Nurk Fever - second wave?

[BlazerBeav]

If this Blazer team could swap out Nurk for a prime Dream, they'd be the overwhelming favorites.

STOMP

This statement would be true for at least 60% of teams in the league - that'd be an upgrade even in Denver.

 

[calvin natt]

Nurkic might get traded for scrubs & future picks. The Blazers GM has to find room on the payroll to sign Jerami Grant's new contract.

Ugh

 

[blazerfan11]

Hakeem would still be my center on an all-time team. He could do everything, and he would have been equally dominant in this era thanks to his tremendous feet and footwork. He'd be a more athletic and versatile Embiid, not to mention far less injury prone and emotionally and mentally volatile.

And the Blazers were a different result on a coin flip away from Hakeem playing with Clyde Drexler.
Too bad for the Blazers and the NBA because the Drexler-Olujuwon Blazers could have been a great rival to the Jordan Bulls and even the Detroit Pistons. The Eastern Conference dominated in the finals from 1989 to 1998, (except for the two seasons Houston won consecutively). There wasn't even one game 7, and the first 3 series were 5 or less games.

 

[blazerfan11]

And the Blazers were a different result on a coin flip away from Hakeem playing with Clyde Drexler.
Too bad for the Blazers and the NBA because the Drexler-Olujuwon Blazers could have been a great rival to the Jordan Bulls and even the Detroit Pistons. The Eastern Conference dominated in the finals from 1989 to 1998, (except for the two seasons Houston won consecutively). There wasn't even one game 7, and the first 3 series were 5 or less games.

Although if Portland had taken Olajuwon, would Houston have drafted Jordan?

 

[riverman]

Nurkic might get traded for scrubs & future picks. The Blazers GM has to find room on the payroll to sign Jerami Grant's new contract.

Moving Ant gets them closer to that than moving Nurk and we've got more guards than bigs on the roster. Grant I'm sure like Nurk last year already has a wink and nod deal for the offseason.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Jokic put this wave to rest with his eyes closed.