I know I'm not the only one who is sick of hearing about how informative a ten game sample size is. Let's stop talking about the games we had after the trades and before everyone sat... they are irrelevant. No one had those combinations of players scouted and by the time they could have we sat all of their asses down. So what Justise could do with Nurk was catch every defense off guard and capitalize on it. I'm not saying that I'm not excited to have Justise back for next season at 4M... I think he's going to be great off the bench as long as he can stay healthy because he plays with high BBIQ on both ends and has a well rounded skillset but before you say that the way he played with Nurk is the best way to maximize Nurk, let's see it replicated a bit more.
I like Nurk, he seems well intended. He works hard on defense, with great results as long as you make him feel really special (which let's face it due to his limitations you can't always do) and he is a very good high and low post facilitator when he's not being too flashy, along with being an effective scorer inside when he decides to forego the bullshit flip up shots. If he did away with the pouting, could stay healthy, kept his passing simple and finished strong in the paint then he'd be worth a four year contract that starts at 18M and escalating from there. The problem is he's just never done that consistently. I mean the Bosnian Beast works comes out about nine more times a year than Punxsutawney Phil. So the most he should get is 15M next season and since we will sign him for three or four seasons with raises in the salary every season, only the first two seasons should be guaranteed.
