Nurkic is the new Crabbe/Leonard

[Sarni]

Another night shooting under 50% from the floor, Poeltl is a better prospect than him easily.

But here come Jason Quick with the excuse of the lower back pain... The same Jason Quick that pushed hard for a Meyers Leonard's extension.

Now we see the results.

Not a chance. There's just a year between them too.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

It's not a lack of touch, it's a lack of balance due to bad footwork, which can be corrected.

Will it be corrected without a good big man coach? And I think we need a big man coach who is big himself; Nurkich seems to struggle against guys as big as him.

 

[dviss1]

Another night shooting under 50% from the floor, Poeltl is a better prospect than him easily.

But here come Jason Quick with the excuse of the lower back pain... The same Jason Quick that pushed hard for a Meyers Leonard's extension.

Now we see the results.

You're just in here to troll. Find a new bridge...

 

[Portland2014]

Up...

 

[Sarni]

He has 14 points and 11 rebounds, wasn't that bad really. Embiid had a field day against him but this guy has been battering opposing centers for the last couple of weeks so it wasn't a surprise, he is just another level talent.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Horrible start but he kinda got his shit together towards the end of the game
He surely have a lot of potential

Wait did I just say a forbidden word ?

 

[Blazinaway]

I think Nurk will likely end up an avg to at best a modestly above avg center, not elite or top 5 and likely not top 10. I think the key is what we pay a guy like that because that has to be considered. I think something like 13-16 mil per is reasonable/realistic, but it depends if he and his agent have their head in the clouds like Nerlens Noel or they will be reasonable

 

[GDiama]

So many turnovers, so bad free throw shooting, terrible %s overall. So lucky we didn't hand him a max contract and waited for the hype to go away. Of course he ll get a big one, but now you have the right to give him 70/4 or 75 and say take it or get what Noel got. Not many teams projected to have cap space and certainly none would give a max to Nurk. So we suck but at least we save money Not that it matters but the way he plays I just don't want him to get a max, he is bad right now.

If we were win now I'd say the below proposal would be really good although we would probably still not be good enough

http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ya27oxfd (+a first)

 

[Nikolokolus]

This is the Nurkic I expected to see when we made the trade last year, so I can't say I'm horribly disappointed . . . of course I am a little disappointed, because if this is his mean level of production then this team is totally stuck where they are in terms of their ceiling: The same Damian and CJ show where they expend all of their energy on offense, have very little left for defense, and a bunch of guys who can't really shoot (Vonleh, Turner, Harkless, Aminu) launch perimeter shots that don't go in at high enough rate; this team needs Nurkic playing at least a facsimile of what he was last spring if they're going to have any kind of chance of balancing their attack on offense.

Good news: I think it's correctable. Cut down on the silly turnovers, be a little more aggressive on the offensive glass, and finish with a little more authority inside.

 

[Blazers Roy]

I wonder if we can send Nurkic and Harkless for Cousins...
YES i'm re-igniting the Boogie hype train on this board! JOIN ME!

 

[Stevenson]

He seems like a different player than last year.

Last year, can we say he was in "beast mode"? Slamming, pounding, setting hard picks. This year, it's so many soft jumps hooks and layups. Don't get why is isn't attacking more/harder.

That's the big difference I see, and I am a Nurk believer, or at least want to be.

 

[GDiama]

He seems like a different player than last year.

Last year, can we say he was in "beast mode"? Slamming, pounding, setting hard picks. This year, it's so many soft jumps hooks and layups. Don't get why is isn't attacking more/harder.

That's the big difference I see, and I am a Nurk believer, or at least want to be.

Probably those 30 pounds made a huge dif.

 

[BlayZa]

there are slight shades of Meyer's 'evolution' in Nurk.

Big men get here, and somehow seem to adopt the belief (or are conditioned to believe, or are coached to be) they deft SGs trapped in a 7 foot frame.

if this happens to Nurk, as it did with meyers, imma cry as Nurk actually has a strong skill base and can impact games in the paint and with D. if we/he goes away from that, well fuck...

 

[Blazers Roy]

He seems like a different player than last year.

Last year, can we say he was in "beast mode"? Slamming, pounding, setting hard picks. This year, it's so many soft jumps hooks and layups. Don't get why is isn't attacking more/harder.

That's the big difference I see, and I am a Nurk believer, or at least want to be.

Last year he had the body of Marc Gasol.
This year he has the body of Pau Gasol.

 

[Pinwheel1]

As long as Nurk has Dame around in his ear, he will keep working to get better. Watching him I always get the feeling he thinks he is better than he actually is. As long as he understands that he is not there yet, and keeps working hard to improve his game....he will be fine.

 

[GrandJury]

Nurk is so overrated

Please trade him for Deandre Jordan

 

[rotary111]

Nurkic will improve this year and break out next year. Dame will save him.

 

[Orion Bailey]

I wonder if we can send Nurkic and Harkless for Cousins...
YES i'm re-igniting the Boogie hype train on this board! JOIN ME!

