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RR7 said:
I love Nurkic, and I hope he makes me look foolish saying it this year, because that'll mean great things, but if you could get Boogie straight up for him, I'd make that swap.
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I wouldn't due that Boogie hasn't shown he can make a difference to make a team a winner and Nurk has as result that he made us a playoff team last year.
 
In all seriousness, I didn't know that he was playing above 300 lbs last year. Preferably, I think I'd like to see him down to 260-265.

But....I'm not his Nutritionist, or his coaches. So what the hell do I know.
 
Jade Falcon said:
In all seriousness, I didn't know that he was playing above 300 lbs last year. Preferably, I think I'd like to see him down to 260-265.

But....I'm not his Nutritionist, or his coaches. So what the hell do I know.
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No way was he 310 pounds. Quick probably was given info on how many pounds Nurkic put on and added it to his listed weight of 280 (which was his pre draft weight.) Same with his current weight. No way is he 275 pounds. He's probably around 250. If you look at him last summer he was in similar shape as he is now and there were articles that he was around 250.
 
Scalma said:
No way was he 310 pounds. Quick probably was given info on how many pounds Nurkic put on and added it to his listed weight of 280 (which was his pre draft weight.) Same with his current weight. No way is he 275 pounds. He's probably around 250. If you look at him last summer he was in similar shape as he is now and there were articles that he was around 250.
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Yeah, all very good points. I didn't think he looked 300; not even close, especially with the current pictures we've seen of him in training thus far.

At the heaviest, I figured last season he was around 280.
 
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/06/2...urkic-seeing-quick-results-of-offseason-work/

heres an article from last summer

he lost 35 lbs just like now, and went from 280 to 265 (if their info are right), but during the season he got out of the shape and I wonder how much of that lost weight he gained back... so if Jason Quick is right, he went from 265 to 309 and he gained 44 lbs... so now he has 10 lbs more than last summer
 
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Mr. Robot said:
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/06/2...urkic-seeing-quick-results-of-offseason-work/

heres an article from last summer

he lost 35 lbs just like now, and went from 280 to 265 (if their info are right), but during the season he got out of the shape and I wonder how much of that lost weight he gained back... so if Jason Quick is right, he went from 265 to 309 and he gained 44 lbs... so now he has 10 lbs more than last summer
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Gained 44 lbs during the season yeah sure ok.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Nurkic got a big ole butt! I know I told you I'd be true,
but Nukic got a big ole butt, so I'm leavin' you... (see ya!!)

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LL Cool J better stop talkin' bout my man or he might get CUT!!! @SlyPokerDog got my back!
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So does @SlyPokerCat
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dviss1 said:
I always said that if Shaq would've stayed around 270-275 he would've been injured way less and still would've dominated.
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Shaw would never have been able to get down to 270-275. Too big.
 
first Quick, now this... maybe or probably theyre not referring to Carmelo, but timing is crazy

"bujrum" means like invite to join you, and he put some cake in that post... yeah its probably nothing, or he wouldve wrote it in english, I guess

fuck off Quick and Nurk

 
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Zach Lowe - Most Intriguing Players

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...18-featuring-justise-winslow-jusuf-nurkic-nba

Videos in link above.

JUSUF NURKIC, PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
Ah, the tanktastic NBA of March and April, where what looks like a positive trend might actually just be a team -- or a player -- trying against sad sacks.

The Blazers, mediocre all season, jolted to 14-5 with Nurkic in the starting lineup, and outscored opponents by nine points per 100 possessions with the Bosnian Beast on the floor, per NBA.com. They went 5-3 in that stretch against playoff teams, and dealt a death blow to Denver's postseason hopes in an eighth-seed showdown -- a game in which Nurkic humiliated his old team.

(By the way: Remember when Denver had a boatload of extra picks? They have none now. They attached one to Nurkic in the Mason Plumlee deal, and gave another to Philly in 2015 as a gift for taking on JaVale McGee's contract. The Nuggets basically lit two first-round picks on fire. Yeah, McGee was toxic, with another year left on his deal at the time worth $12 mill. And Denver already had a ton of young guys. Still: That's not great, Bob.)

Nurkic's revival is a useful reminder that only a half-dozen or so superstars translate independently across any roster. Everyone else is a plant seeking the right habitat.

