Nurkic and Vonleh

[Scalma]

I'm really liking this budding partnership. Nurk is consistently encouraging Vonleh. Last game he was coaching him up from the bench. On the court he's always looking to feed him the ball. Their games compliment each other. Vonlehs defensive versatility allows Nurk to sit back. Offensively Vonleh gets a ton of open looks with the attention Nurk draws down low. They both crash the boards. The evolution is going to be fun, just wait until Vonleh gets more freedom offensively. Did I mention their age? Yeah. I'm excited.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Random Note:
Vonleh 21
Nurkic 22

Vonleh needs to flash out and hit the 12 footer. They need to look for him, and he needs to shoot it and hit it.

 

[Scalma]

Random Note:
Vonleh 21
Nurkic 22

Vonleh needs to flash out and hit the 12 footer. They need to look for him, and he needs to shoot it and hit it.

That, and more post ups. You can see he has a real good foundation there, he just rarely gets to work on it during a game.

 

[theprunetang]

That, and more post ups. You can see he has a real good foundation there, he just rarely gets to work on it during a game.

He still needs to learn how to either finish strong or learn some post moves. He's getting better, but it takes him a while to set his feet and go up strong. He gets stuffed a lot after offensive rebounds. Great on the break or broken plays though.

 

[ripcityboy]

Love their early games together, but both need to work on their offense. Nurkic should be working on his moves in the post. He's missing far to many of those.

 

[PDXFonz]

It's great for both of them to get to go against each other in practice. I'm sure Noah looks at practicing with Nurk as a new chapter in developing his game. Noah hasn't had a big man on his team with footwork to match his since Kaman was here. It will be nice for Noah to get practice guarding a big, and nice for Nurkic to get practice against a defender with good foot work who will stay with his moves.

Nice effing situation we've got here ladies and gents. Tons of reason to be optimistic as a Blazer fan right now. I feel like we all need to get together for tea and raise our pinkies high once we've made it.

 

[Po'sFinest]

Love their early games together, but both need to work on their offense. Nurkic should be working on his moves in the post. He's missing far to many of those.

Yea he does it's just slightly out of control right now

 

[Pridan]

This offseason will be huge for both Nurk and Noah. If they can both work heard on various finishing moves and bring it to next season, it would be enormous for the Blazers.

I love what I'm seeing from Noah defensively since the All-Star break too. He handled Randle well today, and collected 8pts and 14 boards.

 

[Scalma]

This offseason will be huge for both Nurk and Noah. If they can both work heard on various finishing moves and bring it to next season, it would be enormous for the Blazers.

I love what I'm seeing from Noah defensively since the All-Star break too. He handled Randle well today, and collected 8pts and 14 boards.

It's funny because I remember not long ago people were trying to come up with ways to get Julius Randle to Portland. Those two are also connected because they're from the same class and there was somewhat of a debate who would be the better player. Randle was put in a more favorable situation for a young player so he's had a head start, but I like where our guy is going as well.

 

[PDXFonz]

Team trip to Bosnia this summer???

 

[stampedehero]

I'm really liking this budding partnership. Nurk is consistently encouraging Vonleh. Last game he was coaching him up from the bench. On the court he's always looking to feed him the ball. Their games compliment each other. Vonlehs defensive versatility allows Nurk to sit back. Offensively Vonleh gets a ton of open looks with the attention Nurk draws down low. They both crash the boards. The evolution is going to be fun, just wait until Vonleh gets more freedom offensively. Did I mention their age? Yeah. I'm excited.

>Rebound leaders with Von grabbing 14 and Nurk 13. Aminu also achieved in double figures. Shout out to Pat Connington who grabbed one in his three minutes of action.

 

[stampedehero]

We did IT! Tied for the 8th spot. Nine games to go. Tuesday is Huge.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Portland ahould invest in some real big man coaching this summer. Hakeem charges 100k or whatever. Walton may do it for weed. Shaq loves Nurk, maybe him. We need a guy that can teach some footwork.

 

[Mediocre Man]

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Tecnically aren't we in 8th alone?

 

[stampedehero]

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Tecnically aren't we in 8th alone?

Tec h nically..You are correct.

 

[BosnianChampion]

Sabas and Sheed, only young and sane!

 

[BosnianChampion]

I also like Jusuf and Moe together. They are all young (Moe is 23), and play well together. Not perfect yet but all worth keeping together as a unit!

