutely not. Dame is the engine that makes this whole thing work. Something underrated about Dame this year is that his decision making has been spot on, everything he does is just so on point compared to years past even if it doesn’t directly show up on the box score.

Nurk is far and way the second most important though. He should be in the conversation for all defensive team, but it will be hard while he’s in Portland to get the same recognition. Also he is still clearly behind Gobert in terms of best defensive center.
 
B-Roy said:
Absolutely not. Dame is the engine that makes this whole thing work. Something underrated about Dame this year is that his decision making has been spot on, everything he does is just so on point compared to years past even if it doesn’t directly show up on the box score.

Nurk is far and way the second most important though. He should be in the conversation for all defensive team, but it will be hard while he’s in Portland to get the same recognition. Also he is still clearly behind Gobert in terms of best defensive center.
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I completely disagree about Gobert. Nurk is better. He moves so much better than Gobert it’s ridiculous. Gobert is a little longer but that’s it.
 
tlongII said:
I completely disagree about Gobert. Nurk is better. He moves so much better than Gobert it’s ridiculous. Gobert is a little longer but that’s it.
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Whenever I watch a Jazz game Gobert is basically a factor on every defensive possession. Nurk can be, but he’s inconsistent and sometimes makes lazy reads.
 
Definately moved himself into the upper ranks of centers this year. He's had some great games against difficult frontcourt players as well.
 
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The real test with Nurk is when he plays against the few others his size.
 
Hoopguru said:
The real test with Nurk is when he plays against the few others his size.
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Two guys that Nurk always struggles against: Whiteside and Gasol. Basically guys that have the length but also the weight to contest him. Even against Gobert Nurk is hit or miss since he can push Gobert around.
 
No he is not, but he is one heck of a player, and still developing. His, and the Blazers, future is bright.
 
No. he is not. But he is a great facilitator and I wish coach will run the offense more through him. He has all the tools and he is still very young.
 
I think its Dame, but its not as far as it used to be. Also I think what is amazing about the emergence of Nurkic this year is that Dames perfectly willing to take a step back and let Nurk, CJ, Hood!!!, Layman etc get theirs when they’re having good games. Outside of CJ the last couple years I dont think theyve had that. I think Dame is still the guy who if he decided to could take over a game in an instant, he’s just not having to do that as much this year.
 
Last year's playoff proved to Dame that ... if he wants success, he needs to learn to delegate.
I'm confident that the NO scenario won't happen again this year.
If CJ and Dame can't score, Stotts needs to ride other horses and Dame/CJ MUST freaking accept it.
TorturedBlazerFan said:
I think its Dame, but its not as far as it used to be. Also I think what is amazing about the emergence of Nurkic this year is that Dames perfectly willing to take a step back and let Nurk, CJ, Hood!!!, Layman etc get theirs when they’re having good games. Outside of CJ the last couple years I dont think theyve had that. I think Dame is still the guy who if he decided to could take over a game in an instant, he’s just not having to do that as much this year.
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All I see is that Nurk pretty much dominates every game he’s in these days. Teams don’t know how to deal with him at this point.
 
Okay that about settles it. We have all "No's" other than the OP.

No Nurk is not the best player on the Blazers.
No Nurk is not the best defensive player or even center in the league.
Yes Nurk is good and the Blazers are lucky to have him. We all hope he continues to get better.
 
Yes Nurk is the best defensive center in the league. I feel sorry for you if you don’t see this.
 
tlongII said:
Yes Nurk is the best defensive center in the league. I feel sorry for you if you don’t see this.
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Do you watch all the other teams play as much as you watch the Blazers? Otherwise, your opinion doesn’t hold a lot of weight.
 
tlongII said:
Lol. Of course my opinion doesn’t carry any weight! I’m just a random poster on the internet. I’m still right though.
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I simply cannot like that comment enough. I can also respect your opinion about you being right. But i am the one who is right.
 
Gobert, Embiid, Whiteside, Nurkic, Anthony Davis (I'm not sure he’s a center though), I think Nurkic is up there with the best defensive bigs in the NBA. Is he the best? Who knows? He’s up there though he does affect the game a lot.
Edit: I think Al Horford should get a mention here too.
 
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TorturedBlazerFan said:
Gobert, Embiid, Whiteside, Nurkic, Anthony Davis (Im not sure he’s a center though), I think Nurkic is up there with the best defensive bigs in the NBA. Is he the best? Who knows? He’s up there thiugh he does effect the game a lot.
Edit: I think Al Horford should get a mention here too.
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Steven Adams is ranked 15th among all players in the league. Pretty sure he should be in there also.
 
Nurkic ranks 71st among all players. But also Defense is the team part of the game. So very tough to use any kind of stat for a defensive ranking. I can always make a case for why a player should or should not be ranked where they are or above another player.
 
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