In Denver, Nurkic set screens for point guards who inspired no fear. In Portland, he dances with Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum, lethal pull-up shooters who draw traps 30 feet from the rim. Nurkic suddenly had space to rampage, and holy hell, did he rampage:

He understood defenses would swarm Lillard and McCollum early, and adjusted by slipping screens -- darting toward the paint before even setting a pick -- way more often in Portland than in Denver, per Synergy Sports. Nurkic isn't a leaper, but he's explosive on the horizontal plane; he can zip from the foul line to the rim in a flash.

"We didn't know the extent of his game," said C.J. McCollum, who watched a lot of film with Nurkic early to accelerate their two-man chemistry. "He's huge, but he can make plays without being a klutz."

Nurkic became a fundamentally different player. He migrated outside, and exchanged brute force post-ups for pick-and-roll devastation. (It also helped that he, like, tried.) Most promising of all, he showed the passing chops to run Portland's offense from the elbows, easing the creative burden on Lillard and McCollum.

Portland's weaker shooters -- and there are a lot -- realized right away Nurkic could find them on backdoor cuts if their defenders lunged at McCollum and Lillard popping off picks. And with Nurkic handling, McCollum and Lillard morph into dangerous, Curry-style screen-setters.

Nurkic almost doubled his assist rate in Portland. He even used his post-ups to draw the extra help Plumlee never could, and pick out cutters. He injected some needed unpredictability -- a new method of attack -- after the league caught up to the cascading flow offense that surprised opponents during Portland's feel-good 2015-16 season.

Nurkic will have to manage amid tighter spacing with Allen Crabbe jettisoned to Brooklyn. Crabbe allowed Terry Stotts to stagger his worst rotation shooters -- Maurice Harkless, Al-Farouq Aminu, Evan Turner, Noah Vonleh -- so that only one or two were on the floor with Nurkic. That will be harder now. Help defenders might arrive in the paint sooner, and Nurkic isn't as steady on his feet when the help meets him high on the floor.

"The give and take is that you have more good defenders on the court," Stotts, Portland's coach, told ESPN.com. "But we do need to find another shooter." (The Blazers are confident Harkless and Aminu can stabilize as at least average 3-point shooters; Aminu shot 36 percent from deep two seasons ago, and better than that after returning from injury last season. We'll see. It will be awhile before anyone guards them.)

On defense, Nurkic returned Portland to the conservative drop-back style they preferred when Robin Lopez manned the middle.

He's surprisingly nimble, with sticky paws; Nurkic recorded 1.5 steals and 2.3 blocks per 36 minutes as a Blazer, rare historic territory for a 7-footer. Keeping Nurkic back allows Portland's wing defenders to stay close to enemy shooters, cracking down on 3-point attempts.

That scheme brings obvious tradeoffs. Portland won't force many turnovers. Lillard and McCollum, both minus defenders, face enormous pressure to scoot cleanly around picks; get hung up, and opposing guards have acres of space to launch 3s. Nurkic will have to scamper out of his comfort zone against centers with 3-point range.

He's a so-so rim protector who struggles to keep up when opponents run him through two or three actions in quick succession. When he gets tired, his arms drop to his sides, like a winded boxer. Teams are going to test his conditioning. The Nurkic Fever honeymoon will end; adversity will strike, and Nurkic pouted when he didn't get his way in Denver.

Good news: Nurkic appears to be in great shape. If he stays disciplined, he could become an important part of Portland's long-term plan.
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BoBoBREWSKI said:
"The give and take is that you have more good defenders on the court," Stotts, Portland's coach, told ESPN.com. "But we do need to find another shooter." (The Blazers are confident Harkless and Aminu can stabilize as at least average 3-point shooters; Aminu shot 36 percent from deep two seasons ago, and better than that after returning from injury last season. We'll see. It will be awhile before anyone guards them.)
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Hmm
 
From Zach Lowe:

Nurkic will have to manage amid tighter spacing with Allen Crabbe jettisoned to Brooklyn. Crabbe allowed Terry Stotts to stagger his worst rotation shooters -- Maurice Harkless, Al-Farouq Aminu, Evan Turner, Noah Vonleh -- so that only one or two were on the floor with Nurkic. That will be harder now. Help defenders might arrive in the paint sooner, and Nurkic isn't as steady on his feet when the help meets him high on the floor.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
Why do you think we signed Morrow?
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And we still have a $12.9 million trade exception to land someone like Courtney Lee or Jared Dudley, if Morrow doesn't pan out.

Morrow's non-guaranteed contract makes it easy to jetison him and move on to Plan B if his shooting does not return to his career norm.

Neil has his bases covered.

BNM
 
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