I will say this, with Boogie on the team, Dams and CJ could continue, maintain/sustain their stellar defensive efforts they have shown so far this year.....

 

[Blazers Roy]

I will say this, with Boogie on the team, Dams and CJ could continue, maintain/sustain their stellar defensive efforts they have shown so far this year.....

He's been playing out of his mind this season.
He would've been chased by 15 GMs If he had a different name.

 

[tlongII]

Nurk is great. Easily a top 10 center in the league.

 

[Labinot41]

Maybe i

Nurk is great. Easily a top 10 center in the league.

No he isn't. 1 good game against the nets doesn't change that. Every center this year looked like a all Star against the nets. They have the worst Centers in the league. I like to see these Performances from Nurkic against Embiid, gobert, whiteside, Marc Gasol, Porzingis, towns, drummond, Cousins, Davis, Deandre Jordan, Capela, Dwight Howard or Miles Turner, and not against shitty tyler Zeller.

 

[tlongII]

Maybe i


No he isn't. 1 good game against the nets doesn't change that. Every center this year looked like a all Star against the nets. They have the worst Centers in the league. I want to see these Performances from Nurkic against Embiid, gobert, whiteside, Marc Gasol, Porzingis, towns, drummond, Cousins, Davis, Deandre Jordan, Capela, Dwight Howard or Miles Turner, and not against shitty tyler Zeller.

Yes he is. Easily.

 

[HailBlazers]

Yes he is. Easily.

It's too bad he's reached his ceiling and is on the downside of his career age wise..

 

[Labinot41]

Once again, Nurkic isn't a max player, not even close. He is one the same Level as Cody Zeller for example. Good but not great. He look's lost against All Star Centers. 60/4 is he worth, but not more

 

[GrandJury]

He seems like a different player than last year.

Last year, can we say he was in "beast mode"? Slamming, pounding, setting hard picks. This year, it's so many soft jumps hooks and layups. Don't get why is isn't attacking more/harder.

That's the big difference I see, and I am a Nurk believer, or at least want to be.

Because he wasn’t that good in the first place

There’s a reason why Denver just dumped him and added a 1st round pick to him

It’s time we blow it up and do the rebuild much better this time

 

[BonesJones]

Once again, Nurkic isn't a max player, not even close. He is one the same Level as Cody Zeller for example. Good but not great. He look's lost against All Star Centers. 60/4 is he worth, but not more

Lmao. He's better than Cody Zeller. That was a ridiculous statement.

 

[Blazinaway]

WTF is this stupid thread? guy is avg close to what he did during Nurk Fever, 15/7.5 vs 15/10. Rebounds down but IMO some of that is other guys gettin more boards, his D is good and he is likely one of the big reasons our D is ranked much better so far this yr. He is young, 23, and C's take a while. He's one of the few bright lights on this team, he he a max guy - no way IMO and I have stated that in related threads for weeks. As I have said ad nauseum C's are and will be abundant in this summers free agency and there is quite a bit less money out there as the cap goes sideways, it also has become a less important position in the new NBA, so a max no, 13-17 mil per I think is reasonable depending on how his yr goes.

 

[BonesJones]

WTF is this stupid thread? guy is avg close to what he did during Nurk Fever, 15/7.5 vs 15/10. Rebounds down but IMO some of that is other guys gettin more boards, his D is good and he is likely one of the big reasons our D is ranked much better so far this yr. He is young, 23, and C's take a while. He's one of the few bright lights on this team, he he a max guy - no way IMO and I have stated that in related threads for weeks. As I have said ad nauseum C's are and will be abundant in this summers free agency and there is quite a bit less money out there as the cap goes sideways, it also has become a less important position in the new NBA, so a max no, 13-17 mil per I think is reasonable depending on how his yr goes.

After players are around for a year, idiotic Portland fans like to start shitting on them. If we had Lebron they would find a way to talk shit about them. It's just negative pessimistic people who obviously don't have the right attitude in life. These posters never seem to look deep at context like you just did, they just say "He's not a MAX! He's Cody Zeller! Wahhhh!"

 

[rotary111]

Craziness! He is fine. The team is a bad mix, that's it. Clean up the roster and see what happens. I bet even Turner plays better with an NBA team around him.

 

[Paulus]

Man are u flip flop on Nurk every other game, Man can not play every game great , problem is them three ate bit out of sink, When Nurk is doing well Dame and CJ spend billions balls for 16 to 25 points . and really I watch time and time again how much influence Nurk bring in defense and how tunnel vision CJ has . Man could have every game 5 assist easy. Hes playing almost the same season like he come here by numbers , only difference Mo is nothing now , bench contribution is almost none and Turner , My God. Ans one more thing m for Nurk who is 23 year old big , that Nurk fever shit did him no good like we see this season. People expect some crazy things from him , he will get better do I have no doubt about that , hes so well rounded not to be better.