 

[Orion Bailey]

I'm really liking this budding partnership. Nurk is consistently encouraging Vonleh. Last game he was coaching him up from the bench. On the court he's always looking to feed him the ball. Their games compliment each other. Vonlehs defensive versatility allows Nurk to sit back. Offensively Vonleh gets a ton of open looks with the attention Nurk draws down low. They both crash the boards. The evolution is going to be fun, just wait until Vonleh gets more freedom offensively. Did I mention their age? Yeah. I'm excited.

Thier ages make it so we may just have the front court duo fr the next decade plus. Very exciting!

 

[oldfisherman]

Can’t wait until next season when Nurkic and Vonleh are playing for a new contract.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Can’t wait until next season when Nurkic and Vonleh are playing for a new contract.

and have a training camp to really work on plays together.

 

[julius]

Portland ahould invest in some real big man coaching this summer. Hakeem charges 100k or whatever. Walton may do it for weed. Shaq loves Nurk, maybe him. We need a guy that can teach some footwork.

It would be hugely beneficial for the guys (Damian, Nurk, CJ and Vonleh) to work together on a lot of inside/outside play.

And the footwork/nuances are vital for the big men to get. Look at how working on layups has worked for CJ. He's almost unstoppable when he does a layup.

I hope, and believe, that neither of the guys (N and V) are content with their games right now.

 

[BBert]

Noah's defense last night was terrific. He was also gobbling up rebounds, and Nurk didn't seem to mind that he took a couple away from him, LOL. I never gave up on Vonleh, but before what appears to be Nurk's influence, his trajectory wasn't great this season. What a relief it is to see Noah's potential start to become reality.

Nurk really didn't seem to have good focus to start the game last night. He was way too lackadaisical and when he does that his butterfingers are really on display. He's a big strong guy, obviously, but I'm starting to wonder about his hand strength. There is no denying the huge positive influence he's had on the team dynamic and performance. I love me some Dame/Nurk pick and roll (and score or dish). Would have liked to see more back door action last night. (In before: "That's what she said.")

Both should be much better and more consistent next season. And that should scare the rest of the league.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Nurk really didn't seem to have good focus to start the game last night. He was way too lackadaisical and when he does that his butterfingers are really on display.

He does often look "too lackadaisical". Not sure if he actually is, or just looks like he is. Maybe he is just young and cocky. Hard to say but the "butterfingers" is an area he needs to work on.

 

[riverman]

Portland ahould invest in some real big man coaching this summer. Hakeem charges 100k or whatever. Walton may do it for weed. Shaq loves Nurk, maybe him. We need a guy that can teach some footwork.

Hakeem is now on the Rockets bench I think.....Rasheed Wallace would be good...he worked with Dwight Howard when Howard was a rookie offseason..word is Sheed is a very good big man coach.

 

[riverman]

I can't wait until this group has a serious training camp together. Dame threw a rare alley oop that was off a bit to Nurk but I could see with some work the alley oop may be working it's way back into our playbook...been a long time since we had that going on.

 

[BBert]

He does often look "too lackadaisical". Not sure if he actually is, or just looks like he is. Maybe he is just young and cocky. Hard to say but the "butterfingers" is an area he needs to work on.

I thought about mentioning the "cocky" part. A player at this level has to have confidence, and Nurk has that in spades. Sometimes, maybe he's a little "too" confident, leading to a lack of focus and intensity.

 

[0-Our!]

He does often look "too lackadaisical". Not sure if he actually is, or just looks like he is. Maybe he is just young and cocky...

Nothing to worry about, that's just his face

 

[PDXFonz]

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10/10 post of the month

 

[PDXFonz]

He does often look "too lackadaisical". Not sure if he actually is, or just looks like he is. Maybe he is just young and cocky. Hard to say but the "butterfingers" is an area he needs to work on.

I agree, he should work on getting a butterfingers sponsorship.

"I don't like to talk about stats, it's just a good candy bar"

Really though he does need to stop eating corn on the cob before the games.

 

[stampedehero]

Portland ahould invest in some real big man coaching this summer. Hakeem charges 100k or whatever. Walton may do it for weed. Shaq loves Nurk, maybe him. We need a guy that can teach some footwork.

Walton would do it for a poster of himself and a 7' tall mirror besides the weed.