Listen, it's obvious that he's a better player than Crabbe and Leonard, but it's also obvious that is nowhere near the level Portland fans wanted him to be. What's bad is that he will be a RFA at the end of the year and Olshey has to match every offer because he can't start the season with Collins in the starting lineup. Chances of overpaying him like we did with Crabbe and Leonard are very high.
I don't know why Portland fans overhype every player so much, but it's happened again with Nurkic.
What was clear to me even at the end of last year but it's now even more clear is that he has absolutely no touch, he has bricks instead of hands, right now he's shooting under 40% as a center!
He's huge and above average mobile for his size, good timing on the blocks, good instincts but he has also a lot of holes in his game.
Nurkic, same as Lillard, is guarantee of mediocrity, too good to make us lose games but not as good to take us to another level.