Nurk: “I was told that no one would be traded and that only the coach would change”

[illmatic99]

I mean, he could say nothing?

He didnt say anything. This is like third hand info

 

[blazerkor]

He didnt say anything. This is like third hand info

and it's gone through translation to boot. There is no way that Neil said what he said at his news conference and that no one would be traded. He talked about improving the roster and Dame needing a second star during his press conference. Well to get a second star at least someone will have to be traded.

 

[BBert]

If it was translated from Serbo-Croat maybe what he said was more along the lines that Olshey told him he wouldn't be traded. Maybe. Since mostly what we do is speculate.

 

[Paine Tablet]

9 years of

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nine years of ridiculous expectations more like it.

 

[Mr. Robot]

If it was translated from Serbo-Croat maybe what he said was more along the lines that Olshey told him he wouldn't be traded. Maybe. Since mostly what we do is speculate.

i can translate it perfectly

 

[BBert]

i can translate it perfectly

So you're saying my conjecture is invalid.

Curse you

 

[wizenheimer]

nine years of ridiculous expectations more like it.

you mean Olshey expecting CJ to become a superstar?

 

[Mr. Robot]

So you're saying my conjecture is invalid.

Curse you

"invalid" in my first language means a person that has no arm or leg or finger etc, im not sure what the term is in english language

pronunciation is a bit different, but the letters are the same

 

[BBert]

"invalid" in my first language means a person that has no arm or leg or finger etc, im not sure what the term is in english language

pronunciation is a bit different, but the letters are the same

It can also have that meaning here.

My conjecture is missing all its limbs.

It doesn't have a leg to stand on

 

[BBert]

I hope I didn't offend anyone with that joke.

 

[calvin natt]

This doesn’t make sense.

 

[Tweak]

I hope I didn't offend anyone with that joke.

I'm offended not to mention outraged!

 

[BBert]

I'm offended not to mention outraged!

Mission Accomplished

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

It's called "not tipping your hand." Olshey only has trading juice if other GMs think he's not desperate, and that only happens if players think they're safe.

At $10 million a year, Nurk's job is to play basketball. Neil's job is to maximize assets. Telling Nurk people are on the trading block hurts that.

I hope this is true; or that Olshey was just referring to Nurk and his best friend, Lillard.

 

[Mr. Robot]

I hope this is true; or that Olshey was just referring to Nurk and his best friend, Lillard.

nurk said it was told to "everyone" at the club that no-ones is leaving and that the head coach will be replaced

 

[blazerkor]

nurk said it was told to "everyone" at the club that no-ones is leaving and that the head coach will be replaced

Again this is a translation so I don't know how good it is but knowing Nurk and how he likes to take things on tangents the words "As far as I'm concerned," which preceded, "I was told that no one will be traded and that only the coach will change," were the most important.

That could have been as simple as Nurk asking Olshey if Neil thinks Nurk is getting traded and Olshey responds that all they're doing right now is changing the head coach. Then you wonder if Nurk thinks right now is the entire off season and if Neil was talking about that week.

Edit: Also, either Nurk misunderstood or Neil bold face lied to him. Neil has traded a player from the roster during each of the last three off seasons and just got done talking about how the season was a disappointment and that he knows the team needs to get a second star to play next to Dame. There is also the remote possibility that Neil will not under any circumstance trade a player from this roster... that one seems a little unlikely.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Lanny]

This was from the nurk thread but thought it deserved its own discussion.

I want to dismiss it. But if you’re planning to make big trades, why would you tell everyone on the team they’re safe? Why not just say “we’re evaluating all ways to make the team better” and leave it at that?

Neil can’t be delusional enough to think swapping Billups for Stotts results in a championship, right? Or that swapping one role player for another is the key to unlocking it all?

According to others in here it's more than enough.

 

[Chris Craig]

Neil looked like he was trying to let fans down easy in the conference today. Made it sound like he wasn't going to trade for another star with his more stars don't mean championship speech. He said there are other ways. Gave Atl, MIL, and PHX this year as examples

 

[Titan]

Nurk is with Klutch and so is Billups, so I think our new coach will actually use him. Honestly though I can see Neil rolling in back with just a coaching change just because.

 

[riverman]

Neil looked like he was trying to let fans down easy in the conference today. Made it sound like he wasn't going to trade for another star with his more stars don't mean championship speech. He said there are other ways. Gave Atl, MIL, and PHX this year as examples

He's right about that ...and Chauncey won a championship with role players starting...no superstars...he also said when Terry was let go that we didn't play our young guys enough to covet draft picks so I think we'll see Nas, Ant, Elleby and Giles at least get to compete for minutes..CJ Elleby is Norman Powell's workout partner and Ant is Dame's workout partner off season...Looks like McCollum is working out with Roco today...Elleby reminds me of a young Dylan Brooks