Nurk: 4/48 deal official

[Scalma]

Nurkic’ yearly salary falls outside the top 20 for centers, according to Marks. Wow.

 

[Eastoff]

Freeman right on top of it.

Maybe Freeman is saying, "League source [for all you semi-casual nba fans that only follow the Blazers] (in other words Woj) confirms..."

 

[Pinwheel1]

I am pretty sure many of us said 12 million per was exactly what we were hoping for........6 months ago.
We got one right

 

[hoopsjock]

Just a real rough calculation in my head, we are right around the tax apron (depending on what the 1st year pays Nurk). It won't be as easy as last year to get under the tax line so we might as well spend money to compete. I knew that Nurk wouldn't take the QO.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Hey I'm a "Well Known Member" thank you very much..........lol

Mrs. HCP has 0 posts here, FAMS.

.... but knows my “member” well....

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I can also confirm Freeman’s confirmation, FAMS.

#confirmed

 

[theprunetang]

I can also confirm Freeman’s confirmation, FAMS.

#confirmed

I confirm @BLAZINGGIANTS 's confirmation of Freeman and Woj.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I confirm @BLAZINGGIANTS 's confirmation of Freeman and Woj.

#confirmed

 

[Scalma]

Just a real rough calculation in my head, we are right around the tax apron (depending on what the 1st year pays Nurk). It won't be as easy as last year to get under the tax line so we might as well spend money to compete. I knew that Nurk wouldn't take the QO.

Yeah, time to use to the TPE. I don’t know who though. Lee doesn’t seem like a fit anymore after the signing of curry and Stauskas

 

[Darkwebs]

lmao classic freeman. Confirming Woj. As that was necessary

Woj is the girl in the middle, and the others are the local reporters.

 

[speeds]

Great price.

 

[BonesJones]

I propose that CLE doesn't want our shit for Love.

BNM

3 picks for Love is a great deal.

 

[BonesJones]

No, I just think it would be much more realistic with just two picks going to the Cavs. I don't think OKC deserves 2nds and I don't think Love's value is that high.

I mean if we could get it done that way, sure. Thus is just a way we could get it done if they wanted more.

 

[jlprk]

Nurkic’ yearly salary falls outside the top 20 for centers, according to Marks. Wow.

Because at best, he is the 20th-best center in the NBA. (The bottom 15 are kind of tied, and that's where he is.) But I'm happy with him. Centers are hard to get. Undersized true SFs aren't. Get one.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Please name me 20 centers that are better and still playing in the NBA.

You’ve piqued my interest.

 

[James lamphear]

We better have some debt at that position due seems like he is always injured every year.

 

[THE HCP]

Please name me 20 centers that are better and still playing in the NBA.

You’ve piqued my interest.

I was just wondering the same thing. I can’t think of 20

 

[Scalma]

We better have some debt at that position due seems like he is always injured every year.

He played in pretty much every game last year?

 

[hoopsjock]

We better have some debt at that position due seems like he is always injured every year.

He played 79 games last year.

 

[KingSpeed]

This is a good deal.... I didn't comment on the one earlier.... but if nothing else gets done this summer I'm going to be extremely disappointed.

You waiting for Love to come back to Portland?

 

[kjironman1]

I think it is a combination of Nurk and Olshey. Both deserve credit and should get it. I was thinking Nurk could have very easily taken his QO and bet on himself for next year going for much bigger money. But i'm glad he didn't do that.
Things seem a little more stable at this point. Dame rumors have been quashed and Nurk is signed. Now they need to use the TPE and get a solid player that can contribute. Who knows another years growth and adding a solid piece could get them playing well this year.

 

[hoopsjock]

We better have some debt at that position due seems like he is always injured every year.

I think Meyers Leonard would be the definition of "DEBT" at that position, ha ha.

 

[Natebishop3]

You waiting for Love to come back to Portland?

I think Love would be perfect in our system while Collins develops.

Dame
CJ
Aminu
Love
Nurk

I'm not sure if that's a championship team, but I think it's still top 4 in the west.

 

[THE HCP]

I’ll give it a shot, in no particular order.....
Boogie, KAT,Gasol,Deandre Jordan, Horford, Drummond, Gobert, whiteside, Dwight Howard, Jokic, Embid, Anthony Davis, Vucevic, Valacunas, Brook Lopez?

Not sure the rankings, but Nurk is in there somewhere.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I was just wondering the same thing. I can’t think of 20

Mozgov makes more money - he MUST be better.

 

[jlprk]

Please name me 20 centers that are better and still playing in the NBA. You’ve piqued my interest.

I just note that in every game all season, Nurkic seems about the same as the opposing center. He doesn't stand out. Eyeball test. I'm sure you have stats amplified by the Stotts system, but that's what I see.

When we had Plumlee, nobody thought anything of him, and after each game I would notice he was usually 2nd best in our boxscore stats after Lillard. Everyone else (using their eyes) thought that McCollum was 2nd-best, but despite his shooting, it was Plumlee in the stats. So I expect that you have found something similar with Nurkic's stats which make him appear better than his talent level.

I'm happy to have a true heavy intimidating center, not a skinny PF trying to be a center. Wish we had a true SF, not a nondribbling PF trying to be.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I’ll give it a shot, in no particular order.....
Boogie, KAT,Gasol,Deandre Jordan, Horford, Drummond, Gobert, whiteside, Dwight Howard, Jokic, Embid, Anthony Davis, Vucevic, Valacunas, Brook Lopez?

Not sure the rankings, but Nurk is in there somewhere.

Nurk has outplayed many of them head-to-head.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I just note that in every game all season, Nurkic seems about the same as the opposing center. He doesn't stand out. Eyeball test. I'm sure you have stats amplified by the Stotts system, but that's what I see.

When we had Plumlee, nobody thought anything of him, and after each game I would notice he was usually 2nd best in our boxscore stats after Lillard. Everyone else (using their eyes) thought that McCollum was 2nd-best, but despite his shooting, it was Plumlee in the stats. So I expect that you have found something similar with Nurkic's stats which make him appear better than his talent level.

I'm happy to have a true heavy intimidating center, not a skinny PF trying to be a center. Wish we had a true SF, not a nondribbling PF trying to be.

I generally agree but Nurk is 9-13 to me.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

GOD DAMMIT OLSHEY! One more deal like that and we'll make @HCP your personal car valet parker.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Yeah, time to use to the TPE. I don’t know who though. Lee doesn’t seem like a fit anymore after the signing of curry and Stauskas

With Ed gone and the large number of guards/wings we picked up in the draft and free agency, I wonder if we'll use the TPE on a veteran back up center for Nurk, possibly as a 1-year rental.

Vucevic at $12,750 with 1-year remaining works.

Prior to July 1, Tyson Chandler would have worked, but not any more.

Dewayne Dedmon at $6.3 million for 1-year easily works. I wouldn't want to rely on the guy as a starter, but he'd be a decent back up. I just don't see any real advantage for Dedmon at $6.3 million over Ed at $4.4 million.

Not much else out there.

BNM