Nurkic at the line

[KingSpeed]

I'm confused. His FT% was bad in Denver but his form has looked great with us and he is shooting much better. What am I missing?

 

[Strenuus]

Confidence? Knowing hes getting minutes?

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Gawww! I was about to post this in another thread. He's up to 74.3%.

 

[SIeepwalker]

He was missing them on purpose in denver, hoping to get traded to his favorite team, the Portland Trailblazers

 

[Scalma]

expect him to hover around 70-75%. Those were his percentages in Europe before he got into the league, and also in eurobasket last summer. I'm guessing it's just a matter of being comfortable, something he obviously wasn't in Denver. He was even asked about his free throw shooting yesterday and pretty much said the same thing.

 

[jlprk]

When we got him I looked at his stats and thought, free throws are his Achilles Heel. So far, this guy has no Kryptonite. I just hope that Stotts doesn't ruin him.

Last night I watched Plumlee play and I thought, he's just a more mobile Meyers Leonard. Both of them play defense 3 feet from their man. When they run up to block a shot, they stop 3 feet in front of the shooter. Nurkic was taught in Europe to close up that 3 feet and really get to know his man, up close, koochy-koo. I hope Nurkic keeps playing the way he was taught in Europe.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I'm confused. His FT% was bad in Denver but his form has looked great with us and he is shooting much better. What am I missing?

His form looked great in Denver as well. Watching some film, it looks like he is slightly more focused

 

[jonnyboy]

He's happy. He came from sitting on the bench in Denver to being a starter and a fan favorite, almost overnight.

 

[illmatic99]

Jinxspeed in action.

FT shooting has a lot to do with rhythm and comfort, both of which he has here.

 

[riverman]

His competition in Denver was Jokic.....his competition in Portland is Meyers....you wonder why he's chuckling? We make his job easy!

 

[BBert]

Comfort
Concentration
Motivation.

 

[THE HCP]

He's missing about 5,280 feet of pressure.