Nurkic - Trade him? New Contract?

[BoomChakaLaka]

I’m just not impressed. Nurk seems uncoordinated, clumsy, doesn’t finish much at the rim…

what do we do with Nurkic?

trade him? - sign him to new contract?


I say trade him for Kanter (wink)

 

[Mr. Robot]

chauncey billups has promised him bigger role on offense, but from what weve seen so far, his role is the same as it was last season (and he was unhappy with his role) and nurk is in bad place right now, hes in a contract year, but hes not been allowed to flourish so far and im not sure his role is gonna get bigger... dame & cj mccollum shoot a lot, then you have powell and while dame does pass the ball (although he should do it more), the other two wouldnt pass the ball to god and then you have simons, so there are basically three guards that are bad fit for nurk, he just cant get the ball playing with them, they all look to get theirs, theyre selfish and thats it

hes not gonna get big contract if he doesnt flourish this season and it seems like he wont, so he probably wont get more than 4/60, from the blazers or some other team and it looks like the best case scenario for nurk would be leaving in free agency or getting traded this season, but only if hes gonna be a starter on a new team... if the blazers can trade him (or lose him in free agency) and get a better center or someone whos better fit than him, then it would be good for the blazers, but if they cant, then nurk leaving wouldnt be good for the team... but like i said, when it comes to nurk, hed be better elsewhere

personally, id like to see him traded or to see him leave in free agency, he just cant flourish with so many selfish players around him

 

[BigGameDamian]

Get KAT!

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Anyone else watch Chauncey light into him during a Time Out? Nurkic jawing at the refs and wasting time getting back.

 

[Boise Blazer]

A little off topic here but I sometimes wonder if Nurk playing with Jokic was a bad thing. Meaning I wonder if it made him think he could do a lot of the stuff Jokic could do instead of developing who he is with the skills he has.

 

[calvin natt]

Trade him. Wasted talent.

 

[Labinot41]

Nurk is not as good as he thinks he is skill wise to demand a bigger role

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Dump.

….for the simple fact that Rich Paul is his agent.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Fuck no. Let him walk. I hate Nurk. Guy even talks like he’s a superstar. I’ll take Poetl off the spurs over this dude. At least he’s smart, coordinated and finishes well

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I don't believe we can trade him for any useful value, so just keep him and resign to an MLE type contract. If a trade materializes that makes sense sure pull the trigger. If he wants a bigger deal let him go get it.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Just give me a guy that works hard out there. So much can go right if they just stay focused and work hard every possession.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Just give me a guy that works hard out there. So much can go right if they just stay focused and work hard every possession.

Zeller works hard every possession. He doesn't have the talent or skills other players have.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Would Jonas Valanciunas be an upgrade?

 

[Tince]

Unfortunately we're not in a position to wait out our upcoming free agents. Because our cap situation is pretty bad, we need to get players on longer deals back in return for expiring contracts.

Risking Nurk/Roco walking and using the MLE to fill those gaps would be an incredibly risky strategy.

 

[Tince]

Would Jonas Valanciunas be an upgrade?

I'm not sure if he's an upgrade, but he's got a few years left on his deal, which means you have to consider it.

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

Our best bet would be to package Nurkic with CJ and improve the team.

 

[TBpup]

Has the talent....but is just too inconsistent.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Cj and nurk for sabonis. MaKe it happen!

 

[THE HCP]

Wait a sec, I thought the last coach didn’t use him correctly? I’m confused.

 

[GDiama]

I'm not sure if he's an upgrade, but he's got a few years left on his deal, which means you have to consider it.

I don't think you get Jonas for Nurk straight up. Jonas has far better attitude and to me personally is clearly the best player of the two. He is talented, good finisher and never complains.

 

[GDiama]

Cj and nurk for sabonis. MaKe it happen!

If this is enough for Sabonis i would do it in a heartbeat. Just need Justin Holiday back to fill in for salaries and he would be good for the rotation.

 

[swish3]

Nurk needs some coaching. He seemed not to be involved or intense in the Hornet and 76ers losses. He had only 9 rebounds in 28 min Mon and was lacking in defense in the last 6 min.

At the FT line, he is rushing the shots and missing too much (1 of 4 on Mon). He needs to slow down, focus, exhale, and try to make all FT.

Let's see a more determined, more active Nurk who can play 22+ strong productive min, protect the rim, score 10+ pts, and get 12+ rebounds!

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Nurk needs some coaching. He seemed not to be involved or intense in the Hornet and 76ers losses. He had only 9 rebounds in 28 min Mon and was lacking in defense in the last 6 min.

At the FT line, he is rushing the shots and missing too much (1 of 4 on Mon). He needs to slow down, focus, exhale, and try to make all FT.

Let's see a more determined, more active Nurk who can play 22+ strong productive min, protect the rim, score 10+ pts, and get 12+ rebounds!

I'm assuming you would like to see him chuck a few more 3's as well?

 

[Tince]

I don't think you get Jonas for Nurk straight up. Jonas has far better attitude and to me personally is clearly the best player of the two. He is talented, good finisher and never complains.

I agree. Some here feel he's a top 10 center and I think they would say Jonas isn't enough to get in return for Nurk.

 

[Freshtown]

Jonas, Poetl, Bamba, Gafford, even Capela going back a few seasons were all available for reasonable prices. But because olshey had his man, we missed the chance.

Now nurk is well outside the top 10 centers and we will likely have to let him walk this summer.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Nurk and cj for sabonis and filler.

dame/smith jr
Powell/ Simons
Little/roco
Nance jr/roco/little
Sabonis/zeller/nance jr


I think thats a damn solid rotation aNd thats not figuring snell.

 

[Orion Bailey]

 

[Freshtown]

Why would Indiana trade their 25 year old all star for Nurk and CJ?

 

[Orion Bailey]

Why would Indiana trade their 25 year old all star for Nurk and CJ?

because i told them to.

 

[James lamphear]

Thing about Nurk there 2 things that makes him play well the fans on home games and being involved in the offense. Playing with CJ and Dame that's not going to happen. CJ and Dame plus 40 shots a game and there both is to selfish on offense. This why one of these players need to leave because the way it stand now there will never win championship with these two players. When others not involved in the offense I think effects other playing with on the other end of the court.